As the economy improves, modern retailers expect their sales to grow by 15 percent in the second half-year from a year earlier, compared to the 10 percent growth they witnessed between the first six months of 2008 and 2009.Between January and June 2009, modern retailers booked Rp 30.

I reckon Texans and Indonesians do have a few things in common though.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: National economic growth in the second quarter this year hit the highly expected four percent the statistics agency claimed on Monday. The agency said the economy rose by 4 percent year on year and about 2.3 percent from the previous quarter.

i could speculate that there may be a few too many newbie american sub-editors at the Globe. i shall stand corrected.

The domestic economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter of this year, in line with expectations and largely due to falling exports and declining private consumption, although by global standards the country remained among the world’s best-performing economies.

Official statistics showed on Monday that Indonesia still had the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia, with improving prices for the country’s key export commodities and a robust domestic market credited for the good result.