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Archive: 7 October 2008

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Containers piling up at Jakarta port

They are also stock piling the imports of spirits. Price of vodka has doubled!!

Indonesia applies for palm oil patents

Feckin' palm oil. Poor Orang Utans. Plus the deeply worrying philosophical implications of patenting genetic material.

Indonesia applies for palm oil patents

Published: October 6 2008 17:15 | Last updated: October 6 2008 17:15An Indonesian plantation company has filed the first patent applications for a hybrid variety of palm oil seeds and their production that it expects will increase palm oil yield by several hundred per cent.

Containers piling up at Jakarta port

Fri, 10/03/2008 11:33 AM | BusinessAbout 5,000 containers without clear status and ownership are currently piling up at the Tanjung Priok port, an association says.Indonesian Association of Importers and Exporters (GINSI) chairman Amiruddin Saud said the association estimated around 5,000...

SOEs Recommended to Move US Dollar Funds to Indonesia

Monday, 06 October, 2008 | 16:44 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The State Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) has asked larger enterprises to move their US dollar savings to Indonesia.It is considered that this measure could help safeguard foreign exchange in connection with the financial...

RI`s non-oil exports to 12 main destinations down 4.7 pct

Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said Indonesia`s non-oil exports to 12 main destination countries in August dropped 4.71 percent from the figure in July."Indonesia`s non-oil exports in August 2008 totaled US$9.56 billion, down 1.

Govt maintains economic growth target at six percent

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will keep its target of economic growth that has been set at six percent for next year despite the current global economic crisis.In a meeting with central bank officials, business leaders, state-owned company executives, economic observers and mass media...

News focus: Indonesia ready to face impact of US economic crisis

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The financial crisis which has hit the United States has come uncer public spotlight all over the world and causes more impacts on the economy of many countries, Indonesia is no exception.