Category: BUSINESS

CSE trading halted for 30 minutes

CSE trading halted for 30 minutes

Mar 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | BUZZ REPORT) - Regular trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) was temporarily halted for 30 minutes from ... Read More

Alibaba founder Jack Ma unseats Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest man after US$5.8 billion rout

Alibaba founder Jack Ma unseats Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest man after US$5.8 billion rout

Mar 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | BUZZ  REPORT) - As oil prices collapsed alongside global stocks amid mounting coronavirus fears, billions of dollars were ... Read More

COVID-19 Outbreak to Have Significant Economic Impact on Developing Asia

COVID-19 Outbreak to Have Significant Economic Impact on Developing Asia

Mar 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | BUZZ REPORT) - The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will have a significant impact on developing Asian economies ... Read More

Oil Shock Compounds Sovereign Credit Risks from Coronavirus – Fitch Ratings

Oil Shock Compounds Sovereign Credit Risks from Coronavirus – Fitch Ratings

Mar 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The dual impact of COVID-19 and the significant oil price shock will put pressure on some ... Read More

Japanese vehicle prices may go up by 10% due to strong Yen: VIASL

Japanese vehicle prices may go up by 10% due to strong Yen: VIASL

Mar 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Japan) - The price of the vehicles imported from Japan would be increased due to increase of the ... Read More

Cabinet to discuss reducing fuel prices

Cabinet to discuss reducing fuel prices

Mar 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Power and Energy Mahinda Amaraweera says the Cabinet of Ministers who are due to ... Read More

Sri Lanka expects 3.5 – 4.0% growth in 2020, with limited hit from Covid-19

Sri Lanka expects 3.5 – 4.0% growth in 2020, with limited hit from Covid-19

Mar 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka is expecting 3.5-4.0 % growth in 2020, amid a hit from Coronavirus  (COVID -19) ... Read More

IFC Partners with CSE for 5th Ring the Bell for Gender Equality Event in Sri Lanka

IFC Partners with CSE for 5th Ring the Bell for Gender Equality Event in Sri Lanka

Mar 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | BUZZ) - For the fifth consecutive year, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, partnered with the ... Read More

Sri Lanka negotiating $1Bn plus loan with China

Sri Lanka negotiating $1Bn plus loan with China

Mar 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | BUZZ) - The Government is in the middle of negotiating a loan from the Chinese Development Bank, which ... Read More

Hyatt, Hilton, Grand Oriental under one State-owned property development body

Hyatt, Hilton, Grand Oriental under one State-owned property development body

Mar 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | BUZZ) - Some of the luxurious hotels and tourism-related assets are owned by State institutions such as the ... Read More

Minimum price for big onions increased by Rs. 20

Minimum price for big onions increased by Rs. 20

Mar 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The minimum price for big onions has been increased from Rs. 60 to Rs. 80 to ... Read More

IMF provides $50bn to fight coronavirus outbreak

IMF provides $50bn to fight coronavirus outbreak

Mar 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus outbreak) - The International Monetary Fund has announced $50bn (£39bn) of support for countries hit by the ... Read More

‘Irregular appointments at State Banks must end’

‘Irregular appointments at State Banks must end’

Mar 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Bank Employees’ Union has requested the President and Prime Minister to suspend the irregular ... Read More

Jack Welch: Legendary General Electric boss dies at 84

Jack Welch: Legendary General Electric boss dies at 84

Mar 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Jack Welch) - Jack Welch, a titan of American business who transformed General Electric (GE) into America's most ... Read More

Coronavirus: Stocks rise as central banks pledge support

Coronavirus: Stocks rise as central banks pledge support

Mar 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus) - Share prices in Asia have risen after Japan's central bank promised to help protect markets from ... Read More