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Dec 2, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Ismi Damayanti
JAKARTA -- Indonesian civil servant Fajar took out his first online loan after seeing a pop-up advert on social media in 2019. "It said I could get 5 million rupiah in just five minutes," he said. But from that initial loan, just over $310 at December's exchange rate, he ended up paying back nearly triple the amount. "Every month, the repayment amount kept changing, and within six months, I had paid 13 million rupiah for that quick cash."
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
businessandamerica.com | Ryan Mcmorrow |Cheng Ting-Fang |Yifan Yu |Ismi Damayanti |Lauly Li
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Ryan Mcmorrow |Cheng Ting-Fang |Yifan Yu |Ismi Damayanti |Shaun Turton |Lauly Li
Donald Trump Jr. at the Republican National Convention in July. - Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) Drone maker Unusual Machines (UMAC) announced Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., will join its advisory board. That sent the little-known company’s stock soaring.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
ft.com | Yifan Yu |Ismi Damayanti |Rezha Hadyan |Ryan Mcmorrow |Cheng Ting-Fang |Lauly Li | +1 more
Hello from California, this is Yifan, your #techAsia host this week. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Ismi Damayanti
JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto met his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, on Tuesday evening in Washington, discussing issues ranging from the Indo-Pacific to the war in Gaza. Prabowo also hopes to meet President-elect Donald Trump, but the meeting has not yet been confirmed.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Erwida Maulia |Ismi Damayanti |Nana Shibata
JAKARTA -- Indonesia kicks off a two-month campaign on Wednesday for the country's biggest ever regional elections on Nov. 27, to fill the increasingly powerful positions of provincial governor, and regency and municipal leaders. The outcome of these votes will yield clues as to how successful incoming President Prabowo Subianto's programs are likely to be and who might emerge as politicians of national prominence. Here are five things to know ahead of the campaign:
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Ismi Damayanti
JAKARTA -- The Pokemon Company plans to further localize its monsters, games and products in Indonesia to expand its penetration in Southeast Asia's largest economy, executives from the business said at the end of a four-stop tour that attracted tens of thousands of fans.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Ismi Damayanti
JAKARTA -- The unrest at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN) just a month before President-elect Prabowo Subianto takes office highlights the crucial role the country's most prominent business lobby group plays in both the political and economic arenas.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Ismi Damayanti
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's central bank decided on Wednesday to cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time since February 2021 by 25 basis points (0.25%) to 6%, after hiking it steadily since the post-COVID economic recovery. Bank Indonesia Gov. Perry Warijiyo said the cut was aimed at boosting the economyat a time when inflation is expected to remain low, at around 2.5% through next year.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Ismi Damayanti
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's business community is reeling due to a sudden change in the leadership of the national chamber of commerce just a month before Prabowo Subianto replaces Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as president of Southeast Asia's largest economy.
