Monthly Archives: January 2010

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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