Category: BUSINESS

Asian Stocks Test new 19-month Highs, Some Markets Seen Overvalued

Asian Stocks Test new 19-month Highs, Some Markets Seen Overvalued

Feb 16, 2017

Asian stocks inched to new 19-month highs on Thursday with thanks to an ongoing rally on Wall Street and bolstered ... Read More

Facebook pushes video onto TV screens with new apps

Facebook pushes video onto TV screens with new apps

Feb 15, 2017

Facebook on Tuesday (Feb 14) announced it was rolling out apps to allow people to view videos posted on the ... Read More

Sri Lanka Senior Citizens’ Deposits up to Rs1.5Mn to Get Higher Interest

Sri Lanka Senior Citizens’ Deposits up to Rs1.5Mn to Get Higher Interest

Feb 15, 2017

Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry said that it will increase the upper limit up to 1.5 million rupees for 15 percent special ... Read More

Asia stocks at 19-month peak, dollar up as Yellen puts March rate hike in play

Asia stocks at 19-month peak, dollar up as Yellen puts March rate hike in play

Feb 15, 2017

Asian stocks scaled 19-month peaks on Wednesday thanks to a record-setting night on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Janet ... Read More

Sri Lanka Foreign Reserves Drop by USD568mn in January

Sri Lanka Foreign Reserves Drop by USD568mn in January

Feb 13, 2017

Sri Lanka’s official reserves dropped 567.5 million US dollars to 5.45 billion dollars in January, down from 6.01 billion dollars ... Read More

Volkswagen Says has no Plans to Retain Large Number of Temp Staff

Volkswagen Says has no Plans to Retain Large Number of Temp Staff

Feb 13, 2017

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) said it has no plans to keep a large number of temporary workers on its books following a ... Read More

Oil Rises on 90 Percent Compliance on OPEC Output Deal

Oil Rises on 90 Percent Compliance on OPEC Output Deal

Feb 10, 2017

Oil prices rose more than 1 percent on Friday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported record initial compliance by ... Read More

Cabinet Resolves to Increase People’s Bank Authorized Capital

Cabinet Resolves to Increase People’s Bank Authorized Capital

Feb 9, 2017

Sri Lanka’s cabinet nod has been received to instruct legal draftsman to amend certain sections of People’s Bank Act which ... Read More

Asian Stocks at 18-Month Highs as China Rises

Asian Stocks at 18-Month Highs as China Rises

Feb 9, 2017

Asian shares climbed to their highest in more than 18 months on Thursday, as investors grew more confident about China ... Read More

YouTube Adds Mobile Video Streaming for Top Talent

YouTube Adds Mobile Video Streaming for Top Talent

Feb 8, 2017

YouTube on Tuesday (Feb 7) began letting popular online video personalities broadcast on the go using mobile devices, ramping up ... Read More

Oil falls as U.S. Supplies, Speculative Length Counter OPEC Cuts

Oil falls as U.S. Supplies, Speculative Length Counter OPEC Cuts

Feb 7, 2017

Oil fell on Monday as ample U.S. supplies and excess speculative length outweighed OPEC output curbs and rising tensions between ... Read More

Asia Stocks, Euro Pressured by Economic, Political Uncertainty

Asia Stocks, Euro Pressured by Economic, Political Uncertainty

Feb 7, 2017

Appetite for Asian stocks and the euro ebbed on Tuesday as a rising tide of economic and political concerns added ... Read More

Asia Shares Inch Down, Dollar Extends Gains in Light Holiday Trade

Asia Shares Inch Down, Dollar Extends Gains in Light Holiday Trade

Jan 27, 2017

Asian shares were fractionally lower on Friday in holiday-thinned trade but were on track for a solid advance this week, ... Read More

Sri Lankan rupee steady in dull trade; stocks rise

Sri Lankan rupee steady in dull trade; stocks rise

Jan 26, 2017

The Sri Lankan rupee was steady in thin trade on Thursday as dollar demand from importers was offset by selling ... Read More

Oil-Dependent US States Sliding Into Recession: S&P

Oil-Dependent US States Sliding Into Recession: S&P

Jan 25, 2017

Crashing oil prices in recent years have helped send crude-producing US states into recession, and they are unlikely to recover ... Read More