The deadlock in the divestment process of PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara shares ends in international arbitration. RELATIONS between the government and PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara are heating up. On Monday of last week, the government brought the Newmont share divestment case to international arbitration in Singapore...

In Indonesia, the wireless industry is currently operating both GSM and CDMA technologies. GSM technology has always been intended for mobile a.k.a. cellular connections. The early entrance of this technology led to its dominance in the domestic cellular market (i.e. an estimated 90 percent market share).

The survey on customer preferences, released Wednesday by The Nielsen Company, states that 84 percent of respondents said they considered a store's reputation for being cheaper the most important factor in finding a place to buy goods. The result was followed by 78 percent who said friends' recommendations were most important in deciding where to get the best products with cheapest prices.

An investment portfolio, in our opinion, should be able to hedge against high inflation while capitalizing on the still low price of fuel (in Indonesia). But at the same time, it is also wise to have the portfolio's performance hedged against adjustments in subsidized fuel prices.