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April 26, 2001

Straits Times - April 26, 2001

Robert Go, Jakarta – The Indonesian government appears keen to show that there is little "legal certainty" for foreign investors in the country, even after warnings from international d

April 2, 2001

Dow Jones Newswires - April 2, 2001

I Made Sentana, Jakarta – Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina (P.PTM) oil and gas company has raised fuel prices for industrial users to between 50% and 100% of international market price

March 13, 2001

Jakarta Post - March 13, 2001

Jakarta – The government decided on Monday to raise fuel prices for industries by 50 percent up to 100 percent on April 1 but keep kerosene and fuel prices at gas stations unchanged unt

January 25, 2001

Jakarta Post - January 25, 2001

Jakarta – Minister of Industry and Trade Luhut Pandjaitan denied on Wednesday reports claiming that some export-oriented companies had fled Indonesia in fear of rampant labor disputes.

December 6, 2000

Indonesian Observer - December 6, 2000

Jakarta – The government plans to scrap the 10% import taxes on logs and raise export taxes on the commodity in a bid to liberalize the forestry industry, economics czar Rizal Ramli sai

September 24, 2000

Straits Times - September 24, 2000

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – As wary residents brace themselves for more surprise attacks after the bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange building, businesses offering security-related prod

September 5, 2000

Reuters - September 5, 2000

Soraya Permatasari, Jakarta – An Indonesian commission said there were signs that some listed firms, including noodle giant Indofood and some cement companies, might be in violation of

June 30, 2000

Asia Pulse - June 30, 2000

Jakarta – At least 87 pharmaceutical factories in Indonesia have stopped operation since the crisis began to jolt the country in the second half of 1997.

June 2, 2000

Jakarta Post - June 2, 2000

Jakarta – Ten state-owned companies have been put on a primary list for privatization this year, according to an updated master plan to be issued by the Office of the State Minister of

May 9, 2000

Straits Times - May 9, 2000

Bandung – Continuing worker protests may prompt at least 20 foreign manufacturing companies to relocate outside Indonesia, the Indonesian Business Council says.

April 18, 2000

Jakarta Post - April 18, 2000

Jakarta – State companies remain highly vulnerable to exploitation as cash cows for political groups like they were under previous political administrations, informed sources said on Mo

March 21, 2000

Jakarta Post - March 21, 2000

Jakarta – Finance minister Bambang Sudibyo said on Monday that 120 state-owned companies suffered combined financial losses of Rp 47.65 trillion (US$6.39 billion) last year.

January 7, 2000

Business Times (Singapore) - January 7, 2000

Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – Whichever way one looks at the issue, Indonesia's new leadership is in no-man's land when trying to deal with the massive energy and gas contracts endorsed by the

March 14, 1999

Reuters - March 14, 1999

Soraya Permatasari, Jakarta – Indonesia's textile industry, once a significant national breadwinner, has withered into a shadow of its former self under the strains of the country's dee

April 2, 1997

Wall Street Journal - April 2, 1997

Jakarta – After years of living contentedly, many import-dependent businesses in Indonesia worry that changes in customs procedures could bring back the bad old days at the country's po

March 17, 1997

ABC International News - March 17, 1997

Indonesia's President Suharto and the Singapore Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong, will jointly launch a giant marine and industrial complex on the Indonesian island of Karimun later today

March 15, 1997

Straits Times - March 15, 1997

Jakarta – Recent religious and ethnic riots in Indonesia, political uncertainty and the country's questionable economic regulations will not have a great impact on US business interests

January 27, 1997

International Herald Tribune - January 27, 1997

Michael Richardson, Jakarta – A group of Indonesia's wealthiest companies has agreed to intensify a program to help smaller businesses in what analysts said Sunday was an attempt to def

January 20, 1997

Lusa - January 20, 1997

Lisbon – The Indonesian group that has bought Italian car maker Lamborghini was said to be a partner in the construction of a cement factory in East Timor.