From: The Jakarta GlobeBy Michael Taylor The palm oil industry has gone bird crazy by drafting owls to combat the menace of rodent pests, hoping in the process to burnish its green credentials and save money.

JAKARTA, (Xinhua) Australia on Wednesday said that it has expected the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Indonesia to be realized this year, an Indonesian legislator said here.Airlangga Hartarto, head of parliament's Commission VI focusing on trade, industry and investment...

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - In the past forty years Toyota has developed Indonesia into a strong production base for the domestic and export markets."From 1987 to last year, Toyota has been exporting around 225,382 thousand CBU (completely built up) cars, exported 561 thousand cars in CKD...

From: The Jakarta GlobeBy Camelia Pasandaran Bogor. The chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday that the nation’s private sector stood ready to invest $150 billion in the government’s master plan for growth.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The price of domestic soy bean might drop following the international market price’s decline. “The international price of soy bean has dropped 2.66 percent,” said Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu in Jakarta, last weekend.The decline follows Argentina’s 48.

TEMPO Interactive, Surakarta:Surakarta’s export value during the first three months of this year has risen by 11.4% compared to the same period last year.Import value rose to US$14.2 million, with the volume of goods rising from 3.2 million kilograms from US$12.8 million last year.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The government is planning to double its investment target. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono conveyed his optimism that the US$ 100 billion planned initially until 2014 would be surpassed.State-owned enterprises said they were ready to invest that much.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The government will prepare incentives for Chinese businessmen investing in upstream industries to reduce Indonesia’s dependency on imported raw materials.However, Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has not confirmed what incentives will be given.

TEMPO Interactive, Makassar:The Dutch government will explore the possibility of an educational cooperative program with the South Sulawesi Government. The Netherlands feels that they have similar cultural, legal and historical aspects to make it possible.

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is to visit Malaysia and Indonesia from April 27 to 30, at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Bogor, W Java (ANTARA News) - National private companies have expressed their commitment to invest Rp1,350 trillion (US$150 billion) in the country under a masterplan for acceleration and expansion of Indonesian economic development (MP3EI) until 2025.

Bengkulu (ANTARA News) - An Italian investor will in the near future import crude palm oil (CPO) from a number of oil palm plantations in Bengkulu, head of the local Capital Investment Coordination Agency (BKPMD) Musiardanis said here on Tuesday.

London (ANTARA News) - Head of the Capital Investment Coordinating Agency (BKPM) Gita Wiryawan said Spanish investors have become interested in Indonesia as a country having a very vast economic potential.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Malaysian and Singaporean visitors dominated tourist arrivals in Indonesia in the first two months of 2011, a minister said."Admittedly, the two countries remain the main market for the Indonesian tourism," Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said here on...