Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Garuda Indonesia intends to double its net profit this year to Rp516 billion from a year earlier, its president director said.

Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA)- State owned steel maker PT Krakatau Steel has obtained a credit facility for a non-cash loan from Bank BNI worth US$1.46 trillion, consisting of US$75 million (about Rp71

Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's crude oil and condesate production in the first seven months of 2008 reached an average of 979,602 barrels per day, the Upstream Oil and Gas Executive Agency

Karachi, July 31 PPI: Pakistan's total liquid foreign reserves stood at $10,487.7 million on July 26, 2008 as against $10,728.4 million on July 19, 2006, State Bank of Pakistan said Thursday.

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, July 31 (Itar-Tass) - A first Russo-Chinese joint venture, Geocenter, established in Kolyma has begun gold prospecting at the Igumenovskoye gold deposit in the Tenkinsky district

BEIJING, July 31 (Itar-Tass) - China is always glad to receive Russian tourists, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters on Thursday in comments about the temporary confiscat

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Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla has asked small- and medium-scale businessmen to brand their products so that Indonesians consumers can feel proud in using the goods.

BEIJING, July 31 (Itar-Tass) - The Chinese authorities intend to build a nuclear power plant on the southern Hainan Island that is a popular tourist destination.

Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - The rupiah slowly but surely edged closer to Rp9,100 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Thursday morning following a rush for the local unit, a money mar