Monthly Archives: January 2010

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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