Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Special Report: Lessons from Citibank Indonesia: Customers get burned

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Vincent Lingga , The Jakarta Post Wed, 10/15/2008 10:27 AM Headlines Citbank Indonesia customers that lost a lot -- in my case, most of my savings -- after the collapse of American investment bank Lehman Brothers last month need not be ashamed of admitting how low and utterly poor their financial...
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Herd mentality, short-term vision grip our stock market

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Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thurs, 10/9/2008 The capital market management and regulator made the right decision Wednesday to halt share trading here after the benchmark index plunged by another 10 percent to close at 1,451 points, because that development was indeed rooted in an irrational...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Audits could curb illegal logging

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Vincent Lingga , Jakarta Tue, 10/07/2008 9:58 AM Opinion The Indonesian Forestry Ministry's bold move to require forestry companies to have their wood stocks audited throughout the supply chain to ensure the wood is derived from sustainably managed forests could go a long way in reducing illegal...
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OECD growth ideas and our national remedies

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Thursday, July 31, 2008 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some analysts and many politicians in Parliament may reject the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) economic policy recommendations for the Indonesian government last week as another one-size-fits-all formula,...
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