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Hearing of savings terms, most will associate it with a product or saving in the banking sector.In fact, the concept of savings can also be applied in the capital markets in the world.

For some people, saving not only have to put in the bank, but in products such as stocks of capital markets, mutual funds, bonds and so forth.

As CEO Sekurindo PT Kresna Graha Tbk (kren) Michael Stevens, the people of Indonesia still has not understood the concept of saving money on the stock market. In fact, he continued, the difference between the potential profit may more than or saving the bank.

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The rupiah  ended the week trading from $ 9.200/US level. Eventually the weakening of the rupiah after the show since the beginning of the week.
In trading on Friday (15/1/2010), the rupee closed at lower levels in 9205 dollars, compared with yesterday’s closing level since 9160 the U.S. dollar.

Acting Governor of BI Nasution Nasution said that the strengthening of the dollar since the beginning of this week through to the Rp 9150 the U.S. dollar caused by the massive flow of capital into the country.

“This is the flow of funds from abroad, therefore, not only for our country. Do not ever think it’s just for our country,” said Nasution Bank Building, Jakarta.

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Crisis Advice to Gold Investment by Mohamad Ihsan Palaloi Gold Investment Consultant There is a consensus that gold metal is perceived value in the world. Value is not changed from past to present. Gold has touched many aspects of human needs. Gold also has emotional benefits for her beauty to enjoy. Price beauty combined with an attractive price, as are gold as a means to express themselves, and gold has become a status symbol in the various sub-culture of Indonesian society.

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On average, about 7 million U.S. dollars by the banks has poured credit card issuers is Indonesia for investment migration  using a credit card chip technology. This was conveyed by General Manager of Indonesia Credit Card Association (AKKI) Steve Marta. He explained, for the replacement of a credit card to swallow the cost of 25 to 30 U.S. cents. As for the number of cards in circulation that have been using a credit card card reached 10,221,154. If for a rough calculation of replacement cards 25-30 cents per U.S. dollar, so for 9-10 million cards takes about 7 million U.S. dollars, said Steve. Known, Bank Indonesia Regulation stipulates that from 1 January 2010 all credit cards must use the chip. According to Steve, the current banking credit card issuer has prepared implementing regulations. Bank Indonesia itself calls, currently about 99.6 percent recorded credit card has been using chips. This plan is long enough from 2005, so now almost all ready, he said.

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King of online retailing is getting richer. Thanks to the Kindle, who scored record sales in November, and the increasing number of visitors to Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com was scored many gains in the year 2009.

Rising stocks make gains Bezos Amazon.com rose 7.3 billion dollars in the last 12 months. This stock rose 175 percent since January last year. this makes Jeff Bezos was in sixth American billionaire list moneymaker Forbes in 2009.

Larry Page, Google co founder of years ago was in the top position with the acquisition of 11.9 billion U.S. dollars i 2008, now in fifth place with 8.4 billion acqusition of U.S. dollar between mid-January 2009 and December 2009. Behind the Page is a lifelong partner, Sergery Brin, with the acquisition of 8.2 billion U.S. dollars.

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Apparently step PT Fast Food Indonesia Tbk (FAST) to spread its wings in 2010 increasingly unstoppable. Companies that have a franchise of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) since 1978 this year, has prepared fund Rp 150 billion to add 30 stores next year.

Director FAST JD Juwono said, with 30 outlets that they would open, Fast Food hoping next year’s sales could grow to 18% -21.4%. Juwono also said that if the majority of investment funds that would be channeled outlets to open a free standing outlets (outlets are stand-alone).

Details, Rp 120 billion to build 20 outlets free standing. For each of these types of outlets, Fast Food needs funds Rp5-Rp 6 billion. Location of outlets, he explained, was in Jakarta and some other provinces.

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Toward the close of 2009, world crude oil prices continue to rise. Until 20:30 pm yesterday (28/12), WTI oil price for delivery in February 2010 in the United States Mercantile Exchange (USA) rose 0.33% to U.S. $ 78.31 per barrel. If the count since the beginning of this year, oil prices have shot 30%.

The analysts argued, the increase in world oil prices was not free from speculation the global economic recovery. In addition, the decline in U.S. dollar exchange rate some time ago joined lit oil prices.

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The main stock markets of Asia, which is only partially open, before the Christmas holidays experienced jumps and reach the highest level since the last three weeks. The increase in Asian stock prices of commodities such as oil and metals prices boosted shares.

Shin-Etsu shares Chemical Co.., Largest silicone manufacturer in the world, experiencing 3.5% price hikes in the Japanese market. Similarly Inotera Memories Inc. shares. the price reached its highest level since the last 10 months in Taiwan market. Not to mention the BHP Billiton Ltd shares., The world’s largest mining companies, whose prices rose 1.3% in the Australian market.

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During the year 2009, the number of employees at Berkshire Hathaway shrinking. This was conveyed to the stock exchange authority, through its report on the acquisition plan railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. According to these data, the amount of investement company personel throughout the entire group of 225.000.

Companies based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, the total employees currently 8.6% less than the end of 2008, namely 246.083. Buffet Warreb not give reasons for the reduction of the number of employees. Berkshire’s 2nd richest man in the world, deserve to be called portraits of U.S. corporations. The company is also spread investment accross all sectors ( retail, transportation, manufacturing ).

Berkshire lay off employees because these companies bear the loss. As Berkshire’s manufacturing division experienced a profit decline of more than half to finish the 3rd quarter of this year.  In the Berkshire shareholders meeting, last May, Buffett admitted, trimming the number of employees can not be avoided. ” In the bustling business, you will hire more people than at the time of sluggish business”, Buffett said in his speech in front of Burlington employees, earlier this month.

To expand the service to users, Twitter microblogging will complete his service with the features of the location marker. To develope it, Twitter bought a start-up company that has developed the first facility of Mixer Labs.

Mixer Labs, developed by two former Google employee who developed technology to track the location or the so-called GeoAPI. GeoAPI is a complementary, that Twitter users send information about the location and the events he saw.

We have more focus Twitter to share information, microbliogging As with site services. Even asserted Twitter social networking but it’s not a place to share information most up to date. To realize that Twitter has made changes to provide a serch engine, retweet, trending topics, and chage the tagline on the front page to “share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world”.