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This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website Sepah News on Sunday reportedly shows the wreckage and remains of a targeted and crashed aircraft in central Iran.
This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website Sepah News on Sunday reportedly shows the wreckage and remains of a targeted and crashed aircraft in central Iran.`
Economy premium

Ceasefire provides temporary relief for bleeding rupiah

A de-escalation in the United States-Israeli war on Iran has helped the rupiah bounce back somewhat after approaching its historic low, but economists say the Indonesian currency remains subject to a range of risks.

9 hours ago
Regulations premium

Govt vows to wrap up all SOE mergers this year

The merger of 15 logistics firms into a single SOE is the earliest move and is expected to be completed within a month.

14 hours ago
Economy premium

Rising plastic prices pressure bottled water industry

The bottled water industry estimates that raw material prices could rise as much as 100 percent and effect a 25-50 percent rise in packaging costs, inevitably leading to a price hike for consumers.

18 hours ago

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Oil plunges, Asia stocks soar after US, Iran ceasefire

Stocks soared and oil plunged in early trade in Asia on Wednesday after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with Tehran temporarily to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz.

21 hours ago
Economy premium

Farmers association warns of prolonged fertilizer crunch

Indonesian farmers face rising production costs and tighter chemical fertilizer supplies as the US-Israeli war on Iran intensifies, the Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) has said.

22 hours ago
Regulations premium

Indonesia’s data center boom raises alarm over water use

A study found that hot, humid lowland climates in cities like Jakarta and Batam leave data centers heavily dependent on energy-hungry mechanical cooling systems that run at high load year-round.

1 day ago
Economy premium

Double hit on manufacturing: What are anticipatory policies?

The manufacturing sector’s growth trend is expected to face many challenges, including higher oil and energy prices due to US and Israeli attacks on Iran, as well as rupiah depreciation, which is pushing up production costs for certain industries.

1 day ago
Economy

Euro zone growth slows to nine-month low on surging costs, PMI shows

The euro zone's private sector expansion weakened sharply in March as the Middle East war drove up energy costs and disrupted supply chains, with overall demand - a key gauge for economic health - falling for the first time in eight months, a survey showed on Tuesday.

1 day ago
tech

Govt summons Meta, Google over noncompliance with child social media curbs

Indonesia summoned officials from Meta and Google over non-compliance with social media restrictions for children under 16 that went into full effect last week, a minister said in a video statement published on Tuesday.

1 week ago
tech

Roblox to introduce new controls in Indonesia to comply with child social media block

Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate "high ​risk" social media accounts for under 16s, according ​to a ministerial regulation issued earlier this month.

2 weeks ago
tech

OpenAI to introduce ads to all ChatGPT free and Go users in US

OpenAI will begin showing ads to all users of the free and Go versions of ChatGPT in the United States in the coming weeks, a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

2 weeks ago
economy

Euro zone growth slows to nine-month low on surging costs, PMI shows

The euro zone's private sector expansion weakened sharply in March as the Middle East war drove up energy costs and disrupted supply chains, with overall demand - a key gauge for economic health - falling for the first time in eight months, a survey showed on Tuesday.

1 day ago
economy

Current oil and gas crisis worse than 1973, 1979, 2002 combined: IEA

"The world has never experienced a disruption to energy supply of such magnitude," he said in an interview with the French newspaper released in its Tuesday edition.

1 day ago
companies

AirAsia X to raise fares, cut capacity over Mideast war

Southeast Asia's largest low-cost carrier AirAsia X said Monday it was raising ticket prices and cutting routes to cushion the impact of the war on Iran, but stressed demand for flights remained high.

2 days ago
companies

Cathay Pacific raises fuel surcharge on all flights by 34%

"The price of jet fuel comprises both the crude oil component and the refinery component, both of which have increased significantly in recent weeks," the company said in a statement.

1 week ago
markets

Oil plunges, Asia stocks soar after US, Iran ceasefire

Stocks soared and oil plunged in early trade in Asia on Wednesday after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with Tehran temporarily to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz.

21 hours ago
markets

Stocks struggle, oil jumps as Trump's Iran deadline looms

Global stocks wavered on Tuesday, while oil prices were perched near US$110 per barrel as the prospect of escalation in the war in the Middle East and the looming deadline for a deal to be reached kept nervy investors on the sidelines.

1 day ago
markets

US crude benchmark opens over $113, Brent above $110

Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday, with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate up 1.86 percent to US$113.62 a barrel, as the war in the Middle East continues to squeeze global energy supplies.

2 days ago
markets

Indonesia says stock market reform drive completed after Feb's selloffs

The proposed reforms were unveiled after index provider MSCI warned in late January that the country was ​at risk of being downgraded amid concerns about a lack of transparency around stock ownership and ​trading.

5 days ago
markets

India's March palm oil imports fall to 3-month low as prices surge

India sources most of its palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, while soy oil and sunflower oil are imported mainly from Argentina, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine.

6 days ago
markets

Oil rallies, stocks tumble as Trump says US to hammer Iran further

Oil prices spiked and stocks sank on Thursday after Donald Trump reiterated that US forces would hammer Iran for another two to three weeks but offered no solution to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz that has crippled global markets.

6 days ago
markets

Asian stocks rally as Trump says war to end 'very soon'

Asian stock markets including Jakarta rallied Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the Middle East war would be over in up to three weeks and his Iranian counterpart said Tehran had "the necessary will" to bring it to an end.

1 week ago

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