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Invading Neighbors
Indonesia’s very own minimarket brand, Alfamart will soon investing $$$ to neighboring countries as it now has strong presence in Indonesia and capital to expand further. Alfamart owns more than 4,300 Alfamart stores nationwide and plans to open at least 10 Alfamart stores in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City by the end of 2010. This [...]
Indonesia’s New Cozy Hotel Chain
When gigantic Air Asia launched Tune hotels as part of its business wings, it was expected that it would become a trend, boost Air Asia’s revenue. Despite its slow growth, Tune hotels firmly deepen its root. I myself had once stayed at Tune hotel, it was a cozy and nice hotel, only that the room was just too [...]
Indonesian Largest Companies
By Akhyari Hananto
I have mentioned last nite in my twitter, that I would write about this. A friend of mine, an economic analyst from Canada, said to me several months ago that Indonesia will soon put at least 12 companies in Forbes’ World’s 1000 largest. In 2009, PT Telkom Indonesia ranked #657, Bank Central Asia [...]
The $ 672 billion roars !
Indonesian stocks are traded by Japanese investors every day, but one recent request from Tokyo was out of the ordinary. A big investor phoned up a local fund manager asking to buy $1bn in equities on the Jakarta stock exchange within just 20 days.
Jakarta is not liquid enough to handle that kind of money. But [...]
5 Million Reasons To Visit Indonesia Pavillion
This is truly a heartwarming news that visitors flocking in Indonesia Pavilion had reached 4.8 million yesterday, and expected to top 5 million on 17 August, the day the nation celebrates its independence.
The committee of the expo 2010 will only formally announce info on overall achievements like best pavilion, most visited pavilion, most this and [...]
Why Investors Are Flooding Back Into Indonesia
There’s been a lot of talk about how emerging markets are now safer than the developed world. And for the most part, this is just talk.
You can point as much as you like to stronger growth prospects and better balance sheets. It doesn’t make much difference yet. When a crisis comes, foreign investors still flee [...]
Beating BRICs
Indonesia and Turkey are beating the world’s biggest emerging markets by almost any financial measure, even while they may be too small to join the BRICs.
Indonesia’s equity index climbed 22 percent this year and Turkey’s rose 13 percent, both hitting all-time highs on July 29. Credit-market rallies sent yields on the nations’ foreign- currency [...]
Indonesia, An Economic Model
Looks like my proposal to have the BRIC acronym transformed into iBRIC is catching on. Much like we see in Brazil, it appears good political leadership *does* make a difference. Further, as global capital hops and skips from one country to another in the never ending search for ever cheaper labor, Indonesia could be joining [...]
The Allure of East Kalimantan
Most Sabahans view Indonesians as just labourers or household servants, oblivious to the fact that its Borneo neighbour is one of Indonesia’s richest provinces.
By Karim Raslan, published in The Star
I COMPLAIN about our politicians talking too much, but I’m becoming just as much a culprit. I seem to be delivering speeches all the [...]
The Giant Tiger On The Rise
By Akhyari Hananto
I am writing this article with shaky hands and accelerating heartbeat, taking deep long breathe to boost my confidence. I need that, because what I am going to deliver to you is something ‘BIG’ and something, where probability of it to become a reality is 50:50. Probability aside, I have right now the [...]
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