TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Health Department will curb foreign health care services, both doctors and clinics, which operate in Indonesia. “We have been receiving reports, but we will see if it is true that some operate without permits,” said the Director General of Medical Service from the...

'Next year, 2010, will be very important for Indonesia. Peaceful general elections and successful navigation through the global financial crisis have raised expectations that Indonesia can become one of the strongest performing emerging markets.

The outlook for Indonesia continues to be positive, as it looks likely to maintain its growth momentum supported by healthy domestic consumption, accelerating investment as well as improving shipments and external situation.

It has been widely accepted that recently economic power has been gradually shifting toward East Asia.The global economic crisis has only quickened this process. It began with the excesses at the centers of international finance, namely the US and Europe.

Laurensius Tirta Widjaja, the marketing director of PT Indomarco Prismatama (Indomaret) recently talked with The Jakarta Post’s Kornelius Purba about the prospects of and problems facing retail business for next year.

It is impossible to chart the economic outlook for 2010 without factoring the Bank Century debacle into the equation.The nationwide controversy over the Nov. 21, 2008, bank bailout is not simply a temporary distraction, as several analysts say, insofar as the economic prospects for next year are...

The financial crisis of 2008 has had an extensive impact on the global economy, including Indonesia’s. What are our chances of weathering the fallout and emerging unscathed from the crisis? The following are excerpts from an interview between The Jakarta Post’s Apriadi Gunawan and North Sumatra...

European industrial buyers have begun extending compulsory green certification from wood-based products to palm oil, as evidenced by the bold decision last week by Unilever, the world’s largest industrial consumer of crude palm oil (CPO), to cancel new contracts with Indonesia’s largest...

Indonesia’s burgeoning personal computer (PC) market - divided between desktops and notebooks including the increasingly popular netbooks - will continue to see hefty growth next year, setting off even fiercer competition among top players.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Like it or not, the Bank Century case has disturbed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s second-term government especially in carrying out its first 100-day program, and this will likely continue to cost a lot of energy and thoughts even after the end of this year.

The amount of new office space built in Jakarta’s central business district this year fell 12 percent from 2008 but is expected to rebound next year, according to a report from property consultant Cushman & Wakefield.