Jack Ma has not appeared in a public setting since a late October forum in Shanghai where he blasted China’s regulatory system in a speech that put him on a collision course with officials.

The OPEC+ ministerial meeting came after the COVID-19 pandemic tanked the market for crude in 2020.

MNC Kapital is part of a business group controlled by tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo, an Indonesian politician and business partner of United States President Donald Trump.

The merged entity would create an Indonesian internet powerhouse with a combined valuation of more than US$18 billion, the report added.

The securities crowdfunding will allow SMEs to offer to investors equity, debt papers or sukuk for sharia-based funding worth up to Rp 10 billion (US$712,918).

The country’s annual consumer price index (CPI) stood at 1.68 percent last year as prices advanced 0.45 percent on a monthly basis in December, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Monday.

An Oxford Economics report has forecast that Indonesia's GDP will grow 6 percent this year, significantly more optimistic than earlier projections that put growth at 4.4 percent to 4.5 percent.

The pioneering high-end electric vehicle maker delivered 180,570 cars to customers and produced 179,757 in the fourth quarter of the year, it said in a statement Saturday.

The field holds an estimated 2 trillion cubic feet of recoverable resources, according to initial estimates announced in 2019.

China’s vast industrial sector has staged an impressive recovery from the coronavirus shock thanks to surprisingly strong exports.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission, in a question and answer posted on its official website, said the plans are “politically motivated”.

Friday's move by the NYSE seeks to comply with an order by outgoing US President Donald Trump barring investment in firms with ties to the Chinese military.

Deals involving Asia Pacific firms totaled US$1.2 trillion in 2020, up 12 percent from 2019.

In the fourth quarter, the economy shrank 3.8 percent year-on-year, less than expected, according to preliminary growth data released by the trade ministry.

It comes as relations between the world's two biggest economies spiral downwards over sore points ranging from trade and the coronavirus to Hong Kong and Xinjiang.

The government, the central bank and various international institutions have predicted that Southeast Asia’s largest economy will grow between 4.4 and 6.1 percent this year.

Over the full year of 2020, the JCI lost 5.09 percent despite gaining 21.18 percent in the last three months.

The MoU includes strategic investment projects in the EV battery cell industry that integrates the mining, smelting, refining, and precursor and cathode industries.

Convictions that global monetary authorities will continue to pump liquidity into the banking system to support the pandemic-stricken economy underpin risk assets.

A planned collaboration between Indonesian telecommunication company PT Indosat and PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia, also known as Tri, is expected to produce a stronger company amid fierce competition among providers and strengthen the country’s telecommunications industry as a whole, according to experts.

The loan provides working capital for PLN to buy electricity from seven existing renewable energy projects.

Reuters interviews with more than two-dozen investment bankers show that many shifts in their business brought about by the pandemic are here to stay even once COVID-19 vaccines have been successfully rolled out.

In a statement, the Commission said the deal would be implemented on only a provisional basis, as there has not been time for the EU parliament to vote on it.

Wall Street's leading indices pushed further into previously uncharted highs during trading on Tuesday, but ended up closing lower.

City-owned bus operator Transjakarta has an ambitious plan to expand its electric bus fleet to 10,000 units over the decade as Jakarta, a city with one of the world’s worst air pollution, tries to push for cleaner air.

The government has vowed to prioritize health and safety in its efforts to revive the pandemic-battered tourism industry while highlighting new types of attraction that may offer promising business opportunities.

Recently the government enacted Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 114/2020 on the national financial inclusion strategy, replacing Perpres No. 82/2016. Part of the reason was the achievement of the financial inclusion target, which is defined by the percentage of individuals with access to financial products and services.

The MCB scheme channeled to both companies is part of the government’s Rp 695.2 trillion national economic recovery (PEN) program.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged 2.66 percent, or 714.12 points, to end at 27,568.15, while the broader Topix index rose 1.74 percent, or 31.14 points, to 1,819.18.

Subsidized fuels is a prickly issue for the Indonesian government. The dirty commodity costs trillions of rupiah in state spending and swells carbon dioxide and air pollution levels, especially in big cities.