Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 16 July 2010

5 articles found

Indonesia's trade battle with China

With the onset of a new free trade agreement, Indonesians are concerned that cheaper goods from China will threaten the future of their manufacturing industries. You would be hard pressed to find a building that is more than a century old in Surabaya, a port city of three million people on the...

Falling Prices, Wi-Fi Hotspots Drive Netbook Buying Spree

Sales of personal computers surged by 76 percent year-over-year during the second quarter, with the popularity of netbooks driving much of the increase, according to the Indonesian Computer Business Association.

VP: Outcome of many research projects useless to public

Tangerang, Banten (ANTARA News) - Vice President Boediono said the results of many research projects in Indonesia did not match what the public needed. Speaking at Small Business and Entrepreneurship Innovation Conference at Nusantara Multimedia University (UMN) in Tangerang, Banten, on Thursday,...

Singaporean tourist arrivals in Bali surge 53.18 percent

Denpasar (ANTARA News) - A total of 29,862 Singaporean tourists visited the resort island of Bali in the first five months of 010, jumping 53.18 percent from 19,495 in the same period last year. The significant increase was similar to the number of Australian tourist arrivals which went up 55.

Domestic firms asked to balance foreign investors

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Domestic investors are asked to play a role as a balancing factor against the flow of foreign funds into the country so that the domestic financial market stability could be well maintained, a cabinet minister said.