Today's Return Government Bond Sale Rp 8 trillion

Jakarta - The government re-boost the collection of funds throughthe issuance of debt to cover the budget deficit by 2011. Todayonly the government has sold bonds of Rp 8 trillion, over the set target of Rp 7 trillion.

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Noda Gets the Nod?

Japan is getting another new prime minister this week, with Yoshihiko Noda's victory in yesterday's Democratic Party of Japan leadership race setting him up to take the top job as early as today. He becomes the country's sixth leader in five years, and cynics are already betting he'll be a one-year wonder like his four immediate predecessors. That cynicism may well be justified, though the leadership race has brought a few glimmers of hope.

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