The Indonesian equity market, despite being huge in capitalization, is still largely untapped as an alternative source of investment, economists said at a seminar on the weekend.

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Indonesia will soon acquire an additional image. On May 4, The Jakarta Post reported that the country would enter the Guinness Book of World Records. We will be branded as the country that manages to destroy its forest at a pace unbeatable by any other nation.

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The new transportation minister must reform the ministry's bureaucracy to improve the safety and services of all modes of transportation, an activist and expert said Sunday.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Vice President Jusuf Kalla, chief economics minister Boediono and Bank Indonesia Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah asserted Friday the economy is resilient enough to weather any sudden decline in the risk appetite of foreign portfolio investors, as the rupiah fell ...

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JAKARTA (JP): On the surface, Indonesia's banking sector appears to be on the right track, with first-quarter results in lendings, assets and profitability all having improved from last year.Yet a closer look at the figures reveals several troubling facts that could offset its achievement.

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