Despite a high number of job seekers here, businesses are still finding it difficult to hire reliable competent workers, says a business group.

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Debnath Guharoy , ConsultantNursing a sprained back and conscious of the need to meet the deadline for this weekly column, I decided to take time out to tune into the keynote speech of Rev.

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Global furniture manufacturers are using more artificial rattan in their products amid a tight supply of the material's naturally occurring equivalent, the Association of Furniture and Craft Industry (Asmindo) said Monday.

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Rio Tinto, the world's second largest mining company, announced Monday it reached an agreement with the government over a tax privilege for its planned US$1.5 billion nickel project in Sulawesi.

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Novia D. Rulistia, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government may again reduce its industrial output growth target for this year as soaring oil prices push up production costs and inflation."The revision is automatic. The government also revised its state budget and reduced its growth target from 6.

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