Section: Indonesia
Obama’s China Visit Will be ‘Important Milestone’: Rice
US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to China represents an “important milestone” in US-China relations, the top White House national security aide said Monday at a meeting with officials in Beijing. National Security Advisor Susan Rice’s trip comes at a turbulent time in US foreign policy and just two weeks after Washington...
Asian stocks meander after mixed China trade data
Asian stock markets meandered in holiday-thinned trading Monday after Chinese trade figures suggested domestic demand in the world’s second-biggest economy is lackluster.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.1 percent to 15,678.08 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.3 percent to 25,175.42. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200...
F1 teams not concerned about Russian GP
Formula One teams say they are not concerned about next month’s race in Sochi, despite the Russian resort being close to the conflict area in Ukraine. A cease-fire took hold Friday night in eastern Ukraine after a deal was signed with Russian-backed separatists in an effort to bring an end to nearly five months of fighting.“We are a sports...
Ukraine cease-fire appears to hold
After more than four months of bloodshed, a cease-fire in Ukraine’s rebellious east largely held back fighting Saturday, but appeared fragile as both sides of the conflict claimed the others had violated the agreement.A statement from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s appeared to make glancing reference to the cease-fire’s...
New Phase of MH370 Search to Start in 2 Weeks: Australia
Co-pilot, flying officer Marc Smith, right, and crewmen aboard a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion aircraft, search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean in this March 24, 2014 file photo. (Reuters Photo/Richard Wainwright/Pool) Kuala Lumpur. An intensified underwater search for missing...
Rupiah depreciates to 11,777 per dollar Friday morning
Rupiah interbank trade rate depreciated by 27 basis points on Friday morning to Rp 11,777 per US dollar.”External sentiment, particularly from the US, which records better economic data, has put pressure on the rupiah. The market players see that this condition will encourage the US central bank to immediately increase the Federal Reserve...
EU considers travel ban on Russian defense minister
The European Union (EU) may impose a travel ban on Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as part of a new package of sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine, sources said Thursday. The 28-nation bloc is set to decide by Friday … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Obama aims to show solidarity with Baltics
President Barack Obama will stand shoulder to shoulder with Baltic leaders Wednesday in a show of solidarity with NATO allies who fear they could be the next target of Russia’s aggression.The president arrived in Estonia’s port capital of Tallinn early Wednesday after an overnight flight from Washington. Obama was to hold a news...
Rupiah falls slightly to 11,693 per dollar on Monday afternoon
The rupiah interbank trade in Jakarta on Monday afternoon depreciated slightly by three basis points to Rp 11,693 per US dollar.Bank Himpuan Saudara analyst Rully Nova said that external sentiment from the US had hampered the appreciation of the rupiah, even though the Indonesian trade balance recorded a surplus and the inflation rate was stable....
Rupiah strengthens to 11,686 per dollar on Monday morning
The rupiah interbank trade rate appreciated slightly by four basis points to Rp 11,686 per US dollar in Jakarta on Monday morning.”The rupiah tends to be stagnant in the morning, since market players are waiting for newly released economic data later in the afternoon, such as on inflation and the trade balance,” Trust Securities head...
