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Archive: 19 January 2008

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Indonesia central bank not worried about rupiah

Well if the central Bank isn't worried about the rupiah who the hell is doing the worrying??? It was THE WORST performing currency in Asia - My advice advice is it's time to worry boys!

Indonesia central bank not worried about rupiah

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Bank Indonesia, the central bank, is not worried about the weakening of the rupiah as the fall is likely to be temporary, deputy governor Budi Mulya was quoted by Reuters as telling reporters on Friday.

Indonesia mulls fixing soybean prices - official

Jakarta (ANTARA News - The Indonesian government is considering fixing soybean prices in another bid to control surging prices which have hurt the local food industry, an agriculture ministry official said late on Thursday.

Govt to raise soybean on 200,000 ha

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government is ready to cultivate soybean on 200,000 hectares of land across the country this year to raise its soybean production, an Agriculture Ministry official said.The national soybean output once hit a high record of 1.

Agri ministry: import duty exemption on soyabean should to be reviewed

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Agriculture Ministry expressed hope that the import duty exemption on soyabean should be reviewed once in every three months so that it will not cause a loss to the growers.Sutarto Alimuso, Agriculture Ministry`s food plantations affairs director general said here on...

Bali`s canned fish exports hit record high

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Bali`s canned fish exports in the first 11 months of 2007 hit a record high of US$11.8 million, a report said.The exports represented a 99 percent increase from the same period in 2006, the Bali Provincial Industry and Trade Office said in a report on Friday.

Sarolangun has a potential coal reserve of 399 million tons

Jambi (ANTARA News) - The potential coal reserves in Sarolangun regency, Jambi province, according to provisional estimates reached 399 million tons with a calorie of 4,800-6,800.This is merely a provisional estimate, but a thorogh study and research will tell more than that, Sarolangun regency...

Telkomsel ready to lease its towers

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President director of PT Telkomsel Kiskenda Suriahardja said the company was ready to to lease its telecommunication towers to other telecommunication operators."We are ready to have our towers leased, and not only our towers but also other infrastructure including...

Transforming Indonesia's family business groups

Most of Indonesia's largest domestic firms come in the form of widely diversified conglomerates, often under the control of families. Headed by powerful tycoons, these family firms arouse controversy in Indonesia.

Bulog Will Import Second-class Soybeans

Friday, 18 January, 2008 | 13:58 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has not yet found any alternative to the soybean exporting country other than the United States. Temporarily, Bulog will continue to import soybeans from Uncle Sam.