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The unprecedented sentiments-driven bull run has propelled the Colombo Bourse from Asia’s worst performer to the best within the past month with a 22% return, with some expecting the rally to enjoy a fresh burst this week as well, though this time around on fundamentals. The Colombo stock market recorded one of the highest weekly ...
- Asia Wealth urges retail investors to ‘pull up their socks’ (Category: Business)
- Bourse gets better; foreign inflow tops Rs. 27 b; turnover pips Rs. 1 b mark (Category: Business)
- Super September! (Category: Business)
- ‘Boom’ is back? (Category: Business)
Former SEC Chief Tilak Karunaratne-linked Multiform Chemicals sells Rs. 10 m worth shares of Central Finance, NTB last week fetching Rs. 2.2m more than the value at which stocks were trading when he quit nearly a month ago The former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tilak Karunaratne could be still very vocal ...
- Shares at three-month low; rupee edges up (Category: Business)
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- DFCC buys 10% NTB stake for Rs. 1.3 b (Category: Business)
- CSE’s Rules Committee to meet on SEC’s new directive (Category: Business)
Broking firms described the first dialogue with new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Dr. Nalaka Godahewa last Friday as “very positive”. Almost all brokers – members of the Colombo Stock Brokers Association (CSBA) and non-members – attended the meeting, which involved two other SEC Commissioners, Acting and Deputy Director Generals and other Directors. ...
- Broker Say (Category: Business)
- Rogue Trader (Category: Business)
- Margin Loans (Category: Business)
- Trading Strategy (Category: Business)
Maersk plans to hike freight rates: CEO Company needs to cover costs on lower volume Maersk looks to maintain market share, not boost it MADISON, NEW JERSEY (Reuters): US and European debt crises are paralysing consumer demand for goods exported from China and putting downward pressure on some shipping rates, said Nils Andersen, chief executive ...
- Maersk CEO says container rates back in the black (Category: Business)
- Maersk raises 2012 outlook on freight rate recovery (Category: Business)
- Maersk confident giant ships won’t ruin market (Category: Business)
- Maersk still sees 2012 loss in container shipping (Category: Business)
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT Sri Lanka Section (BCS CIITSL) has called nominations for the ICT Lifetime Achiever Award 2012. This year too, an ICT industry leader in Sri Lanka will receive the prestigious ‘ICTA-BCS ICT Lifetime Achiever Award’ for the contributions made in shaping the ICT industry to what it is today. The ...
- ICT Lifetime Achiever 2012 (Category: Business)
- Rajitha wins ‘ICT Entrepreneur of the Year’ award at NBQSA 2011 (Category: Business)
- WSO2 wins! - Bags overall gold; middleware products shine at NBQSA 2011 Awards (Category: Business)
- Epic wins most awards at NBQSA 2011 (Category: Business)
First in a new class and first of 10 newbuilds; Ship sets standards in environmental protection and efficiency Hapag-Lloyd recently held a naming ceremony for the Hamburg Express, the first of 10 new vessels in its new 13,200 TEU class. Cornelia Behrendt, wife of Michael Behrendt, Chairman of the Executive Board of Hapag-Lloyd, performed the ...
- Capacity Concerns Trigger More Rate Fears For Shipping Lines (Category: Breaking News)
- Hapag launches new weekly Viet Nam America Express service (Category: Business)
- Maritime market update (Category: Business)
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India allowed foreign airlines to buy stakes of up to 49 per cent in local carriers in a long-awaited policy move, providing a potential lifeline to the country’s debt-laden airlines by opening up a fresh source of funding. Friday’s decision, coming on the back of a controversial diesel price hike on Thursday, ...
- Etihad said to eye stake in India’s Jet Airways (Category: Business)
- Emirates reaches limits of organic growth strategy (Category: Business)
- Kingfisher Airlines Q4 loss more than trebles (Category: Business)
- Kingfisher in talks to rescue carrier – Mallya (Category: Business)
Currently discussing new courses with local and international universities By Cheranka Mendis The training arm of SriLankan Airlines, International Aviation Academy (IAA), is on an aggressive expansion plan, launching its services overseas while concentrating on capacity development and local youth engagement to the industry. IAA, which provides International Airline Training Association (IA...
- TAASL and IATA partner to develop HR in aviation (Category: Business)
- SriLankan Airlines’ IAA completes first training program for TAASL member agents (Category: Business)
- SriLankan IAA among IATA top ten (Category: Business)
- UL’s aviation training arm ventures in to Maldives (Category: Business)
Fitch Ratings Lanka has affirmed Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka Branch’s (SCBSL) National Long-Term Rating at ‘AAA(lka)’. The Outlook is Stable. SCBSL’s rating is at the highest of the national rating scale and reflects the credit profile and financial strength of its parent Standard Chartered Bank PLC (SCB). The rating is tied to SCB’s Issuer ...
- Fitch Affirms Standard Chartered Sri Lanka Branch at ‘AAA(lka)’ (Category: Business)
- Fitch Affirms Standard Chartered Sri Lanka Branch at ‘AAA(lka)’ (Category: Breaking News)
- TEXT-Fitch affirms Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka Branch (Category: Breaking News)
Fitch Ratings Lanka has affirmed HSBC Sri Lanka Branch’s (HSBCSL) National Long-Term Rating at ‘AAA(lka)’.The Outlook is Stable. The rating reflects the financial strength of parent The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HKSB; ‘AA’/Negative), given that HSBCSL is a branch of HKSB and is part of the same legal entity as HKSB. Thus, ...
- Fitch Affirms HSBC Sri Lanka Branch at ‘AAA(lka)’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch affirms HSBC Sri Lanka Branch at ‘AAA’/Stable (Category: Business)
- Fitch Affirms HSBC Sri Lanka Branch at 'AAA(lka)'/Stable (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Affirms HSBC Sri Lanka at ‘AAA(lka)’ with a stable outlook (Category: Breaking News)
Despite the bull run during the last few weeks, the market is still trading at attractive valuations amongst the emerging market and is duly recognised by the foreign investors with foreign inflow pouring into the market. With value counters trading in abundance coupled with an expected strong growth in earnings in the following year further ...
- No risk of asset prices bubble in Bourse – CB (Category: Business)
- Landowners concern at water trading market (Category: Western Australia)
- US stocks muted as investors weigh earnings, COVID-19 (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- US stocks muted as investors weigh earnings, COVID-19 (Category: USA, South Dakota)
The Colombo stock market last week had one of the best bull runs on sentiments but according to Asia Wealth Management value investments still persists in the Bourse. Here are excerpts from Asia Wealth Management’s last week’s report on the stock market. The Colombo bourse soared during the week with the market registering 7.8% WoW ...
- Asia Wealth urges retail investors to ‘pull up their socks’ (Category: Business)
- Colombo stock market sets new records in remarkable rebound (Category: Business)
- Foreign craving for stocks grows; inflow tops Rs. 28 b (Category: Business)
- Foreign demand for JKH shares boosts bourse (Category: Business)
Over 15 Sri Lankan senior professionals and young talent in attendance; 17 entries from Sri Lanka in record haul of 4,860 from 23 countries this year The largest-ever creative communications festival in Asia Pacific, the three-day Spikes Asia 2012, kicked off on Sunday in Singapore. Over 500 industry professionals from 27 countries including over 15 ...
- Leo Burnett Sri Lanka’s Subhash Pinnapola, first Sri Lankan on Spikes Jury (Category: Business)
- Entries at Spikes Asia reach all-time high (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett wins only gold Appies award for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Countdown to Spikes Asia starts (Category: Business)
NEW YORK (Reuters): Comparing the Federal Reserve to a rehab clinic offering addicted investors a synthetic high has been a favorite of Wall Street wags ever since the first round of Fed stimulus nearly four years ago. The punch line is that you always need more and more to get the same high and each ...
- Bernanke quiet on next Fed move, stresses job crisis (Category: Business)
- Fed ramps up economic stimulus, ready to do more (Category: Business)
- Time to buy as market has corrected itself enough: Panel (Category: Business)
- World stocks steady near 11-mth lows (Category: Business)
US Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake yesterday called on the Government to promote transparency and good governance in order to encourage more American investors. He told reporters at the end of his visit that investment could be encouraged if the Government took measures to improve the investment clime. A speech given by him ...
- President tells one story to India, another to us, says Sri Lanka Kandy District Parliamentaria... (Category: Breaking News)
- NGO's to work against SriLanka at UNHRC (Category: Breaking News)
- Analysis: Will web 'snoop' plans work? (Category: Technology)
- This Week in Government: Board of County Commissioners discuss replacing senator for SD48 (Category: USA, Montana)
MP Mangala Samaraweera yesterday in a statement has jeered the recent rebound in the Colombo stock market as well as the appointment of the new Chairman at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in addition to being highly critical of the so-called mafia of investors. Following is the full text of Samaraweera’s statement: In an ...
- TISL wants Govt. to strengthen resolve against “stock market mafia” (Category: Business)
- SEC to improve CSE structure (Category: Breaking News)
- Former SEC Chief Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
Reuters: The stock market jumped 2.6 per cent in healthy volume on Friday to the highest level in eight months, with institutional and foreign investors buying banks and diversified shares. The Colombo Stock Exchange’s main index ended 2.59 per cent, or 149.68 points, up at 5,926.90, its highest close since 13 January. The rise helped ...
- Rents and mortgages up (Category: South Australia)
- Inflation rate falls to 1% (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Canada's economic growth slows in Q2 (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- 'Moderate' growth for 2011 predicted (Category: Canada, Ontario)
The new US Ambassador Michele J. Sison presented her credentials as Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka yesterday to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Ambassador Sison is a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. Michele J. Sison, a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, was ...
- Obama announces new US ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (Category: Business)
- US to appoint new ambassador to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- New US Ambassador presents credentials to President (Category: Breaking News)
- Obama nominates new envoy to SL (Category: Breaking News)
The Pakistani leader yesterday called on the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees and appreciated the arrangements made by the Sri Lankan Government for organising the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Underscoring the need for enhanced exchange of Parliamentary delegations between the two countries to promote people-to-people contacts, Dr. Shah has said that ...
- Sri Lanka would not have defeated terrorism without Pakistan’s support: President (Category: Business)
- Pakistan says pressure on Third World under the guise of human rights should be rejected (Category: Breaking News)
- Made in Pakistan Single Country Exhibition 2012 opens in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Talks necessary for permanent, solid Pak-India ties: PM Gilani (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka and majority of the countries participated in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association sessions yesterday opposed a proposal made at the yesterday’s session for the appointment of a Human Rights Commissioner for the Commonwealth. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and majority of the countries pointed out that since there is a Human Rights Commission under the ...
- Commonwealth countries to share Sri Lanka's experience in several fields (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth countries to share Sri Lanka's experience in several fields (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth countries to share Sri Lanka’s experience in several fields (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposal for Commonwealth Human Rights Commissioner rejected (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s very first DJ training facility, the DJ Academy turns four this month. Founded by Tareeq Musafer in 2008, along with his book ‘Learn to be a DJ,’ the academy has grown from strength to strength, making it the only established and well-known training institute for upcoming DJs in the country. Commenting on the ...
- Cuban beats (Category: Business)
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to hit the boards (Category: Business)
- Sunburn Festival makes its debut in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- A man with a musical mission (Category: Business)
DISASTER management is the process of addressing an event that has the potential to seriously disrupt the social fabric of a community, but the whopping losses endured by Sri Lanka shows that this is still an area that needs to be developed locally. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has ...
- Sri Lanka doubles allocations for people affected by natural disasters (Category: Breaking News)
- End the blame game (Category: Business)
- Met Department better equipped to forecast weather (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Disaster Management Ministry launches secured town planning programme (Category: Breaking News)
The place isn’t a paradise for minorities but the economy is recovering By Sam Baker Asuasentinel.com: The Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka has probably botched its dealings with the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Still, the disenchantment with Colombo may be overblown three years after the end of the ...
- Army inquiry a delaying tactic: Human Rights Watch (Category: Business)
- President calls on diplomats to counter threats from pro-LTTE Diaspora (Category: Business)
- NGOs Call on U.S. to Establish International Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human R... (Category: Breaking News)
- Rejected asylum seekers abused in Sri Lanka, says rights group (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Gunadasa World Socialist Web Site: A scandal over the manipulation of shares on the Colombo Stock Exchange has erupted in recent weeks, after former Sri Lankan Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Thilak Karunaratne accused Government ministers of acting in league with speculators. Karunaratne was pressured by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to quit his position, ...
- Former SEC Chief Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Bourse boom awaits boosted brokers after Presidential forum (Category: Business)
- Tilak talks his way out of SEC (Category: Business)
Market manipulation would make the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) the number one performing stock market in the world soon, UNP National List MP Dr. Harsha De Silva said yesterday.
UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said that the results of the elections for three Provincial Councils last week confirm that a large number of people do not approve the Government and the path it has taken with many burning issues unresolved. Following is the full text of the statement issued by Jayasuriya: The Provincial Council ...
- Case would be file for violating government properties: UNP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Ruling party council chairman join the opposition to contest PC election (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's main opposition accuses government of using sacred relics for election propaganda (Category: Breaking News)
- Appoint international election monitors: UNP (Category: Breaking News)
Top professional banker and HNB’s CEO Rajendra Theagarajah has been appointed to the Board of Carson Cumberbatch Plc as a Non Executive/Independent Director with effect from Wednesday. Following the latest appointment, the Board of Directors of Carson’s comprises Tilak De Zoysa (Chairman), H. Selvanathan (Deputy Chairman), Mano Selvanathan, Israel Paulraj, Chaminda Gunawardana, Suresh ...
- Rajendra appointed to CSE Board (Category: Business)
- Asian Bankers converge in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- New Chairperson at HNB Assurance (Category: Business)
- Rajendra Theagarajah appointed to the CSE board (Category: Breaking News)
Sampath Bank is going for a listed debenture issue of Rs. 2.5 billion. It plans to issue 15 million unsecured subordinated redeemable debentures at Rs. 100 each, with an option to issue a further 10 million debentures in the event the initial value is oversubscribed. The Colombo Stock Exchange has approved in principle Sampath Bank’s ...
- An Invitation To A Sound Investment (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank plans debenture issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sampath Bank showcases Rs. 2.5 b debenture issue as sound investment (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank profit tops Rs 2 bn (Category: Breaking News)
Gain in Bourse’s collective value tops Rs. 400 b since year-to-date lowest level in early June Market cap short of Rs. 400 b to hit all-time-high figure of Rs. 2.6 trillion achieved on 2011 Valentine’s Day Demand for blue chips spearhead yesterday’s rally, joining retail-favoured second tier stocks ASI’s YTD dip now below 5% from 22% ...
- ‘Boom’ is back? (Category: Business)
- Milanka Index turns positive after 17 months (Category: Business)
- Market’s misery worsens (Category: Business)
- Bullish retailers take a ‘well-deserved breather’ (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera The hype and tension of the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup is exponentially increasing as we edge days closer to the beginning of the most exciting and fastest brand of cricket today. It is sure to be a high adrenaline sporting event that will bring millions of viewers from around the world ...
- After Being Fined by US, Hyundai Recalls 130,000 Vehicles (Category: USA, Indiana)
- After Being Fined by US, Hyundai Recalls 130,000 Vehicles (Category: USA, Indiana)
- After Being Fined by US, Hyundai Recalls 130,000 Vehicles (Category: USA, Indiana)
- After Being Fined by US, Hyundai Recalls 130,000 Vehicles (Category: USA, Indiana)
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