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Teh Botol Sosro heir laid to rest (Mar 13)
JAKARTA: Soetjipto Sosrodjojo, born Liem Hway Hoo, the scion of the PT Sinar Sosro company that produces the country’s most popular beverage, was buried Friday at the San Diego Hills cemetery in read more


ASEAN ministers to finalize Single Window project draft (Mar 13)
ASEAN is pushing for the integration of its members in the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) project, which will allow signatory countries to exchange import and export data online.read more


Govt orders Bukit Asam to drop planned joint venture (Mar 13)
The State-Owned Enterprises Ministry has ordered mining giant PT Bukit Asam (PTBA) to drop a plan to build a railway line in Sumatra with local and Chinese partners.read more


RI’s sovereign rating inching on investment grade level (Mar 13)
Indonesia’s sovereign credit ratings have been raised by Standard & Poor’s to two levels below investment grade as the economy managed to book a high growth amid last year’s global economread more


Government wants to restrict subsidized fuel for luxury cars (Mar 13)
The government expects to control the consumption of subsidized-fuels by imposing restrictions based on the type of private cars, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh told reporead more


No inflation spike from power tariffs hikes: BI (Mar 13)
The planned increase of electricity tariff in early second half this year will not significantly accelerate inflation, the central bank said, maintaining its inflation estimate at between 4 percentread more


Govt to restrict subsidized fuels for owners of luxury cars (Mar 12)
Private owners of luxury cars will soon be prohibited from using subsidized fuels, under a planned restriction by the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.
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Chinese minister insists Google obey the law (Mar 12)
China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. read more


Electricity tariff hike won't affect inflation target: BI (Mar 12)
The planned increase of electricity tariff in early second half this year will not create a significant impact to drive inflation, the central bank said.
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Govt provides Rp 1.53 trillion for import duty exemptions (Mar 12)
The government has allocated up to Rp 1.53 trillion (US$166.8 million) on import duty exemption for 14 industries as part of a stimulus package to achieve economic growth of more than 5.5 percent, read more