Economists had projected the economy would add a million positions as vaccines and government stimulus measures allow business to return to normal in the world's largest economy.

State-owned electricity monopolist PLN has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050 with a plan to phase out fossil fuel-fired power plants and use more renewable energy in its networks.

Total has come under pressure from pro-democracy activists to "stop financing the junta" since a military coup in February which has been followed by a brutal crackdown on dissent.

The carrier, Japan's second-largest by market share, suffered a net loss of 286.7 billion yen for the year through March -- its first full-year result in the red since it relisted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2012.

Despite a general decline in unemployment since last August, the national rate remains high amid employers' reluctance to hire workers during the current recession.

"I will be very honest with you, this deal was not exactly a deal," Thierry Breton, France's representative to the EU executive told the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington.

Indonesia has a vital role to play in the region amid the transition to green investments as a foundational policy of the global financial industry.

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“Having a job is a matter of survival. It is understandable that people would rather get sick than go hungry,” the Center of Reform on Economics (Core) economist Muhammad Faisal said on Tuesday.

James Bond's favourite car brand Aston Martin announced a pre-tax loss of £42.2 million ($59 million, 49 million euros) in the first three months of 2021, it said in a statement.

Aceh's Qanun No. 11/2018 on sharia financial institutions has prompted at least five conventional banks to leave the province. Some are making their operations sharia-compliant, while others are leaving for good.

PayPal said it made a profit of $1.1 billion in the recently ended quarter, compared with $84 million in the same period last year.

The China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue deal has been pulled "based on the current attitude" of the Australian government, China's National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement, blaming some officials of "ideological discrimination."

Qantas had claimed the five-year agreement -- proposed in late 2020 -- would speed the pandemic recovery and "better serve customers" by improving connections between 29 smaller cities in Australia, Japan and New Zealand. 

PT Lima Dua Lima Tiga, owner and management of Jakarta-based Lucy in the Sky, raised fresh funds on the IDX to pay wages, training and rent after its income plummeted following last year's large-scale social restrictions.

The government forecast economic growth to rebound to between 6.9 and 7.8 percent in the April-June period from a year earlier given the low base effect.

For the first three months of the year, the world's biggest freight company posted net profit of $2.7 billion (2.3 billion euros).

The two companies' financial reports show swelling costs as the Finance Ministry continues to periodically raise excise taxes to deter smoking.

The country's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.74 percent year-on-year in the January to March period, less severe than the contractions in recent quarters.

The Japanese automaker has been trying to become profitable again and recover from the reputational damage caused by the departure of its now-fugitive former leader Carlos Ghosn.

Telenor said in a statement that it booked net loss of 3.9 billion kroner ($470 million, 390 million euros) in the period from January to March, compared with bottom-line profit of 698 million kroner in the same period a year earlier.

A study by consulting firm McKinsey & Company showed that electric motorcycles would pave the way for electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Indonesia as the bikes would become cost-competitive with regular motorcycles by 2022.

The Indonesian banking industry has gone through one of the most challenging times since the monetary crisis in 1998/1999 and it is showing a healthy and stable condition.

The second consecutive rise in the country's manufacturing PMI heralds better times ahead, but companies could help things along by hiring more workers.

While the Dow and S&P 500 on Wall Street provided a positive lead, there were few catalysts to drive business, with Tokyo and mainland China's bourses closed for holidays.

The case opening in federal court comes with Apple feeling pressure from a wide range of app makers over its tight control of the App Store, which critics say represents monopolistic behavior.

The holding company aims to improve Indonesia’s food security, farmers’ welfare and the agriculture industry’s modernity.

The country's first decacorn aims to phase out all fossil fuel-powered vehicles and replace them with electric vehicles to fulfill its 2030 net zero goal; a tall order, since it does not own the vehicles its drivers use.

"Although it will take some time to get the full picture of the impact of Covid-19 on e-commerce... a number of developments point to the strong rise in e-commerce in 2020," said the report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Consumer prices last month rose less than they usually do ahead of Idul Fitri, as mobility restrictions are keeping demand subdued.