Businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo is diversifying his business and setting up new ventures in mining and renewable energy. In a rare interview, Hashim said he is moving into rubber plantations, tin mining, developing renewable energy derived from aren (arenga pinnata) trees and developing technology to tap the power of water. 2:48pm Feb 1, 2012
Market demand is driving PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk. to add value by becoming the first in the country to make butadiene, the raw material for synthetic rubber. With steady economic growth pushing demand for synthetic rubber in the automotive industry. The company has invested $145 million in a plant operated by subsidiary PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia. 7:15pm Feb 2, 2012
Property developers keep expanding to reap the soaring demand for apartment and office space in Jakarta, while residential and industrial estates are also booming.As international investors keep a close eye on Indonesia's economy, local property developers just keep on working to meet soaring demand from domestic customers. The top players are striving to complete projects on schedule and, after exponential growth last year, the outlook of the property development business is rosy right through to 2014. 7:32pm Feb 2, 2012
New faces to contest gubernatorial election
Indika Energy is one of the most integrated coal mining companies in the country, an advantage it is putting to good use as it seeks to grow both revenue and profits. Chief financial officer Aziz Amand talks to GlobeAsia about the outlook for 2012. 10:50am Feb 2, 2012
Chocolate Monggo: Choice, not destiny
Becoming an entrepreneur is a choice, not destiny. That’s the conclusion of Edward Riando Picasauw after taking his chocolate business from nowhere into the top ten brands in one national retail network. Yogyakarta-produced Chocolate Monggo has become a recognized trademark in the middle to upper market chocolate segment. 11:00am Feb 2, 2012
Indonesia’s Co-Co Spirit - The new globalism
While the theme at Davos this year focuses on collaborative power as part of the transformation required to deal with fundamental shifts that are underway, Indonesia has developed a collaborative and cooperative – Co-Co - approach as part of its own transformation from an authoritarian state to a vibrant democracy. G 3:40pm Feb 2, 2012
The government is targeting that implementation of the Land Acquisition Law should be effective by the middle of this year to allow a start to building public infrastructure, with a presidential decree to support the law still pending. 7:05pm Feb 2, 2012
A Brief History of Timekeeping
Running until Feb. 12, the first Cartier Art Exhibition in Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands shows visitors and watch lovers how the honored horologists have kept time in luxury over the years. 1:08pm Feb 3, 2012
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