JAKARTA (Antara): Share prices closed the morning session higherafter a week-long holiday break, with gains in mining stocks suchas Aneka Tambang and INCO, lifting the composite index to a newintra-day high.

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TOKYO (AP): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono willvisit Japan in late November, Japan’s Foreign Ministry saidTuesday, as the two countries work toward reaching a free tradeagreement.

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Neither the Indonesian government nor ExxonMobil will gain from a protracted spat over the status of the production-sharing contract for the development of the Natuna D-Alpha natural gas block in the East Natuna Sea.

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Domestic and foreign investors will have plenty of tempting opportunities laid out before them this week.

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Andi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Association of Indonesian Retailers (Aprindo) has urged the country’s banks to lower their lending rates in line with the central bank’s benchmark rate so as to enable them to expand their businesses.

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Urip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe upcoming three-day “Indonesia Infrastructure Conference and Exhibition 2006” will not only showcase major investment opportunities, but also the government’s progress in improving the country’s investment climate.

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