Bloomberg Indonesia’s economy grew slightly better than expected last quarter, supported by a pick-up in exports while consumer spending continued to disappoint. Stocks and the currency pared losses. Gross domestic product rose 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. The median estimate of 17 economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 5.1 percent GDP fell 1.7 percent from the ...

Bloomberg Over decades, Toyota Motor Corp. built a corporate culture that was the envy of the manufacturing world. Now the auto industry’s most-emulated company is overhauling the way it brings its vaunted production system to every corner of the business. The automaker in January created a single group, staffed with 200 employees, to manage the Toyota Production System, centralising a ...

Bloomberg Palm oil exports from Indonesia to India, the world’s biggest buyer, will probably climb to the highest ever this year as strong demand counters higher import duties. Shipments of palm and kernel oils to India climbed 32 percent to record 7.6 million metric tons in 2017 from a year earlier, according to the Indonesian Palm Oil Association. Exports are ...