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March 2nd
2010 |
| Toyota apologizes to European consumers |
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By:
Jakarta Post |
| Toyota Motor Corporation continued its
worldwide damage-control campaign with an apology issued by Vice Chairman
Kazuo Okamoto to the automaker's customers in Europe for its safety issues
and the concerns that they have caused. Okamoto's apology Monday, read to
journalists on the eve of press days at the Geneva Auto Show where Toyota
will unveil its hybrid Auris HSD compact and the Lexus CT 200h, a compact
hybrid hatchback - follows public apologies by Toyota President Akio Toyoda
in China and the United States. ...
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March 1st
2010 |
| Indonesia’s Inflation Rate Climbs to
Nine-Month High |
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By:
Yahoo! News |
| Indonesia’s inflation accelerated to the
fastest pace in nine months amid rising commodity and food prices, putting
pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates this year. The consumer
price index rose 3.81 percent in February from a year earlier after gaining
3.72 percent in January, the central statistics agency said in Jakarta
today. ...
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February 23rd
2010 |
| UN calls on countries to boost emission
pledges |
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By:
Jakarta Post |
| Countries will have to significantly increase
their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions if there is any hope of
preventing the catastrophic effects of climate change, according to a U.N.
study released Tuesday. Sixty nations - including China, the United
Statesand the 27-member European Union - met a Jan. 31 deadline to submit
pledges to the U.N. for reducing the heat-trapping gases as part of a
voluntary plan to roll back emissions. ...
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| President summons some ministers |
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By:
ANTARA |
| President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on Tuesday
afternoon summoned a number of ministers for a meeting at the State Guest
House. The ministers who were summoned included Coordinating Minister for
Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, State Minister of
Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Syarifuddin Hassan and Minister
of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik. ...
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February 18th
2010 |
| Court overturns KPPU`s ruling on Carrefour |
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By:
ANTARA |
| The South Jakarta District Court has
overturned a Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) decision
declaring PT Carrefour Indonesia guilty of a monopolistic act and unhealthy
competition by acquiring PT Alfa Retailindo (minimarket chain) in 2008. "Our
ruling has been revoked by the South Jakarta District Court. We will study
the verdict`s substance and thereafter formulate our stance," A Junaidi,
KPPU`s communication director, said here Wednesday. ...
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February 17th
2010 |
| By 2012, no more bird flu in S Kalimantan |
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By:
ANTARA |
| The Indonesian province of South Kalimantan
remained prone to the attacks of bird flu but it would be free from the
deadly virus by 2012. "We have projected that South Kalimantan will be free
from bird flu by 2012," Head of the province`s veterinary office Serafina
Ariani said here Wednesday. In reaching the target, she had taken measures
as urging local chicken breeders to maintain bio-security around breeding
complexes and tightening control of chicken transportation. ...
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