Friday, July 17, 2009

Breaking News-(BN) Indonesian Rupiah Declines 0.4% on Reports of Hotel Bombing

By Lilian Karunungan
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Indonesian rupiah declined 0.4 percent to 10,155 per dollar on reports that two hotels were bombed in Jakarta.
The facade of the Ritz-Carlton hotel was blown off in one blast Friday morning, the Associated Press reported, citing police. Another explosion hit the Marriott hotel. An Associated Press reporter saw three injured taken away from the Ritz, the agency said.