Jakarta, Dec 19 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI /the central bank) has an audited budget surplus of Rp16 trillion in 2008, its deputy governor Ardhayadi said.

Jakarta, Dec. 19 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines in major Indonesian newspapers published here on Friday.

The Jakarta Post
LAWMAKERS TURN DOWN BILL ON CRISIS

By Eliswan Azly

Dollar ends at 1,290.0 won DN from 1,292.0 won
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Baku, 18 December,(AzerTAj)Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller met President of the State Oil
Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev on December 17 at the headquarters

Dushanbe, Dec 18, IRNA

Jakarta, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - The government has set the target of investment in the energy and mineral resources sector for 2009 at US$25.4 billion compared to US$21.7 billion it plans to attract thi

Jakarta, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI / the central bank) has predicted that Indonesia's economic growth will reach 4.9 percent in 2009, higher than World Bank prediction at 4.4 percent, a

Jakarta, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is expecting to be able to be self-sufficient in sugar in four or five years' time when domestic supply is able to meet demand.

Jakarta, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government expects Middle Eastern investors to keep on increasing the realization of their investment plans in the country so as to move the domestic e