Wednesday, February 28, 2007

FEBRUARY NEWS ARCHIVES

Indonesia to revive idea of tax amnesty to encourage investment
Kyodo News via Yahoo - Feb 28, 2007
New bill offers more protection for rupiah
The Jakarta Post - Feb 28, 2007
Indonesia Won't Curb Palm Oil Exports- Minister
Bloomberg News - Feb 28, 2007
SE Asia stocks-Markets in biggest falls since 9/11
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 28, 2007
Indonesia's largest LNG plant in final stage of construction
Xinhua - Feb 28, 2007
Indonesia to ban old jetliners
USA Today/AP - Feb 28, 2007
Energi Mega Looks to Unload Stake in Kangean
RigZone - Feb 28, 2007
Britain's BP to build biofuel plants in Indonesia
Antara News - Feb 28, 2007
Indonesia's inflation probably accelerated to five-month high
Bloomberg News - Feb 28, 2007
Indonesia forecasts growth up to 7%
Financial Times - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesia mining law faces delay
Financial Express - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesian banks gear up for higher loan growth
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 27, 2007
Key facts on Indonesia's $187 bln banking sector
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesia's JI rebuilds with charity and violence
Alertnet.org - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesia eyes 20 pct rise in export
Xinhua - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesia disasters linked to corruption- top official
Alertnet.org - Feb 27, 2007
BI sees stable rupiah for rest of 2007
The Jakarta Post via TMCnet - Feb 27, 2007
Japanese business sentiment in East Asia continues mixed in February
JETRO, Press Release - Feb 27, 2007
Flood damage, inflation to end Indonesian bond rally - DBS
Bloomberg News - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesia sees 14.5 pct export growth this year
Xinhua - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesia decides to share
The Japan Times - Feb 27, 2007
Indonesia must do more to stop JI: security expert
ABC Online - Feb 27, 2007
A decade on, Asian crisis factors linger - U.N
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 26, 2007
Central Bank sees pick up in economic growth
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 26, 2007
US miner Freeport-McMoRan says paid Indonesia govt 1.6 bln usd last yr
AFX News via Forbes.com - Feb 26, 2007
Central Bank: Uncertain About Possible March Rate Cut
Nasdaq - Feb 26, 2007
Indonesia says inflation may be at high end of target
Bloomberg News - Feb 26, 2007
Engineers Begin Dropping Giant Balls Into Mud Volcano
FOXNEWS - Feb 26, 2007
Indonesia plans to tender geothermal areas this year
Planet Ark - Feb 26, 2007
Indonesia car output may reach over 325,000 units this year
Antara News - Feb 26, 2007
Asia gets environment conscious
The National - Feb 26, 2007
Indonesia may expand inspection of Boeing jets
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Feb 24, 2007
Outgoing WB rep in Jakarta says alternatives to CGI would be useful
The Jakarta Post - Feb 24, 2007
Hyundai to produce trucks and buses in Indonesia
Antara News - Feb 23, 2007
SURVEY- The myth of Muslim support for terror
The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 23, 2007
Indonesia-Japan Economic partnership agreement almost finished
Antara News - Feb 23, 2007
Controversial mining bill likely to be passed
The Jakarta Post - Feb 23, 2007
Indonesia on road to economic recovery: World Bank
Radio Australia - Feb 22, 2007
Rio Tinto says talks on Indonesia nickel mine ongoing
MarketWatch - Feb 22, 2007
Indonesia's solution to a relentless mud volcano
The Guardian - Feb 23, 2007
Indonesia hopes to increase privatization target
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 22, 2007
Why Indonesia Matters
Time/CNN - Feb 22, 2007
Indonesia asks developed countries to reduce subsidies
People's Daily Online - Feb 22, 2007
ExxonMobil to invest Rp700 billion in Indonesia's Sulawesi
Antara News - Feb 21, 2007
Total, Chevron to open fuel outlets in Indonesia
People's Daily Online - Feb 21, 2007
Indonesian govt to earn US$478 mln from privatisation
Antara News - Feb 21, 2007
Indonesia to use overnight rate as benchmark
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 21, 2007
Indonesia to sell air carriers Garuda Indonesia and Merpati
The Jakarta Post - Feb 21, 2007
Indonesia to push ahead with nuclear plansA
FP via Yahoo - Feb 21, 2007
Indonesia to resume supplying UN health agency with bird flu virus samples
UN News Centre - Feb 21, 2007
RI-British armed forces explore normalization of mily cooperation
Antara News, Feb 21, 2007
ANALYSIS - Poso: Indonesia's Latest Front in the War on Terror
World Politics Watch - Feb 19, 2007
Indonesia to issue retail bonds in March-government
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 20, 2007
South Korea SK Telecom eyes Indonesia's Bakrie Telecom
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 20, 2007
Call for Indonesia to buy back telco from Temasek
The Straits Times via Asiamedia - Feb 20, 2007
Government Guarantees Infrastructure Financing
Tempo Interactive - Feb 20, 2007
RI would be happy if new US ambassador familiar with Indonesia
Antara News - Feb 20, 2007
Don't crowd bond market: IMF
The Jakarta Post - Feb 20, 2007
Indonesia aims to maintain 6.1 pct growth in 2007
Antara News - Feb 20, 2007
Indonesia to halve number of state-owned firms by 2009
AFP via Yahoo.com - Feb 20, 2007
Indonesia's Jan cement consumption up 18.6 pct y/y
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 20, 2007
Jakarta flood losses rise to nearly one billion dollars
AFP via Yahoo - Feb 20, 2007
BoI to acquire Indonesia's P T Bank ; set up life insurance JV with Dai-lchi
domain-b.com, India - Feb 19, 2007
Bank Indonesia May Switch Benchmark to Overnight Rate
Bloomberg News - Feb 19, 2007
GE eyes Indonesian energy, water treatment projects
The Jakarta Post - Feb 19, 2007
Biofuel to power Indonesia's anti-poverty drive
AFP via Yahoo - Feb 19, 2007
Govt urged to put military out of business
The Jakarta Post - Feb 17, 2007
Banks still reluctant to provide loans to small industrial firms
The Jakarta Post - Feb 17, 2007
Indonesia's GDP Expands 6.1%; Fastest Pace in 2 Years
Bloomberg News - Feb 16, 2007
Indonesia to resume sending H5N1 samples to WHO
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 16, 2007
Indonesia may cut interest rate in second quarter
Bloomberg News, Feb 16, 2007
Global solidarity needed in preparing for pandemic influenza; Indonesia's stance justified
The Lancet, UK, Feb 16, 2007
Indonesia to issue longer visas to draw more tourists
Antara News, Indonesia - Feb 16, 2007
Indonesia: Reform of Military Business
Human Rights Watch - Feb 16, 2007
Indonesia, China to lead Asia high-yield debt issues
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 15, 2007
Outgoing US ambassador to Indonesia hails good relations between the two countries
Voice of America - Feb 15, 2007
Indonesia- Mining opportunities
Oxford Business Group - Volume 33, Feb 2007
Govt planning to develop 2,000 energy-self-sufficent villages by 2009
Antara News, Indonesia - Feb 15, 2007
Indonesia's Economy Probably Grew at Fastest Pace in Two Years
Bloomberg News, Feb 15, 2007
Santos keen to develop coal seam gas in Indonesia
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 15, 2007
Calpers Adviser Raises Ratings for Indonesia
Bloomberg News, Feb 14, 2007
Indonesia's bank credit grew 14 pct in 2006
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 14, 2007
Barrick Gold Seeks New Mines in Indonesia
Bloomberg News - Feb 14, 2007
Indonesia relaxes rice import ban
Financial Times - Feb 14, 2007
Jakarta plans transit system costing around US$1 bln
Antara News, Feb 14, 2007
Why Indonesia is blocking a bird flu vaccine
MoneyWeek, Feb 14, 2007
Indonesia sees rise in orders from international shoe companies
MarketWatch, Feb 13, 2007
ANALYSIS: Jakarta Drifts
Newsweek International - Feb 14, 2007
BHP, Antam eye Indonesian nickel mine project
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 14, 2007
Indonesia's PLN eyes 12.3 trln rph bonds this year
Reuters via Yahoo - Feb 14, 2007
U.S. Military looks to further military ties with Indonesia
AFP via Yahoo - Feb 13, 2007
Indonesia energy firm, president sued for mud flow
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 13, 2007
Indonesia aims to raise 4 trln rph from bond sales
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 13, 2007
BI has no plan to revise inflation target for 2007
Antara News, Feb 12, 2007
World Bank urges Indonesia to increase public spending
International Herald Tribune, France - 12 hours ago
Can Indonesian corporates get away without repaying bonds?
FinanceAsia, Hong Kong - Feb 13, 2007
Indonesia estimates of damage, losses from floods to rp8 trln
Antara News, Indonesia - Feb 13, 2007
Indonesia MNC plans to sell 30 pct stake in IPO
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 12, 2007
Indonesia earmarks airline, toll operator for sale
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 12, 2007
ANALYSIS: A Year After Lifting Ban on Arms Sales, Bush Visits Indonesia
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Feb 12, 2007
Tin Rises to 17-Year High on Indonesia Stoppage
Bloomberg News - Feb 12, 2007
Jakarta floods to have little impact on national GDP growth - Economists
Antara News - Feb 12, 2007
Pertamina says may work with Statoil on Natuna gas
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 12, 2007
Indonesia to sell 40-49 pct of third-ranked bank - paper
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 12, 2007
Move by Indonesia may force solution to vaccine sharing inequities
Canada.com, Canada - Feb 11, 2007
After String of Disasters, Indonesians Ask: Why Us?
The New York Times, USA - Feb 11, 2007
A yellow light for ties between Indonesia and U.S.
The Jakarta Post, Indonesia - Feb 10, 2007
Sumitomo clinches geothermal order in Indonesia
Antara News, Indonesia - Feb 9, 2007
Indonesian consumers more pessimistic in January
Reuters, UK - Feb 9, 2007
Indonesia likely to buy Hawk aircraft from UK
People's Daily Online, China - Feb 8, 2007Indonesia, Japan to finalize EPA deal this month
People's Daily Online, China - Feb 8, 2007
Indonesia prices $1.5 billion bond at tightest spreads ever
FinanceAsia, Hong Kong - Feb 9, 2007
Indonesia may face wave of disasters
CNN, USA - Feb 9, 2007
Indonesia's Jan motorbike sales jump 28.5 pct
Reuters UK - Feb 8, 2007
Facing Jail US Mining Boss Says Pollution Trial A Sham
AFP France via TerraDaily - Feb 8, 2007
Ex-rebel faces new fight as governor of Indonesia's Aceh
AFP France via Yahoo! - Feb 8, 2007
Indonesia Min: Not Yet Any Official Proposal For Gas Cartel
Nasdaq USA - Feb 8, 2007
Critics of Indonesia bird flu ban accept valid point
Reuters, UK - Feb 8, 2007
Indonesia Says Investors Demanded Almost 4 Times Amount of Bonds
Bloomberg - Feb 8, 2007
Indonesian Supreme Court upholds sentences of embassy bombers
People's Daily - Feb 8, 2007
Indonesia Sells $1.5 Billion of Bonds in its Biggest Sale Abroad in a Year
Bloomberg - Feb 7, 2007
Santos eyes better Indonesian Jeruk oilfield terms
Reuters - Feb 7, 2007
ANALYSIS: Jakarta is flooded (with money)
The Economist - Feb 7 2007
Indonesia Defends Decision on Bird Flu
Associated Press - Feb 7, 2007
Car Manufacturers Stop Production
Tempo Interactive - Feb 7, 2007
Indonesia Floodwaters Recede
Time Online/AP - Feb 7, 2007
Indonesian Rupiah to Rise 7% as Funds Favor Stocks, HSBC Says
Bloomberg - Feb 7, 2007
Baxter, Indonesia agree to develop bird flu vaccine
Bloomberg - Feb 7, 2007
Central Bank Cuts Key Rate to 17-Month Low
Bloomberg - Feb 6, 2007
Indonesia May Sell, Not Give, Bird Flu Virus to Scientists
New York Times, NY - February 6, 2007
Indonesia floods begin to recede amid disease risk
Reuters, UK - Feb 6, 2007
Exxon still seeks early Indonesia Cepu oil flow-exec
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 6, 2007
Indonesia sets yld guidance for global bond
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 6, 2007
BI worried about floods` impact on inflation
Antara News, February 6, 2007
Indonesia's largest biodiesel plant to come on stream in May
Antara News, February 6, 2007
Moody's revises outlook to positive for 10 Indonesian banks
The Asian Banker, Singapore - Feb 6, 2007
ANALYSIS: A yellow light for Indonesia
ISN, Switzerland - Feb 6 ,2007
Indonesia sets price guidance for global bond-source
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 6, 2007
Trawl through Obama's life in Indonesia reveals signs of respect, not radicalism
Financial Times - Feb 5, 2007
Sumitomo Corp wins 14 bln yen georthermal order in Indonesia
Antara, Indonesia - Feb 5, 2007
UN says bird flu endemic in Indonesian poultry
France24, France - Feb 5, 2007Indonesia's capital under water as flooding worsens
Voice of America - Feb 5, 2007
Indonesia's Feb vehicle sales seen hit by floods
Reuters - Feb 5, 2007
ANALYSIS: Old soldiers who refuse to fade away
The Economist via TMCnet - Feb 2007
Moody's changes Indonesia rating outlook to positive
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 5, 2007
Central Bank may cut rate to 17-month low
Bloomberg News - Feb 5, 2007
20 dead in Indonesia flood; 340,000 flee
AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 5, 2007
ANALYSIS: Indonesia's jihadist revival
The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 5, 2007
Newmont official confident of exoneration in Indonesia
Denver Post, CO - Feb 3, 2007
Indonesia to be allowed access to militant Hambali held by US: report International Herald Tribune - Feb 3, 2007
Indonesia's international reserves rise to $43.11 bln
Reuters - Feb 2, 2007
Indonesian inflation eases, rate cut seen next week
Reuters - Feb 1, 2007
Indonesia looks for investors in a new sovereign bond
FinanceAsia, Feb 1, 2007
Indonesia '06 growth estimated at around 5.6 pct
Reuters via Yahoo! - Feb 1, 2007
ANALYSIS: Indonesian gas potential burns dimly
Asia Times Online - Feb 1, 2007