KTT BRICS - RIO DE JANEIRO. Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations were set to gather in Rio de Janeiro on ...

BUSINESS AND TRADE - JAKARTA. Indonesia has offered to cut duties on key imports from the United States to "near zero" and to buy $500 million worth of U.S. wheat as part of its tariff talks with ...

BUSINESS AND TRADE - JAKARTA. Indonesia will offer to step up purchases of aircraft by state carrier Garuda Indonesia and wheat by instant noodle giant Indofood, in tariff talks with the United States ...

FOREX - TOKYO. The dollar held gains on Friday after President Donald Trump got his signature tax cut bill across the final hurdle and pressure mounted on countries to secure trade deals with the ...

U.S. Department of Commerce informed GE Aerospace that it was once again allowed to ship jet engines to China's COMAC, ...

GLOBAL MARKET - SINGAPORE. Asian stocks stumbled on Wednesday and the dollar languished near 3-1/2-year lows as investors pondered the prospect of U.S. interest rate cuts and the scramble for trade ...

MACROECONOMICS - JAKARTA. Indonesia has revised its fiscal deficit outlook for 2025 to 2.78% of GDP, up from 2.53%, the finance minister said on Tuesday, citing the need to finance key government ...