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Reuters: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over in the first Super Eight stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Opting to bat first, New Zealand posted 174 for seven wickets after Rob Nicol (58) and Martin Guptil (38) had provided them a strong start. Sri ...
- Charles and Gayle see off England despite Morgan heroics (Category: Business)
- Sammy keen to end West Indies’ title drought (Category: Business)
- Cricket-Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over (Category: Breaking News)
- Refreshed India seek revival in new season (Category: Business)
Reuters: Yuvraj Singh was denied a fairytale comeback from serious illness as New Zealand beat India by one run in a see-saw Twenty20 International to win the two-match series on Tuesday. Brendon McCullum’s 55-ball 91 lifted New Zealand to a total of 167 for five and India finished on 166 for four to give the ...
- ‘Will be wary of spinners’ – Taylor (Category: Business)
- Late Slide (Category: Business)
- Yuvraj Singh back in Team India for World Twenty20 (Category: Business)
- McCullum, Ajmal on top in T20I rankings (Category: Business)
A salutary reader interest on share market regulation A reader of the previous week’s My View titled ‘SEC: Not a mere watchdog, but a bloodhound mandated to bite’ has raised an important issue with this writer. He has asked the question why it is necessary to have a regulator to police the financial markets and ...
- The ability to save (Category: Business)
- Of Confidence Tricksters and Ponzi Schemes (Category: Breaking News)
- Pyramid schemes galore in rural areas where financial literacy is low– Police spokesman (Category: Breaking News)
- Need To Restrain The Power Of Shadow Finance (Category: Breaking News)
Commissioners given freedom to decide future course with regard to DG post Dr. Jayasundera says top professionals picked to give leadership to a sound capital market growth Priyantha and Sujeewa served as Commissioners under Indrani Sugathadasa as well Opposition and certain market segments decry choice of men given their conflicting roles By Nisthar Cassim Likely ...
- Mudalige out; Kalinga in (Category: Business)
- Ex-SEC DG Channa appointed to Pan Asia Bank board (Category: Business)
- Ex-Bribery Chief laments non-payment of arrears (Category: Business)
- SEC Annual Report: No show of Indrani and thankless to ex-DG Malik (Category: Business)
Last week I had the opportunity of meeting the Maldivian business delegation that was in Sri Lanka with their Head of State to sign a series of bilateral agreements with the Government of Sri Lanka. One CEO of a large resort chain in the Maldives said the climate change issues that the Maldives is up ...
- Will companies overpower countries? (Category: Business)
- US keen to ride on Lanka’s growth (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- CMA-SAFA focuses on sustainability and corporate responsibility (Category: Business)
Emirates’ A380 route network has extended to the Netherlands with the launch on 1 August of services to Amsterdam. Emirates is the first carrier to offer a scheduled A380 service to the Netherlands, after just two years since its first flight to Amsterdam. The double decker will operate as EK 0147, departing Dubai to Amsterdam ...
- Amsterdam joins Emirates’ A380 network (Category: Business)
- Emirates’ A380 Goes to Amsterdam (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates to fly A380 twice a day to New York JFK (Category: Business)
Hambantota (Sri Lanka): A rejuvenated India would look for a winning start to the new season but the task would be easier said than done against a strong Sri Lanka as the two sides clash in a five-match ODI series starting here tomorrow. Barring the Indian Premier League, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s India have not been ...
- Lanka tour will help prepare for World T20: Dhoni (Category: Business)
- Refreshed India seek revival in new season (Category: Business)
- We handled pressure better in series: Mahela (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka thrashes India by 9 wickets, square series (Category: Business)
The International Fiscal Association Sri Lanka (IFASL) branch will hold a seminar on Taxation at the Hotel Ramada on 7 August from 9a.m. to 100 p.m. The objective of the seminar will be for the participants to receive firsthand information about the amendments to the Inland Revenue Act, Value Added Tax Act and other Acts ...
- International Fiscal Association holds seminar on taxation (Category: Business)
- Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
- CA Sri Lanka seminar focuses on recent tax amendments (Category: Business)
- CA Sri Lanka Members’ Benevolent Society seminar on taxation (Category: Business)
Reuters: Romney or Obama? Republican or Democrat? The U.S. presidential election may inflame voter passions, but based on past experience, whoever wins the world’s most powerful elected office isn’t likely to move the dollar. The U.S. dollar’s performance over the past 40 years shows little relation to the party holding the presidency and more to ...
- Asian shares fall on fears over Europe fund tightness (Category: Business)
- Shares ease on China growth worry, dollar stays firm (Category: Business)
- Gold firms on China inflation spike, US jobs data (Category: Business)
- US economic fix could take years: Obama (Category: Business)
Ford Motor Company unveiled the highly anticipated all-new Ford Ranger at the Ceylon Motor Show 2012, where Sri Lankan consumers will be able to see and experience the redesigned vehicle for the first time. The class-leading compact pickup truck has been completely reinvented, offering superior performance, safety, technology and quality. Ford returns to the Ceylon ...
- Vintage cars beauties to behold (Category: Business)
- Man killed in Snohomish Co. hit-and-run crash (Category: USA, Washington)
- Automakers rev up new model rollout in US – study (Category: Business)
- Mobil partners Ceylon Motor Show 2012 as Official Lubricant (Category: Business)
BRUSSELS (Reuters): Rising tensions with India and China over the European Union’s “arrogant” law on carbon emissions could rob the region of the markets that can rescue it from economic malaise, airline leaders said last week. They also said they had prepared contingency plans for a possible exit of Greece from the euro, as part ...
- Passenger fare hike may earn airlines a CO2 windfall (Category: Business)
- China airlines will not pay EU emissions tax: industry body (Category: Business)
- Lufthansa to pass $ 169 m carbon costs to passengers (Category: Business)
- Shipowners join WWF, Oxfam in urging climate levy (Category: Business)
Round two of the Speed Championship 2012 organized by Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Club will start off on May 27 at the Pannala International Circuit commencing at 9.00a.m. Speed Championship 2012 round two will see all leading drivers and riders get involved in a battle to take the lead which is vital for them to ...
- Speed Championship 2012: Round III sure to produce good racing (Category: Business)
- Ten young drivers on starting grid this Sunday for Speed 2012 Championship (Category: Business)
- AMRC Championship round four to present top racing on 1 July (Category: Business)
- ‘Motul’ powered champion Abeeth speaks (Category: Business)
Top professional Nirmal Fernando has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Watawala Plantations Plc with effect from 17 May. Fernando is a Fellow Member of the institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka (FCA) and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from IMD (Lausanne). He recently retired from the position of Managing ...
- UK Tour (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka who hold the keys for Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka who hold he keys for Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. won`t stop Mahapola schol., Johnston says . (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s best-selling radial tyre brand CEAT has consolidated its position in the market by adding three new sizes with improved performance features. The company said the introduction of three new CEAT radials sub-branded ‘Milaze’ increases the number of sizes in the brand’s car radial segment to eight, and more options are expected in the ...
- CEAT adds two more car sizes to Radial range – ‘Milaze’ (Category: Business)
- New tyre launched to offer higher mileage, performance for lorries and buses (Category: Business)
- CEAT launches new 'Milaze' radials (Category: Breaking News)
- CEAT Kelani fetes top dealers with weekend at Kandalama (Category: Business)
Reuters: Asian shares fell for a second successive day on Friday as another batch of lacklustre U.S. data stoked concerns that the recovery in the world’s biggest economy is faltering. The euro was steady after a bumpy session on Thursday, when European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi gave a more upbeat assessment of the region’s ...
- Rs. 1,020 m profit by LECO (Category: Breaking News)
- Buffett builds $ 10.7 b stake in IBM (Category: Business)
- Bourse down on retail selling, liquidity concerns (Category: Business)
- Fresh bids ordered for sale of 3 Ceylinco companies (Category: Breaking News)
LONDON (Reuters): The dollar fell to a two-month low against a basket of currencies on Monday, weighed down after modest first quarter growth in the US economy kept alive chances of further monetary easing by the Federal Reserve. The dollar is likely to come under more pressure if data, including US jobs numbers, this week ...
- Ben's Paper (Category: Business)
- Euro hits decade low vs yen, remains vulnerable (Category: Business)
- Yen firms against dollar and euro in Asian trade (Category: Business)
- Dollar bounces back on US manufacturing surprise (Category: Business)
The economy grew at 8.3% last year, the highest-ever pace, up from 8.0% in 2010. Per capita income went up from US$ 2,400 to $ 2,836. Fine, but we need to ask two questions: What are the costs incurred? Is this growth sustainable? Before that, a word of caution regarding the interpretation of Gross Domestic ...
- US employment gains slow, jobless rate drops (Category: Business)
- China gets red alert to avoid Japanification as consumer price drops drag inflation to lowest le... (Category: Breaking News)
- Inflation drops further in November, says CB (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s demand for legal booze drops by 30 percent (Category: Breaking News)
REUTERS: Global growth is slowly improving as the US recovery gains traction and dangers from Europe recede, but risks remain high and the situation is very fragile, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. Another flare-up of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis or sharp escalation in oil prices on geopolitical uncertainty could disrupt a world ...
- IMF sees risks to global growth, calls for collective action (Category: Business)
- Global economic outlook slowly improving but remains fragile (Category: Business)
- IMF marks down global growth forecast, sees risk on rise (Category: Business)
- IMF MD calls for anchoring stability to sustain higher and better growth (Category: Business)
SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian equities hit a one-week high on Tuesday, holding firm in the wake of recent signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, while the yen rose after the Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady. The BOJ, which surprisingly eased policy last month, kept interest rates unchanged at a range of zero to ...
- Japan economy shrinks more than expected in Q4, weak exports weigh (Category: Business)
- BOJ’s Shirakawa hopes intervention stabilises FX (Category: Business)
- Bank of Japan easing lifts shares (Category: Business)
- Japan corporate mood up despite yen worry (Category: Business)
Ford this week announced the winning project under their Environmental Conservation and Grants program in Sri Lanka. The ‘Fire Prevention in Knuckles Forest Reserve’ project was selected as the winner after heavy jury examination and will receive up to $ 10,000 from Ford Motor Company to implement their proposal. Ford Motor Company’s Conservation and Environmental ...
- How to develop an effective marketing plan (Category: Business)
- Organisational sustainability (Category: Business)
- Central Bank’s key suggestions (Category: Business)
HLB International, the international network of accounting firms, is holding its 2012 Indian Sub-Continent Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The event, taking place from 29 February until 3 March, will focus on regional development and business opportunities in the Indian Sub-Continent. HLB Edirisinghe & Co., Chartered Accountants will be faciliating this year’s conference here in ...
- Currency Depreciation (Category: Business)
- Breaking Barriers (Category: Business)
- Aviation Price (Category: Business)
- Peak Bubble (Category: Business)
AAP: Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene claims Australia’s bowling attack is their weakness, and his batsmen will target them in Friday’s one-day international at the WACA Ground. With Brett Lee out injured and emerging stars Pat Cummins and James Pattinson still on the comeback trail, Jayawardene said Australia’s bowling attack could potentially be exposed if ...
- Jayawardene trying to forget Lahore attack (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka to target Aussie bowlers (Category: Breaking News)
- Need better tactics against pace trio - Jayawardene (Category: Sports)
- Jayawardene backs new-look attack (Category: Sports)
Sydney Morning Herald: This summer’s tri-series will be played amid a backdrop of a pay dispute which sees Sri Lanka’s players owed as much as $US 5million ($4.71 million) due to a cash crisis within the country’s governing body. As Mahela Jayawardene’s team battle the world’s top two ODI sides on the field during this ...
- Funds on the way for Sri Lankan players (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankans put on a gutsy show for free (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka aim to rise above money worries (Category: Business)
- $3 m floor price set for T20 league franchises (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s cricket chief on Friday defended the sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh and the selection of a new team captain, saying the changes would help usher in a new era of “cricketing excellence”. “We will reap the benefits of these changes in the fullness of time,” Sri Lanka Cricket president Upali Dharmadasa said ...
- Geoff Marsh appointed as coach (Category: Business)
- Marsh, Mohsin comfortable with ODI rule changes (Category: Business)
- Marsh sends letter of demand to SLC (Category: Business)
- Ranatunga slams sacking of Marsh (Category: Business)
COLOMBO: Legendary Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country’s sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as “disgraceful” and “unprofessional”. Marsh was this week replaced by South African Graham Ford. Former cricket captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (L) shakes hands with newly appointed national cricket team captain Mahela Jayawardene afte...
- Arjuna calls for selectors to be sacked (Category: Breaking News)
- Marsh sends letter of demand to SLC (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Cricket chief defends Marsh sacking (Category: Business)
- Selectors must resign: Ranatunga (Category: Business)
With debate on the future direction of audit and accounting gaining new momentum, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) in association with Baker Tilly Merali’s Chartered Accountants Sri Lanka will explore an influential topic in the financial world titled ‘The Future of Audit and Accounting’ at a symposium on 30 ...
- Making boardrooms IFRS friendly (Category: Business)
- Future of financial reporting (Category: Business)
- Dialog publishes Sri Lanka’s first IFRS compliant reviewed quarter financial report (Category: Business)
- John O’Grady traces benefits and challenges of IFRS compliance (Category: Business)
Charith Senanayake new manager for Aussie tour COLOMBO (Reuters): Sri Lanka have sacked coach Geoff Marsh and appointed South African Graham Ford on a two-year contract, a Sri Lanka cricket official said on Thursday. “Ford has signed a two-year contract and his first assignment is to take the team to Australia for the Commonwealth Bank ...
- Sri Lanka axes Marsh (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka 'appoint Ford as coach' (Category: Breaking News)
- Graham Ford new coach (Category: Breaking News)
- Ford named Sri Lanka coach (Category: Breaking News)
The Members’ Benevolent Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka has organised a seminar on taxation, scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 25 January from 8.30a.m. to 1p.m. at the Institute’s Auditorium, No. 30A, Malalasekera Mawatha, Colombo 7. The seminar will discuss the recent amendments to tax legislation proposed by the ...
- Sri Lankan accountants in Doha discuss 2012 budget (Category: Business)
- Free business seminar with speakers like Jon Costas to cover leadership (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Free business seminar with speakers like Jon Costas to cover leadership (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Free business seminar with speakers like Jon Costas to cover leadership (Category: USA, Indiana)
ESPNcricinfo: The winds of change blew over Colombo on Thursday with the appointment of a new selection committee for Sri Lankan cricket, but in hot, dry, still Kimberley, nothing had moved. Sri Lanka remained under pressure after a fourth consecutive series defeat. They trained as hard as they have all tour and they continued to ...
- Captaincy only for short time, says Mahela (Category: Business)
- Mahela To File Action Against ITN (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket: ‘I was not forced’ - Mahela (Category: Breaking News)
- Senior players need to take responsibility – Mahela (Category: Business)
By Devin Jayasundara CIMA (The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) Sri Lanka Division inducted its Board for the year 2012 at the Cinnamon Grand on 4 January. Union Assurance PLC (UA) CEO Dirk Pereira was elected as CIMA Sri Lanka Board Chairman, whilst Reyaz Mihular – Partner – Head of Advisory Services of KPMG Ford ...
- CIMA induction (Category: Business)
- New Ex-Co For CIMA Toastmasters’ Club (Category: Business)
- CIMA Corporate Partners 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Five new directors appointed to Asian Alliance Insurance Board (Category: Business)
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