News Corp said in a statement on Tuesday the agreement covers the Australian arm of the business and includes major mastheads such as The Australian national newspaper and metropolitan editions like the Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun. Sky News Australia, a subscription television service owned by News Corp Australia, has also reached a new agreement with Facebook.

The shift from cash to noncash transactions has become the key for financial institutions to keep their business competitive and resilient at the same time.

ShopeePay, which has led digital payments in Indonesia since October, plans to strengthen its presence by extending discounts and cash-back offers in 2021.

Imports jumped as manufacturers bought raw materials and new machinery to resume production.

Activist investors took aim at Emmanuel Faber, who became Danone's boss in 2017, and his management team, demanding his departure and a revamp at the top as the company struggles to plot a post-Covid recovery strategy.

Indonesia's two leading state-owned fishery companies are expected to complement each other's business and achieve strong growth after a government-ordered merger.

Peak harvest season is expected to fall in early April, while the national average price of dry unhusked rice – the rawest form of rice – dipped 8.08 percent yoy to Rp 4,758 per kg in February.

The general mood across trading floors is of a blockbuster surge in global growth this year as coronavirus vaccine rollouts and easing of lockdowns allow life to return to a semblance of normal.

The pilot, who, according to media outlet Caixin, blamed the head flight attendant for not clearing his way to the bathroom, will have his license revoked, Wu Shijie, deputy director of the Office of Aviation Safety at the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), told a monthly briefing.

Industrial production spiked a forecast-busting 35.1 percent on-year, the biggest bounce in decades, while retail sales also beat expectations with 33.8 percent growth.

Just over 1.35 million travelers were checked in at American airports on Friday, the most since March 15 last year, according to Transportation Safety Administration figures.

In the balance between allowing faster growth -- and rising prices -- in order to restore some of the more than nine million jobs still missing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Fed Chair Jerome Powell's message has been clear: he wants to see more people back to work.

Indonesia’s big four banks are increasing their efforts to phase out magnetic strip debit cards and replace them with chip-based cards to comply with Bank Indonesia’s (BI) directive to improve the nation’s digital security.

The expansion was first announced during the Dutch king and queen's visit to Indonesia in March 2020.

The commodity-linked Australian and New Zealand dollars traded close to one-week highs reached overnight as inflation fears ebbed, sending Wall Street stocks to record highs.

The package will deliver checks of up to $1,400 per person to most households, making it the third round of direct payments provided amid the health crisis that has continued for about a year.

Life insurers saw coverage shrink 7 percent yoy to 63.69 million people in 2020 mainly as companies cut back on employee benefits.

The loss after tax, equivalent to $4.4 billion or 3.7 billion euros, compared with a loss of £1.3 billion in 2019, the company said.

Elon Musk said nickel supplies were the company's "biggest concern" while Indonesia is known as the world's largest nickel ore producer.  

With the latest investment from Gojek, LinkAja has raised a total investment of more than US$100 million through its series B funding. The investment came after ride-hailing company Grab led a $100 million funding for LinkAja in November last year.

Indonesia and Singapore, respectively the largest and richest economies in Southeast Asia, expect the deal to boost two-way investment flows by up to 20 percent over the next five years.

Chairman Patrick Healy described 2020 as the "most challenging" in the airline's 70-year history and said much will now depend on how effective and widespread global vaccination programmes are. 

But reclusive Zhong Shanshan has become Asia's richest man following the stock listings last year of his Nongfu Spring mineral water and separate pharma company Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise, which has tapped into massive demand for Covid-19 test kits.

The change will reduce electricity relief spending by 50 percent qtq to Rp 2.3 trillion in the April-June period even though the number of recipients has risen by 0.8 percent to 33.9 million over the same period.

Germany's exports ticked up in January on robust trade with China but imports sank as coronavirus shutdowns sapped consumer demand in Europe's top economy, official data showed Tuesday.

One way to resolve the import restrictions on Indonesian palm oil would be to improve ISPO certification so that it can be accepted as global certification of sustainable palm oil.

Buoyed by favorable government and central bank policies, Fitch Ratings forecasts recovery this year for the three hardest-hit industries of 2020: property, construction and automotive.

A flood of money for Covid-19 vaccines, stimulus checks and unemployment benefits is set to flow into the US economy this week, with Congress's expected approval of President Joe Biden's US$1.9 trillion stimulus package.

The UK-based company made an underlying loss of £223.7 million ($309.3 million, 259.5 million euros) in 2020, Deliveroo said in a statement, hit by heavy investment.

A SMERU Research Institute survey shows that impacts of COVID-19 on Indonesian households have been "very severe" and "likely to continue" this year.