#business sector

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ASEAN, Canada adopt joint declaration on trade, investment

Indonesia`s Trade Minister Dr Mari Elka Pangestu, who is concurrently the Chair of the ASEAN Economic Ministers, and ...

Govt to raise smallholder business credit ceiling

The government is mulling to raise the ceiling of smallholder business credits (KUR) by 25 percent to Rp25 trillion ...

ASEAN Foundation, aim conduct forum on poverty alleviation

The ASEAN Foundation and Asian Institute of Management (AIM) hosted a forum to present the case studies on addressing ...

People forced to wait longer for social security

Indonesian people - those in the low-income bracket in particular, have to exercise a still undetermined additional ...

Mutiara Bank hoping to be acquired by big banks

Mutiara Bank which has declared itself for sale is hoping that big banks would buy it to support its development, its ...

ASEAN foundation collaborates to promote human resources development

The ASEAN Foundation and the University of the Philippines Los Ba`os recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to ...

Govt needs to facilitate credits for micro businesses

Small and medium enterprises (SME) are in real term the main pillars of the people`s economic development as they ...

RI to organize ASEAN workshop on empowering women

Indonesia will organize an ASEAN workshop on the best practice of empowering women in micro and small businesses in ...

ASEAN summit opens RI pandora`s box of infrastructure projects

The 18th ASEAN Summit four weeks ago in Jakarta has unexpectedly opened the pandora`s box of Indonesia`s ...

Bank Mandiri to pay dividends at Rp138.27 per share

PT Bank Mandiri Tbk.(BMRI) will pay dividends at the rate of Rp138.27 per share or a total of Rp3.23 trillion ...

Business entities must play role in environment preservation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that all stakeholders in the business sector and components in business ...

Indonesian Business Council for Sustainable Development formed

Six Indonesian prominent companies have set up an Indonesian Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD), ...

Trade minister: ASEAN market already established

Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said the single ASEAN market had actually been formed as of 2002 and is now ...

Ministries Agree to Intensify Seaweed Cultivation in Least Developed Regions

Six ministries have agreed to intensify cultivation and production of seaweed as part of efforts to boost the ...

Micro businesses contribute 33 pct to economy

Bank Indonesia noted that the contribution of micro businesses to the economic growth last year reached 33.08 pct from ...