Washington. The vast majority of countries are missing out on lucrative investment opportunities by limiting foreign companies’ access to their domestic markets, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Nearly 90 per cent of the 87 countries surveyed have laws that bar foreign companies from some...

VIVAnews - State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) President Director Dahlan Iskan said the development of steam-powered electricity generator in Jeranjang, West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara would not be finished until October.

JAKARTA, July 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to issue new rules this year that will require companies to report where and in which banks they expect to put their export earnings, as it seeks to monitor capital flows and improve tax collection.

JAKARTA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Wednesday reassured investors that the country would boost business environment by exercising good governance and strengthening efforts to combat corruption.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard has offered a contribution of the Swiss government in corruption eradication in Indonesia. "We have a long procedure but we are willing to contribute," President Leuthard said at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on...

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia expects its trade with Turkey to double to five billion US dollars in the next two years. "Our trade volume in 2008, before the crisis, reaches 2.1 billion US dollars. The target for the next two years is it will double," trade minister Mari Elka Pangestu said here...

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government is controlling imports of cow meat while at the same time increasing domestic production to realize self-sufficiency in the meat supply by 2014. "Now the domestic production is improving.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government will soon discuss a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) consisting of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechstentein, a minister said.

Emilia Nursanti Wibisono, or Santi, is one of the more well-known proponents of the organic food movement here in Jakarta. Her introduction to organic food came in 2001, when her son, Kay, a toddler at the time, was diagnosed as a special-needs child.