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Public-relations executive Ruby Purnomo was sitting in his office in the building next door to the Marriott when he heard the first explosion around 8 a.m. "It was small but enough to cause panic," he says. "Our whole building was evacuated as we had been prepared since the first Marriott bombing...
...Purnomo is referring to a 2003 car bomb at the hotel that killed 12 people. Since then, the security at the hotel has been enhanced: for example, vehicles are no longer allowed to pull up at the lobby. Instead, guests and visitors are dropped off near the street, go through metal detectors, then walk to the lobby. Same with pickups - people have to walk out to the street. At the Ritz-Carlton, which is connected to the Marriott by an underground tunnel, vehicles are still allowed to pull up to the lobby, but security at the front gate will open...
...Indonesia's economic ills won't be easy - although economists and officials say the cure is straightforward enough: the government has to demarcate federal, provincial and local powers, and reconcile conflicting laws. "We have to make regional governments aware that their regulations must comply with the higher regulations," says Purnomo, the mineral-resources minister. Indonesia also has to further liberalize its economy to encourage greater investment from both foreign and local enterprises, by, for example, loosening up the labor market and lifting remaining restrictions on foreign investment in certain sectors, such as transport and telecom...
...PURNOMO YUSGIANTORO, OPEC president, arguing that even after crude oil hit a 21-year-high price of $41.85 a barrel, the cartel has limited power to control the cost of fuel
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