Economy Thought

rice ..

Ok, we all know that most of the basic consumption meal price hike in recent month. Last month, our “humble” President SBY himself had ask FAO to help tackle scarcity and control the price of the rice in global market. And today i read an article, said the government officially open export license on rice …

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Economy Media

lmnd ..

Baru baca dari milis alumni dan telusuri artikel resminya. Dan, ini menurut q ttg tuntutan EN-LMND pada 22 Februari 2008. 1. Nasionalisasi perusahaan pertambangan asing untuk kepentingan pendidikan gratis dan berkualitas. – Ini tidak dimungkinkan mengingat regulasi saat ini dan perkembangan pasar tidak akrab dengan policy “ajaib” ini. Ingat kepemimpinan bangsa ini tidak sekokoh Hugo …

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listrik ..

Mulai tagihan Maret ntr PLN akan menerapkan PPN 10% mulai dari rumah dgn daya 1300VA, biasanya ini hanya dikenakan untuk pelanggan diatas 6000VA. Anehnya lagi ini dalih-dalih untuk mengurangi subsidi atas listrik rakyat, atau kasarnya tarif “naik” dengan pelan. Dan yang uniknya lagi, mereka bikin promo bagi rumah tangga yang mampu menghemat pemakaian listrik bulanan …

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fuel card ..

Yup, another breakthrough by our government to introduce newest stuff to control excess use of energy reserve around the country. Its called fuel smart card, which soon be release in May 2008. I don’t know is it coincidence or what, similar to our government policy, Iranian had it test implemented last year (i think). Imagine, …

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Economy Media

retail ..

Is it me, late to know or what ?! Near my house there’s a new mini mart called Alfa Midi (manage by PT Midimart Utama), which i already suspicious it must had anything related to retailer Alfa Mart. After surf few media archive (include here), i found Alfa Mart had offer a new format of …

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