Category: BUSINESS

Sri Lankan Rupee Weaker on Importer Dollar Demand; Stocks Down

Sri Lankan Rupee Weaker on Importer Dollar Demand; Stocks Down

Nov 22, 2016

The Sri Lankan rupee was trading weaker on Tuesday due to dollar demand from importers on fears that the U.S. ... Read More

Asia Stocks at One-week Highs on US Gains; Oil Up

Asia Stocks at One-week Highs on US Gains; Oil Up

Nov 22, 2016

Asian stocks struck one-week highs with investors undeterred by a powerful earthquake in Japan on Tuesday, but after Wall Street ... Read More

Asia Shares Shaky as Trump Bets Keep Emerging Markets Under Pressure

Asia Shares Shaky as Trump Bets Keep Emerging Markets Under Pressure

Nov 21, 2016

Asian shares were on the defensive on Monday, undermined by fears that the strength in the U.S. dollar and rising ... Read More

Sri Lankan Rupee Falls; IMF Loan Caps Losses

Sri Lankan Rupee Falls; IMF Loan Caps Losses

Nov 21, 2016

he Sri Lankan rupee was trading slightly weaker on Monday on worries capital outflows would increase as incoming U.S. President ... Read More

Asian Export Nations Wary Dollar Boost Gives Trump Pretext to Beat Them

Asian Export Nations Wary Dollar Boost Gives Trump Pretext to Beat Them

Nov 20, 2016

Asian currency policymakers are worried that the strengthening of the dollar on expectations of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's fiscal policies ... Read More

IMF Approves USD162.6mn Disbursement to Sri Lanka

IMF Approves USD162.6mn Disbursement to Sri Lanka

Nov 20, 2016

IMF Executive Board has completed its first review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, which enables the disbursement ... Read More

Facebook Authorises US$6b Share Buyback

Facebook Authorises US$6b Share Buyback

Nov 19, 2016

Facebook's board of directors on Friday authorised spending as much as US$6 billion to buy back shares in the leading ... Read More

Volkswagen to Cut 30,000 Jobs

Volkswagen to Cut 30,000 Jobs

Nov 19, 2016

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) and its labor unions agreed to cut 30,000 jobs at the core VW brand in exchange for a ... Read More

Sri Lankan Rupee Edges Down on Capital Outflow Fears

Sri Lankan Rupee Edges Down on Capital Outflow Fears

Nov 18, 2016

The Sri Lankan rupee fell on Friday on persistent worries of capital outflows as incoming President Donald Trump’s policies are ... Read More

Sri Lankan Real Estate Sector Sees Office Demand Spike: OBG

Sri Lankan Real Estate Sector Sees Office Demand Spike: OBG

Nov 18, 2016

The office segment of Sri Lanka’s property market is likely to see rising levels of activity over the next few ... Read More

Dollar Soars on US Yield Gains, Asian Shares Wobbly

Dollar Soars on US Yield Gains, Asian Shares Wobbly

Nov 18, 2016

The dollar vaulted to 13 1/2-year highs against a basket of major currencies as U.S. bond yields rose, leaving Asian ... Read More

Facebook Says it Erred Measuring Audience Reach

Facebook Says it Erred Measuring Audience Reach

Nov 17, 2016

Facebook on Wednesday (Nov 16) said that it is working to fix flaws in its metrics calculations that led to ... Read More

Asian markets fluctuate as dealers assess Trump

Asian markets fluctuate as dealers assess Trump

Nov 17, 2016

Asian markets were hit by fresh volatility on Thursday (Nov 17) as uncertainty permeates trading floors after Donald Trump's shock ... Read More

Energy Firms Lead Asia Markets Higher

Energy Firms Lead Asia Markets Higher

Nov 16, 2016

Energy firms led a rally in most Asia equities markets on Wednesday (Nov 16) after oil prices soared on hopes ... Read More

EU-Sri Lanka launch EUR 8mn project for SME trade competitiveness

EU-Sri Lanka launch EUR 8mn project for SME trade competitiveness

Nov 16, 2016

The European Union has launched a 8 million euro project that will help Sri Lanka increase its small and medium ... Read More