Archive: 17 March 2009
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Tue, 17 Mar 2009
Retailers accept new rules
Retailers have agreed to comply with a new regulation that puts limits on listing fees and trading terms that retailers may charge suppliers.Despite its compliance, the Indonesian Association of Retailers (Aprindo) said the regulation would hurt its profit margin even more during these adverse...
Tue, 17 Mar 2009
Rattan craftsmen greet Mari with protests
In an ironic twist during her campaign for the development of creative industries, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu was met Sunday with protests during her visit to a center of creative industry in Cirebon, West Java.
Tue, 17 Mar 2009
Indonesia must boost palm yields to save forests
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia needs to squeeze far higher yields from existing palm oil plantations rather than open up more land in a country with some of the world's swiftest deforestation, a Greenpeace official said on Monday.