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India opens door to foreign supermarket chains (Reuters)
november 24, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – India threw open its $450 billion retail market to global supermarket giants on Thursday, approving its biggest reform in years that may boost sorely...
Correction: Kazakhstan-Peace Corps story (AP)
november 24, 2011by latadmin
AP – In a Nov. 18 story on the departure of the Peace Corps from Kazakhstan, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the program’s workers had been...
Cigarette Factory Workers Protest Over Tax Increase
november 23, 2011by latadmin
, Malang, East Java:Hundreds of cigarette factory workers protested in front of the Malang Intermediate Customs and Excise Supervisory and Service…
Outsiders Banned from SOEs Meeting
november 23, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan has restricted people from outside the board of directors and commissioners to participate in SOEs meetings. The...
Did the DPR Have a Hidden Agenda in the KPK Leadership Selection Process?
november 23, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:The House of Representatives (DPR) Law Commission is suspected of keeping a hidden agenda by taking advantage of the dispute over the wealth report of the...
Newmont Shares Purchases to be Audited
november 23, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) will conduct auditing on the purchase of 24 percent of the PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara…
Orangutan Exterminators Sent by Company
november 23, 2011by latadmin
, Samarinda, East Kalimantan:Suspected killers of the Orang Utan at the Puan Village, Kutai Kartanegara, ini East Kalimantan, said that they were…
Investments are Difficult to Restrict, Says BKPM
november 23, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:The government is examining a request made by businesspeople to restrict foreign investments and only to allow industries utilizing foreign…
Golkar Recruits Retired Generals for 2014 Elections
november 23, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:Bambang Soesatyo, the Golongan Karya (Golkar) Party deputy-treasurer, has confirmed that the party’s chairman Aburizal Bakrie has recruited a number of...
Man sentenced to 20 years for insulting Thai queen (AP)
november 23, 2011by latadmin
AP – A Thai criminal court sentenced a 61-year-old man to 20 years in prison Wednesday for sending text messages deemed offensive to the country’s queen.
