The government plans to cap crude palm oil exports at 50 percent of output by 2015 and 30 percent by 2020 in a bid to boost the downstream processing sector, Industry Minister MS Hidayat said on Monday.

An ambitious initiative to allow cross-border trading between several south-east Asian stock exchanges took a significant step towards completion yesterday with a firm commitment to technology for the project.

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s economy probably expanded at the fastest pace in a year in the fourth quarter as lower interest rates and government stimulus spurred consumer spending. Asian economies from China to Vietnam are picking up speed after policy makers boosted spending and cut...