Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe central government plans to increase its take of profits garnered by regions through commodity trade starting next year in a bid to create a more balanced fiscal management, a ministry official says.

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Harry Su , AnalystWith coal prices at an all-time high, foreign and local investors alike are clamoring to accumulate coal mines as well as coal-mining stocks.

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Though it has been suggested often, I have refrained from writing about a continuing malaise in the advertising industry, a fraternity I used to be a member of. That is because candor is often not appreciated, or deemed partisan. So I will stick with the facts.

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Integrated oil and gas service provider PT Prime Petroservices (PPS) plans to build a small liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Bali this year with a total investment of Rp 3 trillion (US$327 million).

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A dispute over retail-supplier contracts for medium enterprises has resurfaced in the wake of rising fuel and commodity prices after being silenced last year by a presidential decree.

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Citizens with taxpayer registration numbers will soon be exempted from the Rp 1 million (US$100) exit tax which all Indonesians, irrespective of age, must pay when they go overseas.

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