Mar 18, 2015 | Industries, Market
Shares of Solusi Tunas Pratama (SUPR), third largest tower operator in Indonesia, collapsed 10.15% Wednesday (Mar 18) but with thin trading volume. The Company booked net loss of Rp380 billion last year against profit of Rp197.6 billion in 2013 due to falling fair...
Mar 18, 2015 | Industries, Politics
Shareholders have appointed new commissioners and directors of PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BBNI) Tbk, and we find it interesting to see Rizal Ramli in the new board. Rizal Ramli is a well-known critic of Jokowi-Kalla’s policies. The shareholders also appointed Ahmad...
Mar 18, 2015 | Industries, Law
Minister of Transportation Ignasius Jonan has gone through quite the number of challenges in the first months of his job. The Minister has had to confront the realities of Indonesia’s management of aviation industry—mitigating the risk of plane crash, reorganizing the...
Mar 17, 2015 | Industries, Market
Shares of Link Net (LINK), cable TV and broadband Internet operator controlled by Lippo Group and CVC Capital Partners, surged almost 6% Tuesday (March 17) to Rp6250 with 74.5 million shares exchanged hands. Looks like that investors were upbeat with LINK’s...
Mar 17, 2015 | Industries, News Group
In relation to the growth of healthy lifestyle trend in Jakarta, we dove into the business of fitness centers and talked briefly about two, well-known fitness centers in Indonesia, namely, the American brand Gold’s Gym and the United Kingdom brand Fitness First....
Mar 16, 2015 | Industries, News Group
Maintaining one’s well-being have increasingly grown to become the priority of urban dwellers. Executives are signing up for gym memberships so they can exercise before or after work. Some even do so to pass the rush hour. We spoke to some members of Jakarta’s fitness...
Mar 13, 2015 | Industries, News Group
The 2015 Jakarta city budget dispute between Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and the Jakarta city councilors have captivated Indonesian netizens for the past few weeks. Topics such as racial slurs made against the Governor, and the mysterious appropriation for...
Mar 13, 2015 | Industries
Businesses are being built around the healthy lifestyle. There are new organic food and beverage shops/restaurants, yoga centers, fitness events, and fitness centers. Fitness centers are nothing novel. But more and more of them are popping up at shopping centers in...
Mar 12, 2015 | Industries
There is a lot of efforts involved in making an e-commerce business work. There is that work of getting traffic, and the work on the services end making sure that products are delivered to customers. This is why we’re seeing companies establishing themselves as...
Mar 12, 2015 | Industries, Market, Reviews
State-owned enterprises minister Rini Soemarno has to do something on state-owned steel producer Krakatau Steel (KRAS). Her managerial skills are tested in this loss-making company, which failed to prosper from booming of construction and infrastructure development in...
