Indonesia Investments updated the company profile of Astra Otoparts. This company, which is a subsidiary of Astra International, is Indonesia’s leading automotive component company. It produces and distributes spare parts for both motorcycles and cars. Astra Otoparts is supported by seven business units, fifteen consolidated subsidiaries, and eighteen associates and jointly controlled entities. A number of these subsidiaries or affiliated companies are joint ventures with prominent component manufacturers from Japan, China, Europe and USA.

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Chairman of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Mahendra Siregar said on Thursday (24/04) that Indonesia's Negative Investment List (Daftar Negatif Investasi), which stipulates which sectors in the Indonesian economy are open to foreign investment as well as the percentage of foreign ownership permitted, has been revised. The list was revised through a Presidential Decree earlier this week. The revision means that the limit of foreign ownership in several sectors will be raised.

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Based on the Bloomberg Dollar Index, the Indonesian rupiah exchange rate appreciated 0.23 percent to IDR 11,603 per US dollar on Thursday (24/04). The currency's performance was particularly influenced by weak new US single-family homes sales. These sales fell more than expected and hit a five-month low in February 2014, implying that there is continued weakness in the US housing market. Meanwhile, US durable goods orders and US initial jobless claims, which will be released later today, are expected to be weak too.

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The updated company profile of Adaro Energy is presented in our Indonesian Companies section. The company is one of the leading Indonesian coal mining companies and Indonesia's second-largest producer of thermal coal, operating the largest single coal mine in the country (located in South Kalimantan). Adaro Energy produces a type of sub-bituminous coal that is less environment unfriendly because of its low content of sulfur, nitrogen and ash. This coal is globally trademarked as envirocoal.

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