Category: BUSINESS

Greece gets $14.5 billion to pay debts, part of new bailout

Greece gets $14.5 billion to pay debts, part of new bailout

Aug 20, 2015

  Greece is receiving the first 13 billion-euro ($14.5 billion) payment of its new bailout, with 12 billion euros earmarked ... Read More

Sri Lanka to Be the Next Singapore As War Legacy Fades: Bloomberg Reports

Sri Lanka to Be the Next Singapore As War Legacy Fades: Bloomberg Reports

Aug 20, 2015

  Sri Lanka is moving past its history of ethnic strife and seeking to emulate Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai ... Read More

Greek parliament approves bailout after all-night debate

Greek parliament approves bailout after all-night debate

Aug 14, 2015

  Greece's parliament on Friday approved the country's third international bailout after an all-night debate, hours ahead of a critical ... Read More

VOLKSWAGEN ASSEMBLY PLANT AGREEMENT SIGNED – Kuliyapitiya factory to have US $ 26.5 m investmen

VOLKSWAGEN ASSEMBLY PLANT AGREEMENT SIGNED – Kuliyapitiya factory to have US $ 26.5 m investmen

Aug 14, 2015

  Sri Lanka entered the era of modern automobile industry yesterday with the ground breaking agreement signed by the Board ... Read More

SLSBC concludes Trade & Investment Promotion

SLSBC concludes Trade & Investment Promotion

Aug 14, 2015

  The Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce successfully concluded a business mission to Singapore ... Read More

Packer steps down as Crown chairman

Packer steps down as Crown chairman

Aug 13, 2015

  Australian billionaire James Packer has stepped down as chairman of Crown Resorts with the gambling tycoon taking on a ... Read More

Indian court overturns Nestle noodle ban, orders new tests

Indian court overturns Nestle noodle ban, orders new tests

Aug 13, 2015

  An Indian court on Thursday overturned a government ban on Nestle’s hugely popular Maggi noodles brand, but ordered further ... Read More

Court issues notice to CB Governor’s son-in-law

Court issues notice to CB Governor’s son-in-law

Aug 13, 2015

  The Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday issued notice on the Governor of the Central Bank Arjuna Mahendran and his son-in-law ... Read More

China devalues Yuan: Global stocks, yields tumble after China pushes yuan lower again

China devalues Yuan: Global stocks, yields tumble after China pushes yuan lower again

Aug 12, 2015

  China's central bank allowed the Yuan to drop sharply against the U.S. dollar again on Wednesday, setting the currency ... Read More

Economy to grow at 7% this year: Ravi Karunanayake

Economy to grow at 7% this year: Ravi Karunanayake

Aug 12, 2015

  Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake pointed out yesterday that Sri Lanka’s economy should grow by 7 % this year, up ... Read More

Brazil inflation rate hits 12-year high

Brazil inflation rate hits 12-year high

Aug 11, 2015

  Inflation in Brazil has hit a 12-year high of 9.56%. The rising cost of electricity, in particular, has pushed ... Read More

No more ‘Google’: Google is to change its name to Alphabet

No more ‘Google’: Google is to change its name to Alphabet

Aug 11, 2015

  Google is to change its name to Alphabet, alongside a major restructuring. The company will continue to operate as ... Read More

Minister Rishad Bathiudeen Introduces another Public-Centric Project to Weli-oya

Minister Rishad Bathiudeen Introduces another Public-Centric Project to Weli-oya

Aug 7, 2015

  Minister Rishard Bathiudeen toured the Weli-oya region in the Wanni District as part of his election campaign yesterday (6). ... Read More

Toshiba relegated from JPX-Nikkei Index 400

Toshiba relegated from JPX-Nikkei Index 400

Aug 7, 2015

  Good news is in extremely short supply at Toshiba, the scandal-hit Japanese conglomerate. Fresh from a $1.2bn accounting scandal, ... Read More

Operations in search of vendors who packet food items and sells at higher prices

Operations in search of vendors who packet food items and sells at higher prices

Aug 6, 2015

  The Consumer Affairs Authority says that a special operation has been launched in search of businessmen who packet food ... Read More