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Ballooning trade gap Even with the multitude of measures taken to curb imports, Sri Lanka's cumulative trade deficit widened to nearly US$ 1.7 billion in the first two months of the year with earnings from exports increasing marginally by 3.3 per cent to US$ 1.8 billion whilst import expenditure shooting by 24.7 per cent to ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Do people prefer coffee over tea? (Category: Business)
By Deepal V Perera The volatile exchange rate environment since this year has dealt a fresh crisis for illegal money changers, though the positive outcome is that more transactions taking place officially. “The illegal money changers are now finding a crisis situation to match the daily
- CBSL decides not to renew permits of 15 money changers (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL suspends renewal of permits of 15 private foreign exchange dealers (Category: Breaking News)
- Pressure mounts on overnight rates (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL permanently revokes money changing permit of Prasanna Money Exchange (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Using FBI wiretaps, email, phone records and the testimony of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc director, US prosecutors drew a picture for jurors on Thursday of events that led to the insider-trading trial of onetime corporate star Rajat Gupta. The 63-year-old Gupta is accused of providing now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam with boardroom ...
- Ex-Goldman director Gupta charged in insider case (Category: Business)
- Goldman CEO testifies at Rajat Gupta insider trial (Category: Business)
- Rajat Gupta helped promote Rajaratnam funds, says trial witness (Category: Business)
- Rajat Gupta loses wiretap ruling, wins on SEC notes (Category: Business)
Reuters: Asian shares fell to their lowest levels of the year on Friday as early bargain hunting gave way to worries about Europe’s raging debt crisis and weak global growth. European shares looked set to follow their Asian peers, with spreadbetters predicting major European markets
- Asia shares fall steeply on worries over Spain banks, growth (Category: Business)
- Shares, euro dip on Europe; French bond auction eyed (Category: Business)
- Asian shares rise; oil spikes on Iran tension (Category: Business)
- World markets regain ground but still edgy over Greece (Category: Business)
Reuters: Analysts at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch cut their growth forecasts for India, following up on a Morgan Stanley downgrade earlier this week that had sparked much concern in domestic markets. The downgrades come in a tough month for Indian markets, after global risk aversion surged, exposing the country’s fiscal and economic ...
- Recovery Momentum (Category: Business)
- Crisis Fund (Category: Business)
- Tight Policy (Category: Business)
- Central Bank decides to maintain policy interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
ww.wsws.org: On May 20, the Socialist Equality Party and International Student for Social Equality (ISSE) held a successful congress of plantation workers at Hatton, in Sri Lanka’s central hill region. A number of workers, including several dozen from the Nuwara Eliya and Badulla tea plantation districts, as well as youth and students from Jaffna, Kandy ...
- “Imperialists shed crocodile tears over HR violations” – Basil (Category: Business)
- Plantation sector gets global recognition for best practices in HRD (Category: Business)
- Plantation industry needs long-term Master Plan: Malik Fernando (Category: Business)
Reuters: European Union leaders, advised by senior officials to prepare contingency plans in case Greece decides to quit the single currency, urged the country to stay the course on austerity and complete the reforms demanded under its bailout programme. After nearly six hours of talks held during an informal dinner, leaders said they were committed ...
- World economies prepare for panic after Greek polls (Category: Business)
- G20 backs Europe’s plans for overhaul to fight crisis (Category: Business)
- Global leaders urge swift action to resolve Europe crisis (Category: Business)
- Euro zone crisis reaches France, turns existential (Category: Business)
By an Analyst There is no doubt and there is near unanimity that overregulation by the previous Securities and Exchange Commission arising from inexperience, lack of knowledge and lack of correct strategies was the prime cause for the market collapse witnessed today. The SEC without any foresight and professionalism has introduced ad hoc legislation detrimental ...
- Serious decline of the stock market under the present SEC (Category: Business)
- Broker Credit Drives Up Market (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- Majority of brokers recommend PLC IPO as buy (Category: Business)
Reuters: Tourism revenues in Mauritius rose 15.6% in the first quarter to March compared to a year ago although arrivals were slightly lower, data showed this week. “Gross tourism receipts for the first quarter of 2012 were estimated by the Bank of Mauritius at 13.81 billion rupees ($465.77 million)… compared to 11.94 billion estimated for ...
- Mauritius 2011 tourism revenues up 10% to $1.48 b (Category: Business)
- Mauritius says 2012 tourist arrivals to rise 3% to 1 m (Category: Business)
- Emirates and Mauritius join forces to promote the destination worldwide (Category: Business)
- Mauritius cuts its 2012 tourist arrivals forecast again (Category: Business)
Reuters: China’s factories took a hit in May as export orders fell sharply, a private sector survey showed on Thursday, suggesting surprise weakness in April’s hard economic data persists even as policymakers seek to shore up growth. The HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers Index, the earliest indicator of China’s industrial activity, retreated to 48.7 in May ...
- China factory sector shrinks most in nine months (Category: Business)
- China PMI in surprise fall, lowest since 2009 (Category: Business)
- China factory surveys signal economic growth stays soft in Q3 (Category: Business)
- China factory activity shrinks for 5th month : HSBC flash PMI (Category: Business)
Reuters: Sri Lanka’s central bank expects the steps it has taken to reverse a currency decline to drive the rupee past 125 to the US dollar, but it is not targeting a particular level, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Tuesday. The rupee is hovering around 129-130 despite a warning from the authorities ...
- Central Bank sees rupee firming helped by inflows (Category: Business)
- Can and will sustain rupee defence: CB Chief (Category: Business)
- CB says no need for FX intervention (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka affirms flexible FX policy, but will intervene if needed (Category: Business)
Reuters: The World Bank cut its economic growth forecast for China this year to 8.2 per cent on Wednesday and urged the country to rely on easier fiscal policy that boosts consumption rather than state investment to lift activity. In a biannual East Asia and Pacific economic update, the World Bank said a slowing China ...
- Global economic outlook slowly improving but remains fragile (Category: Business)
- Momentum to drain from world economy in 2012: Poll (Category: Business)
- World Bank projects global slowdown, with developing countries impacted (Category: Business)
- World economy fragile, faces “uneasy calm” – IMF (Category: Business)
Reuters: The United States and Japan are leading a fragile economic recovery among developed countries that could yet be blown off course if the euro zone fails to contain its flaring growth crisis, the OECD said on Tuesday. In its twice-yearly economic outlook, the Paris-based Organisation
- EIA boosts 2012, 2013 oil demand growth forecast (Category: Business)
- EU sees Spain missing budget goals, Madrid sticks to target (Category: Business)
- Danish economy recovering slowly – CB (Category: Business)
- Momentum to drain from world economy in 2012: Poll (Category: Business)
With a view to strengthening regional financial and economic cooperation, Governor of Reserve Bank of India Dr. D. Subbarao on 16 May announced in the 24th SAARC FINANCE Governors’ Meeting in Pokhara, Nepal, that the Reserve Bank of India will offer Swap Arrangement of US $ 2 billion both in foreign currency and Indian rupee. ...
- Sri Lanka to benefit from Reserve Bank of India Swap Arrangement of US$ 2 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- RBI extends duration of USD 400 Mn currency swap for CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo hosts inaugural SAARC ‘Public Debt Managers’ Forum 2012’ (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka agrees to help set up south Asian seed bank (Category: Business)
Reuters: China’s premier called for additional efforts to support growth on Sunday, signalling Beijing’s willingness to take action after a recent series of economic indicators suggested that the world’s second-biggest economy will slow further in the second quarter. “We should continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy while giving more ....
- China can easily boost consumtion to strengthen its economy: IMF (Category: Business)
- China swings to surprise trade surplus in March (Category: Business)
- Audi July unit sales up 16%, driven by China (Category: Business)
- China on track to meet 2012 growth target: Wen (Category: Business)
Reuters: Markets recovered some ground on Monday on value hunting after last week’s heavy losses, but investors remained wary over the euro zone despite world leaders pledging calling for Greece to stay in the monetary union and for Europe to balance austerity with growth. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 percent, ...
- Asia shares fall steeply on worries over Spain banks, growth (Category: Business)
- Euro hits decade low vs yen, remains vulnerable (Category: Business)
- Asian shares rise, investors see brighter US economy (Category: Business)
- Asian markets rise on Greece bailout hopes, solid US data (Category: Business)
Reuters: Spain’s borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and its troubled banks suffered a double blow, with shares in part-nationalised Bankia diving and 16 lenders – including the euro zone’s biggest – having their credit ratings cut. Official data confirmed Spain was back in recession and a newspaper reported a big ...
- Euro zone crisis heads for September crunch (Category: Business)
- ECB to hold fire on growth steps in crisis-hit Spain (Category: Business)
- Merkel seen as big loser in euro zone showdown (Category: Business)
- ECB, EU officials warn euro’s survival at risk (Category: Business)
Reuters: The euro hovered near four-month lows and European shares extended their losing streak on Thursday, as investors avoided riskier assets due to the deepening turmoil in Greece and fears of contagion spreading to other stressed euro zone economies. News that some Greek banks face emergency funding needs dealt a further blow to risk sentiment, ...
- Global stocks retreat after Swiss move; euro jumps (Category: Business)
- Euro zone Oct inflation at 3 pct despite cooler growth (Category: Business)
- European stocks rise ahead of ECB meeting (Category: Business)
- Euro hits decade low vs yen, remains vulnerable (Category: Business)
Reuters: HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, said it has made sustainable cost savings of $2 billion after one year of a three year turnaround plan, and is on target to meet its return on equity and other financial targets. HSBC has sold 28 businesses, and some 15,000 staff have been transferred outside the group, with the ...
- HSBC profits hit $ 21.9 b, up 15% over 2010 (Category: Business)
- HSBC sells general insurance business for $ 914 m (Category: Business)
- HSBC sets aside $2 b for mis-selling, US issues (Category: Business)
- HSBC faces US compliance issues, Libor scrutiny (Category: Business)
To strive in the corporate world the entity must be the best in its game. Progression towards being the better business requires effectiveness in all areas. Improvement, growth, development, advancement, no matter how you choose to define it, the effective entity must always be open to change through a positive mindset: establishing the power of ...
- CIMA responds to global consultation on integrated reporting (Category: Business)
- Senate approves broad COVID-19 liability shield for Indiana businesses (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Senate approves broad COVID-19 liability shield for Indiana businesses (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Lankem Developments goes for new focus; name (Category: Business)
Reuters: The leader of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s hedging unit is retiring after trading losses that could end up exceeding $3 billion, a shortfall that President Barack Obama said might have led the government to step in had such losses struck a smaller bank. The Federal Reserve meanwhile said it is now looking into whether ...
- JPMorgan likely to post $4 b to $6 b trade loss (Category: Business)
- Obama has assets in JPMorgan accounts: White House (Category: Business)
- JPMorgan has trading loss of at least $2 b, reputation hit (Category: Business)
- Obama pledges tough enforcement of Wall Street reforms (Category: Business)
Noting that the NSB-TFC deal is peanuts, the main Opposition UNP yesterday declared that the bigger problem was questionable investments by the EPF and demanded immediate answers from a 'dodgy' Government. Following is the full text of the statement issued yesterday by UNP MP and its spokesman on economic matters Dr. Harsha De Silva: Article ...
- Motion Against EPF To Further Expose The Regime (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP vows to prove the truth (Category: Business)
- Attempt to table messy draft bill again (Category: Breaking News)
In a world where most product categories are at the mature stages of the product lifecycle, the key differentiating factor for a brand happens to be the reputation that it has earned in the market place. Be it a fridge that you buy for your home or a packet of milk powder that you get ...
- Yet another year of success for NSB (Category: Business)
- NSB relaunches popular products to expand market base (Category: Business)
- NSB Head gives quit notice (Category: Business)
- Harsha renews call for swift action against NSB-TFC deal makers (Category: Business)
Planned divestiture of subsidiary – the sole private savings bank in the country – not advertised Deal with in-out-and-in Navara Capital under fire as Rs. 562 m strike price falls below Board recommendation Analysts label deal price as “cheap” when CB is unlikely to be generous in issuing new Specialised Bank licences in the future ...
- Shareholders furious over lack of disclosure, sale plan of MBSL’s savings subsidiary (Category: Business)
- Navara-led consortium to buy 68% of MBSL Savings Bank for Rs. 562 m (Category: Business)
- MBSL says savings subsidiary sale will result in a profit of Rs. 325 m (Category: Business)
- Double-edged deal (Category: Business)
REUTERS: JPMorgan Chase and Co said last week that it suffered a trading loss of at least $2 billion from a failed hedging strategy, a surprise disclosure that hit financial stocks and the reputation of the bank and its prominent CEO, Jamie Dimon. For a bank viewed as a strong risk manager that never reported ...
- JPMorgan likely to post $4 b to $6 b trade loss (Category: Business)
- JPMorgan CIO retires, Obama says proves reform case (Category: Business)
- Obama has assets in JPMorgan accounts: White House (Category: Business)
- BofA mulls more asset sales to boost capital (Category: Business)
BEIJING (Reuters): China’s economy stuttered unexpectedly in April with lower than expected output data, softening retail sales and easing prices suggesting economic headwinds might be stiffer than thought, requiring more robust policy responses to counter them. Industrial output expanded at its slowest annual pace in nearly three years, while fixed asset investment growth dipped to ...
- China 2Q GDP growth may dip below 7% (Category: Business)
- China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months (Category: Business)
- India’s March industrial output falls (Category: Business)
- Asia factory output weak; India defies with rise (Category: Business)
LONDON (Reuters): Political disarray in Greece and fresh fears about Spain’s banks have triggered a scramble for the world’s lowest-risk government bonds, with investors willing to accept returns of next to nothing in exchange for shelter from the euro zone storm. Borrowing costs for Germany, Britain, the United States and Japan have tumbled to record ...
- European stocks rise ahead of ECB meeting (Category: Business)
- Global stocks, euro ease on debt talk caution (Category: Business)
- Global stocks retreat after Swiss move; euro jumps (Category: Business)
- World stocks retreat as debt worries, economy outlook weigh (Category: Business)
LONDON (Reuters): The Bank of England looks set to call a halt to its asset-buying program on Thursday, despite the economy having slipped into recession and renewed risks rising from the euro zone debt crisis, as UK inflation remains stubbornly high. Ending its program of quantitative easing
- Rocky Road (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank raises rates to contain record high inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Fiat Inflation (Category: Business)
- Inflation drops in July for the fifth consecutive month (Category: Breaking News)
Mr. Thilak Karunarathne Chairman, Securities Exchange Commission,Colombo. Dear Sir, Re: SEC inquiry connected with the stock exchange transaction where the National Savings Bank acquired shares of The Finance Company I wish to hail your expressed commitments to initiate with urgency a comprehensive inquiry connected with the stock exchange transaction where the National Savings Bank acquired ...
- Economic management and the way forward (Category: Business)
- Govt. to consider tightening laws on white collar crimes (Category: Business)
- NSB-TFC deal’s stench spreads! (Category: Business)
- Wijetilleke backs calls for tough action on NSB-TFC deal (Category: Business)
It is very tragic that Sri Lanka may lose the confidence of the business world both locally and internationally courtesy of the Government-appointed nominees of the State. I like to highlight just two such incidents with no bias. The first was the rundown of foreign reserves. The Central Bank went on saying there is no ...
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