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The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) together with the Bucks University featured the 2012 award winners from Singapore of global business associations and chief marketing officers under the theme ‘Is The Party Over?’ at Galadari Hotel, where a select audience of 200 business and marketers attended the event. Some of the key points discussed ...
- Honoured for driving marketing in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- New tea industry model: By default? (Category: Business)
- Focus on the magic than logic (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka can be a top 30 country by 2015 (Category: Business)
Brand Finance’s Annual Global Nation Brand Analysis Prologue Over the past three years, nation branding has received an enormous amount of coverage in Sri Lankan newspapers. Whilst some of these are based on the need to provide a marketing approach to building a nation, and its brand; many of the articles focus on developing a ...
- Brand Finance launches Nation Brands 100 (Category: Business)
- Brand ‘Sri Lanka’ valued $ 23 b; ranks 76th globally (Category: Business)
- Branding Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Following is the full text of Secretary to Ministry of Finance and Planning and Ministry of Economic Development Dr. P.B. Jayasundera’s keynote address titled ‘Sri Lankan Economy in Perspective’ at first plenary session of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka Economic Summit yesterday under the theme ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy’ Chairman, ...
- Govt. on right course, private sector must adapt and grow: Dr. P.B. (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
- A resolute Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- Does Wage Growth Retard Economic Growth? (Category: Breaking News)
Case study Middle East Sri Lanka is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the world. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean strategically located between West Asia and South East Asia and has been an important stop on the silk route or the Silk Road. It has all requirements to be one ...
- Unified branding in the tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
Peter Kropotkin is a Russian revolutionist who has commented in his book ‘The Conquest of Bread’ what he considers to be the weaknesses of the economic systems of capitalism and how poverty and scarcity thrives on. However, Kropotkin did not believe in the theory of state and is known as an anarchist. The issue of ...
- Sri Lanka state finances would improve with domestic domestic restructure: think tank (Category: Breaking News)
- Limits of statist development or state capitalism (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka net government debt soars in 2021 despite zero foreign deficit finance (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee depreciation: A powerful tool to drive growth and employment? (Category: Business)
With highest-ever top and bottom line performance premier blue chip JKH says knowing exactly who were are, what we stand for and where we are headed makes all the differenceI am pleased to present the Integrated Annual Report, and the Statement of Accounts, for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2012. The Report encapsulates the ...
- Jumbo profit at JKH (Category: Business)
- Stellar 3Q for JKH (Category: Business)
- JKH forges with solid growth (Category: Business)
- Good start by JKH in “challenging” FY13 (Category: Business)
By Damien The Secretary to the treasury Dr. P.B Jayasundera recently made statement that the country is wasting the foreign currency on things that can be made in this country. I would like to add to this by stating that as a country we should have clear targets and policies that are aimed at both ...
- Subsidized student loan scheme through commercial banks in addition to existing interest-free st... (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks lift overseas spending limits imposed on credit cards as dollar liquidity improves (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten problems; one solution (Category: Business)
- Causes Of Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka & Lessons For A New Age (Category: Breaking News)
Key insights to state of the economy and market and future prospects from NDB Stockbrokers’ latest Sri Lanka Equities report Uncertainty in the macro environment The robust economic growth and steep rise in global crude oil prices increased Sri Lanka’s import bill by 51% in 2011. As a result the trade deficit widened, putting the ...
- ‘Rupee Volatility – In Search of Equilibrium’ (Category: Business)
- Forex crisis: CB explains and assures (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last week announced global traffic results for March showing that total passenger demand rose 7.6% and freight demand climbed 0.3% compared to the same month last year. Comparisons with March last year are affected by events that depressed passenger demand in 2011, including the Arab Spring, which disrupted travel ...
- 2011 ends on positive note for global aviation (Category: Business)
- Global aviation’s growth slows again in July: IATA (Category: Business)
- Global aviation demand growth slows, says IATA (Category: Business)
Reuters: Nepal’s prime minister worked on Friday to form a coalition government that will include the main opposition parties after his cabinet quit as part of a negotiated effort to quell political tumult in the desperately poor Himalayan state. Nepal, wedged between its giant neighbours China and India, has been plagued by instability for years ...
- Delegation from Nepal arrive to promote ‘Visit Lumbini 2012’ (Category: Business)
- Fonseka Group refused Asylum in Nepal (Category: Breaking News)
- Report: Nepal Rejected Refugee Status To SF Supporters (Category: Breaking News)
- April 8: The best case scenario in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Central bank Governor says country is targeting per capita income of $4,000 by 2015Ajit Nivard Cabraal is a man intimately associated with the economic development of Sri Lanka. Well before he became the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, in 2006, Cabraal was the chief economic adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was ...
- Inflation to continue (Category: Breaking News)
- CB says policy rates appropriate (Category: Business)
- Rupee to recover in 6 to 8 weeks – Nivard tells in Qatar (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka affirms flexible FX policy, but will intervene if needed (Category: Business)
With the recent relaxing of the rupee exchange rate and subsequent increase in fuel prices, trade unions and the opposition parties are conducting protest campaigns against the Government, demanding a reduction in oil prices and the cost of living. This article investigates the living conditions of citizens in the recent past and present, quality and ...
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
- The Economic Impact of Exchange Controls (Category: Business)
- Living with debts (Category: Business)
- Strategies on reducing or getting out of foreign debt (Category: Business)
Loss-making State-owned enterprises are nothing new in Sri Lanka. One of the better known ones is SriLankan Airlines, which was given to Emirates due to its inability to breakeven but was retaken by the present Government. Pros and cons of this move is history but cash-strapped and a midst losses, it appears that the Government ...
- Sri Lankan fully national (Category: Business)
- Economy Exercise (Category: Business)
- Social Media (Category: Business)
- New Wings (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Despite the Central Bank’s forecast reading 7.2% growth for 2012, RAM Ratings Lanka CEO Adrian Perera is confident that the country can touch the 7.5%-7.6% mark by the end of the year. Perera told the Daily FT that the new projection is a realistic number from the 8% noted at the beginning ...
- RAM Ratings moves into new office (Category: Business)
- CA Sri Lanka Annual Report Awards powered by RAM Ratings (Category: Business)
- LB Finance rating rises to A-/P2, heralding a stable outlook (Category: Business)
- RAM Lanka sponsors ICASL Annual Reports Award Ceremony (Category: Business)
It is pleasant to lead a peaceful life with no encumbrances and without debts. In the modern world, debt has become a part of life like breath. In Sri Lankan society, it has not been the case and the practice before. It has been a burden and a commitment for somebody to live in a ...
- World Consumer Day: ‘Our Money Our Rights’ (Category: Business)
- Does your money really belong to you? (Category: Business)
Scanning through the papers recently after the Central Bank of Sri Lanka published its 2011 external sector performance report, I was reminded of a pithy observation made by William W. Watt: “Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.” Some of the data were ...
- HSBC boosts RMB trade settlement service to 59 markets (Category: Business)
- HSBC tips Sri Lanka’s external trade to grow exponentially (Category: Business)
- HSBC clinches award for best Sri Lanka deal (Category: Business)
- All set for new chapter in exports as Expo 2012 opens today at Bmich (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Gathered to discuss the implications, opportunities and challenges of the sudden announcement and introduction of the Government’s new policies, the export community was advised by a panel of experts to watch ahead, be prepared and make their own judgments from the information provided. With the country facing no immediate risks of getting ...
- Quotable Quotes! (Category: Business)
- More Price Increases In The Offing Economist Warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Way out to fix the sick external sector: Getting back to IMF’s fold a must now (Category: Business)
Avoiding a crisis The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) commends the Treasury and Central Bank for the policy measures introduced recently. This has prevented an external payments crisis. Without remedial action, the country would not have been able to meet its debt obligations and/or finance essential imports within a short period of time. The increases in the ...
- Rupee depreciation: A powerful tool to drive growth and employment? (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Do not do too little too slowly to boost growth (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
“Our sense is that if we do not act boldly and if we do not act together, the economy around the world runs the risk of a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability and potential collapse of global demand… we could run the risk of what some commentators are already calling the lost decade” – ...
- W. Bank’s Zoellick says double-dip recession unlikely (Category: Business)
- Flashing red - European debt crisis signals collapse of social welfare state (Category: Business)
- World economy fragile, faces “uneasy calm” – IMF (Category: Business)
- G20 backs Europe’s plans for overhaul to fight crisis (Category: Business)
A survey conducted last week on the health of the Sri Lankan economy revealed that almost 64% said that the Government had done its task but only 43% had said that there had been growth in the economy. Whilst some can say that this data is strange, a similar set of information was shared at ...
- What’s next for Brand Sri Lanka? (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka can be a top 30 country by 2015 (Category: Business)
- Treasures of Sri Lanka, the ethical way (Category: Business)
I like to be an optimist. No matter what may happen around us, I would like to retain feelings of hope I have for all human-kind and on a more intimate level for you, for me, the newborn and the to-be-born. Yet, what has already happened around me, happening now and may happen in the ...
- IMF MD calls for anchoring stability to sustain higher and better growth (Category: Business)
- Asia sees red over ‘green economy’ (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
Reuters: TUI Travel, Europe’s biggest tour operator, is on track to meet full-year profit expectations due to strong late summer bookings although it has yet to see a revival in demand for holidays in Egypt and Tunisia, its CEO said. “We are anticipating a slow recovery in trading to Egypt and Tunisia and have managed ...
- Tour firms juggle luxury, packages in profit battle (Category: Business)
- Euro zone woes may hit German tourism spending (Category: Business)
- Middle East and North Africa unrest live (Category: Breaking News)
- Its JVP's fault for supporting the government to defeat the war! need to use people’s power agai... (Category: Breaking News)
With the World Bank announcing that the world economy is teetering on “a new danger zone,” it is of paramount importance for governments and financial power-houses to restore confidence through concrete policies and systematic financial planning. This is the order of the day, given the recent pessimistic report on the world economy delivered by Morgan ...
- IMF Chief Lagarde emphasises Asia, China role in global recovery (Category: Business)
- Global economy’s ‘timid’ recovery faces high risks: Lagarde (Category: Business)
- Global growth worries dent Asia business sentiment in Q3 (Category: Business)
- China can easily boost consumtion to strengthen its economy: IMF (Category: Business)
Royal Jordanian (RJ), the national airline of Jordan, logged a record 373,000 passengers aboard its aircraft in July, marking a 13.3 per cent rise over the same month last year and resulting in net profit reaching JD5 million ($7 million). RJ President and CEO Hussein Dabbas said that the passenger number is the highest registered ...
- Suez Canal July revenue tops $ 449 m (Category: Business)
- July tea output down 11.5% (Category: Business)
- Divergent trends as Sept. passenger traffic rises freight declines — IATA (Category: Business)
- Bourse lifts from 22-month low on bargain hunting (Category: Business)
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