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Reuters: Usain Bolt and Jamaica’s speedsters smashed the 4×100 metres world record, Britain’s Mo Farah brought London to its feet with another golden distance win and Mexico broke Brazilian soccer hearts in a thrilling penultimate day of Olympic action. But Saturday’s sporting highs were tempered by news that a Syrian runner was expelled from the ...
- Bolt ready to prove 2012 naysayers wrong (Category: Business)
- Imperious Bolt blazes to sprint double-double (Category: Business)
- Bolt eyes 9.7s at 100m in Ostrava (Category: Business)
- Olympic legends back Blake to upset Bolt (Category: Business)
LONDON (Reuters): The last American male boxer exited the London Games on Tuesday to complete a humiliating first Olympics without a medal for the most decorated nation in the sport as Cuba, Ukraine and Britain added to their tallies. Welterweight Errol Spence lost 16-11 to Russian Andrey Zamkovoy
- Aitken Spence unveils country’s first green printing facility (Category: Business)
- Harry triggers Takeover Code on Aitken Spence (Category: Business)
- Rs. 630 m windfall for Aitken Spence from port venture exit (Category: Business)
- Leisure Plan (Category: Business)
Reuters: Germany ended up with gold in the Olympic women’s track cycling team sprint on Thursday after original winners China were relegated to second for a takeover infringement having earlier broken two world records. Hosts and medal hopefuls Britain had been disqualified in the first round for another illegal changeover. Gong Jinjie and Guo Shuang ...
- 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)
Internet pioneer and Silicon Valley insider Gigi Wang will have the full attention of decision makers, policy makers, technology professionals, university professors and students, bankers, entrepreneurs and women in business when she addresses an all day seminar on ‘Lessons from the Silicon Valley for Sri Lankan organisations – Success Drivers, Investment, Business and Venture Capital ...
- Silicon Valley insights for Sri Lanka’s budding entrepreneurs (Category: Business)
- Science drive (Category: Technology)
- California faces worrying Thanksgiving as coronavirus surges (Category: USA, South Dakota)
Reuters: Loose global monetary conditions are stoking credit and asset price booms in some emerging markets that could lead to a new financial crisis, the Bank for International Settlements warned on Sunday. Such a boom-and-bust cycle might have severe global repercussions, not least due to the increased weight of emerging markets in the world economy ...
- Bubble Fears (Category: Business)
- Demands on bank assets pose “vicious cycle” danger (Category: Business)
- Rebalancing (Category: Business)
- Islamic markets seen leading global trade volumes (Category: Business)
Reuters: Holders Spain set up a European Championship semi-final with Iberian rivals Portugal after an uninspiring 2-0 win over France on Saturday which featured yet another headed goal but prompted boos from a sometimes bored crowd. The tournament has generally been graced by high quality, exciting soccer so far but for all Spain’s skill at ...
- Spain’s Iniesta named Euro 2012’s best player (Category: Business)
- Spain dominates World Player of the Year shortlist (Category: Business)
- Dutch top FIFA rankings without kicking a ball (Category: Business)
- Spain leads, Uruguay pips Germany in FIFA world rankings (Category: Business)
Reuters: England and France took the last places in a heavyweight final eight at Euro 2012 on Tuesday, with Ukraine joining co-hosts Poland on the sidelines after a 1-0 loss to the English marred by a controversial disallowed goal. In a tournament heavy on goals and drama but relatively free
- Tournament must improve: Rugby WCup boss (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka face England in T20 World Cup semi-final today (Category: Breaking News)
- Insights to Rugby World Cup 2011 knockout stages (Category: Business)
- Italy’s ‘Gerrard’ hopes to explode against England (Category: Business)
Reuters: Spain will try to become the first team to win three successive major international titles while Germany will hope to lift their first trophy since 1996 when Euro 2012 kicks off on Friday. The backdrop of the three-week tournament being staged by Poland and Ukraine across a vast stretch
- Untroubled Spain set up Portugal semi (Category: Business)
- Spain eye unique treble as Euros loom (Category: Business)
- Germany, Portugal secure quarter-final berths (Category: Business)
- Spain’s Iniesta named Euro 2012’s best player (Category: Business)
Reuters: Italian professional soccer should be halted for two or three years to get over the match-fixing scandal which has spattered its image, Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Tuesday. The soccer federation and several clubs rejected the idea, which is Monti’s personal opinion and is not binding. The widening scandal has seen a number ...
- Italy’s Monti defends reform as opposition grows (Category: Business)
- Capello vows to turn Russia’s fortunes around (Category: Business)
- Italy’s Monti sees end of crisis getting closer (Category: Business)
- Mario Monti named to head new Italy government (Category: Business)
Reuters: Ukraine, which hopes to produce more maize in 2012, plans to sell about 3 million tons to top consumer China, which has not so far been a market for Ukrainian grain, farm minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said. “We want to export the first three million tons of corn to China in the 2012
- Maize to be exported (Category: Breaking News)
- Global 2012 rubber output forecast revised up: ANRPC (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to export maize (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to export maize (Category: Breaking News)
Inclusion on list carries no threat of sanctions IP-intensive industries support 40 million U.S. jobs NAFTA member Canada continues to make list WASHINGTON(Reuters): The United States on Monday again put Russia and China on its annual list of countries with the worst records of preventing the theft of copyrighted material and other intellectual property (IP), ...
- Stranded in Canada by U.S. no-fly list, man says (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Stranded U.K. man gets offer of flight home (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Kabir Hashim appointed COPA Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- APEC leaders commit to green trade liberalisation (Category: Business)
BANGKOK (IRIN): Even though public health experts recognise how deadly asbestos can be, its use is on the rise in the construction industry throughout Asia, according to the US Geological Survey. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates some 107,000 workers die annually from asbestos-related diseases, out of 125 million people who encounter it in the ...
- Economic slowdown to push 100 million into poverty (Category: Business)
- ‘Pessimism’ over Asia-Pacific growth: survey (Category: Business)
- MasterCard sees controlled explosion in Asia plastic (Category: Business)
- Asian funds revisit 2008 as third quarter market slump bites (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka will be holding two fresh bilateral trade sessions today in Hyderabad – one with India and the other with the United Arab Emirates. The talks will be held at Andra Pradesh Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad. Minister of Industry and Commerce Bathiudeen is currently in Hyderabad as a member of the Sri ...
- Sri Lanka holds trade talks with India, UAE (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian interest - Sri Lanka readying for dedicated trade talks in March (Category: Business)
- UAE impressed by Sri Lanka’s large export portfolio (Category: Business)
The support for open trade pledged by G20 countries at the end of the Summit in Cannes was not matched by their recent performance, according to the findings of the ICC Open Markets Index – released last week by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The most open of the G20 countries is Germany, followed ...
- Revised ICC rules boost G20 efforts to curtail corruption (Category: Business)
- Bank regulators ease rules on trade finance (Category: Business)
- 415 m tourists expected worldwide during May-August peak season (Category: Business)
- Global market outlook for trade finance is gloomy (Category: Business)
MILAN (Reuters): Agricultural commodity markets are set to remain tight with high and volatile prices despite improved supply and weakening demand, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, raising its estimates of global grain output this year. Food prices grabbed the attention of world policy makers after hitting record highs in February and helped ...
- World food prices fall in Sept-FAO (Category: Business)
- FAO Food Price Index ends 2011 with sharp decline (Category: Business)
- Possible food price crisis: Let’s be prepared (Category: Business)
- World drinks more tea, FAO predicts strong price (Category: Business)
The Mlesna Tea Centre at Majestic City was re-launched with a sophisticated and stylish new look recently. The Tea Centre now carries a wider range of premium quality tea for the benefit of tea lovers and connoisseurs of Sri Lanka as well as for overseas visitors. The much sought after Mlesna Tea Centre at Majestic ...
- Fire forces evacuation of hotel (Category: South Australia)
- $1m mansions snub downturn (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Sri Lanka shopping mall to build three cinemas (Category: Breaking News)
- adidas felicitates Brand Ambassador Lasith Malinga on hat trick feat (Category: Business)
holder from Ukraine, had finished an out-of-the running fifth in the original vote by the ...
- Usain Bolt Falls Short In 300m World Record Attempt (Category: Breaking News)
- Mohamed Waheed consolidates power in Maldives (Category: Business)
- McConnell hasn’t decided how he will vote on Trump impeachment (Category: USA, New York)
- McConnell hasn’t decided how he will vote on Trump impeachment (Category: USA, New York)
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