A recovery in the fairly depressed property sector, which was hit this year by the global financial downturn, will be spearheaded by the office market next year, a survey by a property consultant shows.

Economic ministers held their last meeting Wednesday and left plenty of homework for their successors, with unresolved problems ranging from boosting infrastructure, reform of the bureaucracy, to revitalizing the real sector.

President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s decision to include basic infrastructure development as key programs of action for the first 100 days of his government is a strategic move given our huge infrastructure deficit.

The House of Representatives (DPR) for the 2009 - 2014 term is planning to revise Law No. 22 / 2001 on Oil and Natural Gas because it is viewed to be no longer suitable in light of latest developments in the oil and gas industry.

French-based retail giant Carrefour has questioned the results of a Business Competition Supervisory Commission's (KPPU) study one month before the commission issues a verdict on the firm’s alleged monopolistic practices.

– The opportunity for investors to launch new supermarkets in Surakarta is still open. “If they want to open supermarkets in the northern area, we can still grant them permits,” said Surakarta Mayor, Joko Widodo, yesterday.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government plans to limit coal exports to 150 million tons per year in order to ensure fulfillment of increasing domestic demand, a minister said here on Wednesday.Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said domestic need for coal following the...