• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian newspapers - July 8

Mon Jul 7, 2008 9:14pm EDT

Stocks

   

Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on July 8.

Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Telephone: Editorial: +62-21-384-6364. Fax: +62-21-344-8404 or Help Desk: +803-061-2124 (toll free).

- - - -

JAKARTA POST

- FIVE YEARS JAIL TERM SOUGHT FOR BUSINESSWOMAN

Indonesian prosecutors demanded a five-year jail term for businesswoman if she is found guilty of bribing a state prosecutor.

- - - -

BISNIS INDONESIA

- TIMAH'S H1 SALES INCREASE SLIGHTLY

Sales revenue of state-owned tin miner PT Timah Tbk (TINS.JK) in the first half rose by 3.44 percent to $456 million, thanks to higher metal prices despite falling sales volumes, its president director said.

- - - -

KOMPAS

- TWO INDONESIAN EMBASSY STAFF INJURED IN KABUL BLAST

Two staff members from the Indonesian embassy were injured when a suicide car bomb hit the Indian embassy in Afghanistan, which is located next to the Indonesian embassy in Kabul, a foreign ministry official said.

- - - - ($1 = 9,206 rupiah)



More from Reuters

Photo

No U.N. deal on carbon cuts, last day of talks

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Two years of U.N. climate talks reached their climax in Copenhagen on Friday without a deal on carbon emissions cuts, as world leaders tried a last push to agree a new global climate pact. | Video

» More Top News
Pedestrians are reflected in a Citigroup window in Boston, Massachusetts. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Citi's next challenge

Citigroup's plan to extract itself from the government's clutches didn't go as planned. For the bank to succeed, one of two things need to happen.  Full Article 

ECONOMY
Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion Blakey makes remarks during the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit, December 16, 2009 in Washington.REUTERS/Mike Theiler

"We're not asking for a bailout"

If the U.S. is serious about creating jobs it should invest in aviation programs, says the chief of the Aerospace Industries Association. Just don't call it a bailout.  Full Article 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE SUMMIT