Jakarta, Aug 15 (ANTARA) - The government has projected the country's tax receipts in the draft 2009 state budget at Rp726.3 trillion, up 19.2 percent from the revised 2008 state budget.

Jakarta, Aug 15 (ANTARA) - The government has projected a deficit in the draft 2009 state budget at Rp99.6 trillion or 1.9 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

Jakarta, Aug. 15 (ANTARA) - The ratio of government debt towards GDP in 2009 is expected to drop to around 30 percent from 54 percent in 2004.

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Jakarta, Aug 14 (ANTARA) - State oil and gas company Pertamina is looking into the possibility of cooperation with PetroVietnam in managing oil and gas blocks in Iraq.

Jakarta, Aug 14 (ANTARA) - The government plans to issue retail bonds worth Rp6.225 trillion on Sept 3 through 18 appointed dealers.

Jakarta, Aug 15 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia managed to regain self-sufficiency in rice this year (2008) and this was for the first time since the New Order era that

Pekanbaru, Riau, Aug. 15 (ANTARA) - Haze from plantation and forest fires, again enveloped Pekanbaru, Riau Province, after two days of clear sky.

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Jakarta, Aug 15 (ANTARA) - Part of the positive impact of accelerated economic development in Indonesia has been a rapid decline in the open unemployment and poverty rates, President Susilo Bamban