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The third edition of Jaffna International Trade Fair 2012 was held recently at Durayappah Stadium, Jaffna. This event showcased a wide range of products and services from various industries and brought together the business community in the Northern territory. The Nations Express Centre offered visitors an opportunity to experience a range of financial products such ...
- ERI Group, Your Radio team up for promotions (Category: Business)
- American Express and Abans make joint offer (Category: Business)
- Anything.lk, anywhere… everywhere! (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s cricketing fortunes seem to be changing of late. The team’s better performance has raised hopes among many fans, while the Sports Ministry’s decision to finally pay the cricketers through a Rs. 600 million loan from the Bank of Ceylon will raise moral still higher. The financial fallout that resulted from the co-hosting of ...
- Extremist Leader (Category: Business)
- Sanga Resigns (Category: Breaking News)
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee launches official team jersey (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Cricket crave for more matches against India (Category: Sports)
ASI gains by 5% as Bourse’s value swells by Rs. 96 b Brokers positive after fresh meeting with SEC EPF, private institutional and high networth investors active on attractive valuations The Colombo stock market yesterday produced a major rebound gaining by 5% thanks what some described as “spirited support” whilst others emphasised it was largely due ...
- Investor confidence worsens by the day; bourse loses Rs. 53 b in value (Category: Business)
- Crisis Colombo! (Category: Business)
- From bust to boom? (Category: Business)
- ‘Boom’ is back? (Category: Business)
SRI LANKA is still electrified by the unprecedented fuel hike and the fallout continues to grow. On Wednesday a fishermen was shot dead as protestors clashed with the police in Chilaw prompting the Government to issue an immediate subsidy. JVP protesters were tear-gassed and the Political rhetoric
- No light for CEB! (Category: Business)
- CEB is not a burden on national economy, says Power Minister (Category: Business)
- Electrifying losses (Category: Business)
- CEB threatens to cut power of all unpaid bills (Category: Business)
(Bloomberg): Sri Lanka doesn’t need to further tighten monetary policy for now even though an increase in fuel and transportation costs and a weakening currency may stoke inflation, the head of the central bank said. The central bank’s rate increase earlier this month will have a “
- Sri Lanka stocks may slump more on rates – HSBC Private (Category: Business)
- CB Governor sees light at the end of the tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee hits new low, but State intervenes (Category: Business)
- Rupee down (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s benchmark stock index, the world’s worst performer this year, may extend its slump as the central bank raises interest rates to curb inflation, according to HSBC Holdings Plc’s private banking unit. HSBC Private Bank, which oversees about $499 billion, will wait for stock valuations to fall to “single digit” multiples before it considers ...
- Stocks approach one-month low; rupee steady (Category: Business)
- China factory surveys signal economic growth stays soft in Q3 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Stocks May Slump More on Rates, HSBC Private Says (Category: Breaking News)
- CB seen holding rates, SRR steady – Reuters poll (Category: Business)
By Chamitha Kuruppu The two main opposition parties yesterday blamed the Government for making false promises to the people and called the fuel subsidy was just another gimmick of the Rajapaksa administration. The United National Party accused the Government, claiming the fuel subsidy
- Opposition political parties to stage protest against fuel price hike in the country (Category: Breaking News)
- Government unhappy over fuel price hike : Minister Sirisena (Category: Breaking News)
- Subsidy a hoax, UNP says (Category: Breaking News)
- Laugfs Gas requests price hike (Category: Business)
Airbus will build on last year’s highly successful commercial performance as the company pursues its industry leadership in 2012, with the coming 12 months to include further production ramp-up for the jetliner families to meet a growing order backlog, supported by additional growth in its employee count. Speaking to international journalists today at the New ...
- Air Arabia receives new Airbus (Category: Business)
- Airbus sees at least 30 A380 deliveries in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Boeing targets number one spot with 1,000 jet sales (Category: Business)
- Airbus expands order, Boeing set to rebound (Category: Business)
UNP MP, its spokesman for the economy and Consultant Economist Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday gave thumbs up to Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal for the latter’s dual move of hiking interest rates and depreciating the currency, though insisted risks and challenges remain. “The Central Bank Chief must be commended for finally realising that there ...
- Harsha claims Govt., CB lack credibility (Category: Business)
- More losses by gambling public money alleges Harsha (Category: Business)
- Financing of 2011 Budget goes haywire (Category: Business)
- 6.2% budget deficit will be met (Category: Business)
BEIJING (Reuters): China will raise the ceiling on retail prices for gasoline and diesel by 300 yuan ($47.50) per ton from Wednesday, a senior Sinopec official said, its first fuel price hike in 10 months. The hike has been anticipated by the industry. Energy consultancy C1 Energy last month
- Fuel price on par with global trends - Verité (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC chairman reveals reasons for fuel price hike (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC chairman reveals reasons for fuel price hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. stops purchasing oil from Iran (Category: Business)
IATA says capacity, economy loom as issues in 2012 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last week reported that full year 2011 passenger demand rose 5.9% compared to 2010, in line with long-term growth trends. In contrast, cargo markets contracted by 0.7% for the year; but recorded positive demand growth in December of 0.2%. Growth ...
- Global aviation’s growth slows again in July: IATA (Category: Business)
- Global aviation demand growth compromised by high oil prices – IATA (Category: Business)
- July global passenger traffic gets a boost, freight stagnates – IATA (Category: Business)
The international price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has jumped by $ 139 to record high at $ 1,031 per ton for February 2012 with analysts describing it as the highest increase. Industry sources said that Saudi Armco Contract Price (CP) has surged to record high due to surge in prices of butane by $ ...
Are the Indian Army’s golf courses illegal? Sri Lanka’s fourth golf course opened by Air Force India’s national auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), has reported to Parliament that the country’s Army has turned large tracts of State military property into illegal privately-run ...
- Nuwara Eliya Golf Club elects Office Bearers at 123rd AGM (Category: Business)
- Opening of Lanka’s 4th golf course (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan flies Touché Golf League finalists to Kandy (Category: Business)
- Oman Air Golf Classic Tournament 2012 to tee-off in October (Category: Business)
LONDON(Reuters): Cleaner and better-managed seas and coasts would help boost economic growth and reduce poverty and pollution, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report said on Wednesday. The report, produced with several other U.N. organizations, highlights the huge potential of a marine-based economy some five months before world governments meet to discuss pathways to more ...
- G20 Web economy seen at $4.2 trillion by 2016 – BCG (Category: Business)
- Evergreen Marine to step up CKYH alliance cooperation (Category: Business)
- Forests 'vital for green growth' (Category: Technology)
- Rio+20 and the developing world (Category: Business)
Reuters: The world economy will lose momentum in 2012 but it will keep moving in the right direction, according to Reuters polls of around 600 economists who said crisis-hit Europe would drag on global growth. Asian economies will again power the expansion of the world economy this year, but with relatively subdued performances. The United ...
- IMF sees risks to global growth, calls for collective action (Category: Business)
- Global economic outlook slowly improving but remains fragile (Category: Business)
- WB cuts China growth forecast to 8.2% (Category: Business)
- India’s growth will be weaker than expected (Category: Business)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka recently unveiled its pioneering Sixth Strategic Plan – communicating in all transparency its plans for the forthcoming financial period – based on the theme ‘Raising the Bar’. The Sixth Strategic Plan, like its predecessors, takes root from the policy measures underscored in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana,’ and is formulated to ...
- A resolute Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- Robust Roadmap! (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- CB says S&P’s revision unwarranted (Category: Business)
SINGAPORE (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Monday as worries over supply disruptions in Nigeria outweighed concerns over the mass debt downgrade of eurozone nations, analysts said. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in February, gained three cents to $98.73 in morning trade. Brent North Sea crude for February ...
- Sri Lanka suffering huge loss after replacing Iranian oil with Arabian crude (Category: Business)
- Kuwait resumes full crude supply to Asia (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s Iran crude imports may drop up to 20% (Category: Business)
- Reuters says Lanka has most reasons to worry about Iran oil (Category: Breaking News)
LONDON: Airlines could reap windfall profits from a $3 passenger surcharge, introduced to cover new costs from an EU law regulating greenhouse gas emissions, because the carriers will receive most of their CO2 permits for free. Five US air carriers including Delta Air Lines and United Continental last week imposed the price hike on their ...
- Lufthansa to pass $ 169 m carbon costs to passengers (Category: Business)
- US weighs retaliation over Europe aviation law (Category: Business)
- Airlines face sting in the tail from cheaper oil (Category: Business)
- Airlines say carbon law cutting EU off from growth (Category: Business)
“Our sense is that if we do not act boldly and if we do not act together, the economy around the world runs the risk of a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability and potential collapse of global demand… we could run the risk of what some commentators are already calling the lost decade” – ...
- W. Bank’s Zoellick says double-dip recession unlikely (Category: Business)
- Flashing red - European debt crisis signals collapse of social welfare state (Category: Business)
- World economy fragile, faces “uneasy calm” – IMF (Category: Business)
- G20 backs Europe’s plans for overhaul to fight crisis (Category: Business)
If the Governor of Central Bank has an urge to enter politics, he should come to Parliament without playing politics inside the CB, charges United National Party Parliamentarian and well-known Economist Dr. Harsha de Silva. Dr. de Silva notes that Governor Nivard Cabraal should respect the sanctity of the Central Bank and therefore if Cabraal ...
- Treasury Chief urges help for balance of payments (Category: Business)
- Nivard sees weak rupee recovering to 125 (Category: Business)
- Central Bank sees rupee firming helped by inflows (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka affirms flexible FX policy, but will intervene if needed (Category: Business)
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The Obama administration is laying the groundwork for possible retaliation in response to a European law requiring airlines to pay for carbon emissions. Discussions between key agencies have ramped up recently, although there is no consensus yet on what, if anything, the U.S. government should do unilaterally or in concert with other nations ...
- Airlines say carbon law cutting EU off from growth (Category: Business)
- Passenger fare hike may earn airlines a CO2 windfall (Category: Business)
- Delta adds $ 3 surcharge on fares between US and Europe (Category: Business)
- UN aviation body says emissions proposal by year-end (Category: Business)
The Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover’s sensational new SUV – a car that won 34 international awards in the three months after its first production model came off the line in September 2011 – has arrived in Sri Lanka. The smallest, lightest, most fuel-efficient Range Rover
- Range Rover Evoque sponsors top authors at GLF (Category: Business)
- Victoria Beckham turns designer hand to cars (Category: Business)
- Britain’s best new cars (Category: Business)
- Range Rover to serve Hill Club tennis as Diamond Sponsor (Category: Business)
Today, as much as China is the centre of global manufacturing, India has become the international hub for global service industries. India’s IT and outsourcing exports amount to over US$ 50 billion. The economic resurgence of China and India has also made way for the emergence of Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam as manufacturing bases. ...
- ‘China yuan could challenge dollar role in a decade’ (Category: Business)
- Emerging powerhouses can’t save the world (Category: Business)
- Tom Doctoroff: Standing Up to China: The Obama Way (Category: Features)
- Global wealth to grow 50% to $345 trillion in 5 years: Credit Suisse (Category: Business)
SINGAPORE (Reuters): Airlines in the Asia Pacific region may impose surcharges or increase airfares following the imposition of the European Union’s new Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a move that could deal another blow to an industry already facing weak demand. The possible increases would come after Delta Air Lines in the United States, that country’s ...
- Ore. father accused of trying to give away the kids (Category: USA, Washington)
- Jana Aragalaya now ‘Frontline Socialist Party’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Bayliss feels for Marsh as Dilshan quits (Category: Business)
- Heshan comes second in heats but fails to qualify for next round (Category: Business)
Expects 2012 to continue 2011 success despite anticipating slow year By Cheranka Mendis Kia Motors is geared to embrace a phenomenal year in 2012, riding high on the extraordinary success of 2011. Launching the final model that was to be introduced to the local market in 2011, the all new fourth generation Kia Rio, Kia ...
- KIA Motors to invest Rs. 1 b on service facilities (Category: Business)
- KIA To Drive Royal Rugby As Sole Team Sponsor Of 1st XV (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceylon Chamber identifies opportunities in Brazil during FIFA 2014 and Olympics 2016 (Category: Business)
As projected in the beginning of the year the rate of year-on-year inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (CCPI) (2006/07=100), computed by the Department of Census and Statistics, decreased to 4.9%in December 2011 from 6.2%in January 2011 and the annual average rate of inflation recorded as 6.7%in December 2011 thus stabilising the ...
- CB says inflation down in January (Category: Business)
- Inflation drops further in November, says CB (Category: Business)
- Knotty inflation (Category: Business)
- May inflation: Annual average down, up year-on-year (Category: Business)
A survey conducted last week on the health of the Sri Lankan economy revealed that almost 64% said that the Government had done its task but only 43% had said that there had been growth in the economy. Whilst some can say that this data is strange, a similar set of information was shared at ...
- What’s next for Brand Sri Lanka? (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka can be a top 30 country by 2015 (Category: Business)
- Treasures of Sri Lanka, the ethical way (Category: Business)
ABUJA(Reuters): Nigerian authorities announced on Sunday that a controversial plan to scrap fuel subsidies will be effective from Jan. 1, a move likely to lead to strikes and street protests. The plan is unpopular with Nigerians, many of whom see cheap fuel as the only benefit they get from living
- Increase subsidies to support livelihoods: Harsha de Silva (Category: Business)
- Opposition parties lash out at Govt. over fuel price hike (Category: Business)
- Rubber planting subsidy extended (Category: Business)
DHAKA (Reuters): Bangladesh raised fuel prices with effect from Friday in its fourth such hike since May, a move that will trim the country’s subsidy burden but add to already high inflation. Petrol, 95-octane gasoline, diesel, kerosene and fuel oil will now cost an additional 5 taka ($0.06
- Opposition parties lash out at Govt. over fuel price hike (Category: Business)
- Fuel price drop in the world market can be considered only after six weeks – Petroleum Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Treasury defends fuel revisions (Category: Business)
- Petrol pricing paradox (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
NEW YORK (Reuters): Gold prices will fall below $ 1,500 an ounce over the next three months and are unlikely to retest September’s all-time highs until later 2012 at the earliest, according to a Reuters poll of 20 hedge fund managers, economists and traders. The bleak forecast, coming after gold has lost 11 per cent ...
- ‘Rattharan Savings’ from NDB Bank (Category: Business)
- Rs 1 million reward for museum theft informant (Category: Breaking News)
- Commercial Bank reduces interest on gold loans (Category: Business)
- Gold rush dries up as police take stand by the banks of the Kelani (Category: Breaking News)
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