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Indonesia's Trade Deficit, Biggest Ever Recorded
In the most recent economic report released Monday (13/5), Indonesia’s trade balance is shown to have experienced a deficit of $2.5...
May 17, 2019
Trump’s Twitter Tirade Plunges Global Markets
The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, surprised the economic world Sunday (4/5), tweeting that he would raise import taxes...
May 10, 2019
Ex-Google CEO Steps Down as Alphabet Shares Fall
Erich Schmidt, the tech hand expert who is also known as the former CEO of Google is leaving the board of parent company, Alphabet. The...
May 3, 2019
Jokowi Effect
Jakarta Composite Index and fellow investors must be thankful to Joko Widodo as unofficial quick counts showed Widodo - popularly known...
Apr 26, 2019
Apple-Qualcomm End Their Legal Battle to Reach Settlement
Following a year of long legal battle between these two large corporations – Apple and Qualcomm, a final resolution to dispute is in...
Apr 19, 2019
2019 General Elections: Financial Implications
Indonesia will hold its fourth-ever general elections on Wednesday (17/4), in which it will be the first time that the President, Vice...
Apr 12, 2019
Gojek to be Indonesia's First Decacorn
Gojek is now officially the first startup from Indonesia that has made it to the global decacorn list. Decacorn is a status for...
Apr 5, 2019
Lyft IPO: First Among Its Ride-Hailing Peers
Lyft Inc was valued at $24.3 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) of a ride-hailing startup on Thursday. Lyft said it priced 32.5...
Mar 29, 2019
Deutsche Bank-Commerzbank Merger: Best Way Out?
Germany's two largest listed lenders, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, announced to begin exploring a merger on March 17th. If the merger...
Mar 22, 2019
Boeing's Market Value Collapses as 737 Max Crashes
On Wednesday (12/3), the United States joined other countries by grounding Boeing 737 Max planes. Shares of Boeing (BA) fell 3%...
Mar 15, 2019
The Hartono Brothers Rank 1st as Indonesia's Richest
Forbes just released their billionaires list on March 5, 2019, detailing the richest people in the world. The number of billionaires and...
Mar 8, 2019
Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi: No Denuclearization Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said he walked out of the second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, widely known as the Hanoi...
Mar 1, 2019
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