Gap, Banana Republic stores to open in Indonesia
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Gap Inc. said on Monday that it had expanded an existing franchise agreement with F.J. Benjamin Holdings Ltd. to bring Gap and Banana Republic-branded stores to Indonesia.
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Toys R Us will launch its first store   on the Chinese mainland in November, drawing on an increasing   demand for educational toys from middle-income consumers, its   top Asia executive said on Monday.
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Privately held Dunkin' Donuts on Friday said it plans to open its first shop in Shanghai this spring as part of its move into the Chinese market.
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Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations coming in 2008.
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Indian conglomerate Tata is planning to take advantage of the country's booming economy with a chain of shops.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- After hearing about dangerous Chinese products elsewhere, Indonesia this summer began testing popular Chinese-made items on its own store shelves. What it found has added to the list of horrors: mercury-laced makeup that turns skin black, dried fruit spiked with industrial...
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Gap Inc  said on Monday it  would launch an online footwear business through its e-commerce  division, Gap Inc. Direct, which will offer shoes for men,  women and children by other designers.
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - Indonesia's president  will open an international religious conference in the world's  most populous Muslim nation on Monday aimed at sending a  message of moderation in the region's battle against violent  religious radicalism.
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JAKARTA (Antara): Presidential front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is leading in the vote-count by a wide margin ahead of President Megawati Soekarnoputri, will likely start drawing up his Cabinet on Oct. 5., a party leader has said.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world&#39;s largest retailer, said it plans to open as many as 15 new stores in China next year, expanding in the world&#39;s fastest-growing economy as the government lifts curbs on foreign store operators.
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Indonesia was set to sign a $1 billion defense deal with Russia on Thursday that will enable it to purchase dozens of helicopters, tanks and submarines over the next 15 years, a government spokesman said.
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Data in the coming week are expected to reveal a more resilient industrial sector and a narrowing trade gap.
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JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesian shares ended at a record high Monday on continued foreign buying amid expectations that President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will form a market-friendly cabinet to fix the nation&#39;s economy, dealers said.
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U.S. apparel chains, which are already  suffering from slow back-to-school spending, on Wednesday saw  their shares take a hit from a rating downgrade of industry  leader Gap Inc. GPS.N
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An Indian supplier to clothing retailer Gap has been found using child labour to produce items for Gap Kids branches in Europe and the United States, the Observer newspaper reported here on Sunday.
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Colombian coffee icon Juan Valdez will  lead his country's growers' federation into Manhattan on  Tuesday to open its first New York coffee shop, and market  watchers are wondering whether the challenge to Starbucks Corp.  will amount to a hill of beans.
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US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to open 15 new stores in China next year, reported China Daily on Wednesday. Joe Hatfield, president of Wal-Mart Asia, revealed the news at a press conference yesterday in Beijing.