Satria Sambijantoro and Amahl S. Azwar, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/ Cianjur, West Java | Headlines | Mon, September 02 2013, 10:03 AM Indonesia has not come up with “good policies” quickly enough as its current…
PT Angkasa Pura II selaku pengelola Bandara Soekarno-Hatta mengusulkan kenaikan pajak Bandara Soetta dari Rp40 ribu saat ini menjadi Rp100 ribu. Biaya servis dan keamanan yang terus meningkat dari tahun ke tahun menjadi alasan utama…
Financial markets appear willing to give the United States something they offer fewer and fewer countries these days — time to get public finances in order. It remains to be seen how long investors will…
The first of a four-part investigation into a world of greed and recklessness that led to financial collapse. In the first episode of Meltdown, we hear about four men who brought down the global economy: a…
Unless you stocked up on stocks, 2010 was a year to forget for your money. The much-anticipated recovery in real estate never arrived, and about 6.3 million people have been unemployed for at least six…
Many states are acknowledging this year that they have promised pensions they cannot afford and are cutting once-sacrosanct benefits, to appease taxpayers and attack budget deficits. Illinois raised its retirement age to 67, the highest…
As the financial markets rebounded in 2009 and developing markets continued to grow, lost wealth around the world returned. Despite the volatile global economy, many households gained or regained millionaire status last year, according to…
Big discounts! Big sales! Big freebies! Enticing deals abound, but you need to distinguish those from the raw deals masquerading as bargains. Many of them come with so many strings attached that they could cost…
The newly inaugurated Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo start his first day at work by holding a meeting with the ministry top officials on Friday morning. The meeting, which was started at around 8 a.m., was…
Indonesia never deserved finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. Precious few Indonesians, especially among the political class, seem capable of distinguishing good from bad, reformer from rent-seeker. When she resigned this week to become one of…
JAKARTA – Menteri Keuangan Sri Mulyani Indrawati ditunjuk menjadi Managing Director atau Direktur Operasional Bank Dunia mulai 1 Juni 2010 menggantikan pejabat lama yang akan habis masa jabatannya pada 30 Mei 2010, Juan Jose Daboub.…
Jakarta – Cadangan devisa Indonesia kembali bertambah dan kini sudah melebihi US$ 75 miliar, yang merupakan angka tertinggi sepanjang sejarah. “Hingga pekan kedua April 2010, cadangan devisa Indonesia sudah melebihi US$ 75 miliar,” ujar Direktur…
JAKARTA – Menteri Keuangan Sri Mulyani dijadwalkan akan diperiksa oleh penyidik Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi di kantornya sendiri di Kementerian Keuangan, Kamis (29/4/2010). Rencana ini sempat menuai kontroversi dari sejumlah pihak, terutama anggota Dewan. Namun, KPK…
Millions of senior citizens are discovering that they do not have adequate financial resources to retire. Some seniors are unable to retire due to the recent economic crisis and others due to poor financial habits.…
The government’s civil fraud case against Goldman Sachs raises so many provocative questions. Did the firm deliberately mislead its clients who bought a mortgage-related investment without the knowledge that it was devised to fail? Was…
WASHINGTON — Here’s a good way to get audited by the Internal Revenue Service this year: claim the new homebuyer tax credit. About a fifth of all IRS examinations done by mail in the past…
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