Bloomberg PT Blue Bird Group, Indonesia’s largest taxi operator, said conventional modes of public transport such as taxis still have room to grow even with the increasing popularity of new ride-hailing applications. “People still need to have a safe, reliable and good value kind of public transport,” said President Director Noni Purnomo in Jakarta. “At the end of the day, …

Bloomberg The tide is turning against multinational brands, which have been losing market share to local products not just in Asia’s emerging markets but also in the US and Europe, according to Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever NV. “Consumers are changing, not craving for global brands just for the sake of it,” said Hemant Bakshi, president director of Unilever Indonesia, …

I’ve seen hundreds of articles on President Donald Trump and trade, but the real significance of the Trump economic revolution — for better or worse — is a focus on investment. There is no coordinating mastermind, but if you consider the intersection between what the Trumpian nationalists want and what a Republican Congress will deliver, it’s this: wanting to make …