21.   Indonesian companies are being squeezed on two fronts.

22.   Indonesian companies are likely to feel the downgrades deeply, traders said.

23.   Indonesian companies have learned that getting access to that big pool of cash means sometimes bending their plans to the wishes of investors.

24.   Indonesian companies, including Astra, have had to cough up a lot more rupiah to service their foreign currency debt.

25.   Indonesian conglomerate Bimantara Citra will see its profits swell as Indonesian companies catch on to the power of television advertising, said Vice President Rosano Barack.

26.   Indonesian debt advisor Radius Prawiro said some Indonesian companies need a temporary halt in their debt payments.

27.   Most Indonesian companies have been largely cut off from fresh credit as interest rates soared, stocks and the rupiah plunged and the economy slowed.

28.   On top of the glut, the devaluations in Asia meant that Indonesian companies lowered their prices.

29.   On Monday, Suharto urged Indonesian companies to refrain from buying dollars unless they were needed immediately to pay debts.

30.   Polysindo is just one of hundreds of Indonesian companies that have seen the repayments costs for their debt balloon as the rupiah has been bludgeoned this year.