Bank Halim may be bought out by ICBC of mainland China.

Bank Indonesia says there are fifty banks in the country which are in an unhealthy state.

Frozen eel exports from Indonesia have met with rejection from European health officials.

Textiles producers are being encouraged to modernise their equipment with the offer of subsidies on loan repayments.

Indonesia fears its textiles industry could suffer sanctions from the US over the Chinese transhipments issue.

An interview with vice president Jusuf Kalla as he discusses the investment climate in Indonesia.

East Nusa Tenggara province is being touted as a hot property in the tourism sector in years to come, with the cruise ship and surfing industries being targeted.

Indonesia is ranked 50th on the World Economic Forum’s competitiveness scale, the highest it has ever scored.

Free trade, or globalisation, is to blame for much financial suffering in Indonesia, says a scholarly body.

One barometer of the economy, motorcycle sales, has witnessed a modest improvement in August 2006.

Indonesia is not attractive as an investment destination, according to many, while the government sets the date for the passing of the new investment bill.

Reliance on chemical pesticides harms Indonesian food and agriculture exports to Europe.

Sri Mulyani is the all-Asia Finance Minister champion, according to Emerging Markets newspaper.

The city of Yogyakarta plans to build a Knowledge Park, or “Taman Pintar”, to spur on the information technology industry.

The courts may be getting serious about the selling of pirated computer software.

Sales of cars in August 2006 bucked the recent downward trend but year-on-year comparisons paint a still bleak picture.

Great opportunities are said to exist in the Indonesian cable television industry.

Bank Indonesia might provoke a monetary crisis by creating capital flight should it lower interest rates below 10%.

Three new licenses have been granted for the provision of 3G mobile or cell phone services in Indonesia.

The government is gearing up to force the movement of manufacturing industries to industrial parks, while some lament the lack of infrastructure in such places.