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Reuters: Lionel Messi rattled in a 17-minute hat-trick as Barcelona swept aside Real Mallorca 5-0 on Saturday while Real Madrid went top of La Liga with a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad. World Player of the Year Messi has not been at his best in recent games, failing to score in three outings, but quashed ...
- Messi fires Barca to dramatic Super Cup win (Category: Business)
- Messi upstages Ronaldo with Spartak double (Category: Business)
- Messi’s Barca double, yet another treble for Higuain (Category: Business)
- Barcelona rout Rayo to keep Real Madrid waiting (Category: Business)
Reuters: Greeks greeted the latest European Union deal to rescue their debt-choked country with deep scepticism on Thursday, fearing further painful belt-tightening and years more of recession. EU leaders struck a deal with banks and insurers early on Thursday for them to accept a 50 percent loss on their Greek government bonds under a plan ...
- Greece, creditors strive to avoid costly default (Category: Business)
- German FM: Greece needs sustainable debt by 2020 (Category: Business)
- Greek troika sees second bailout up to 145 b euros (Category: Business)
- Euro zone seals second Greek bailout worth 130 b euros (Category: Business)
The courage the Government has demonstrated in cancelling the CATIC deal and yet feeling secure, rather than embarrassed by it, must be recognised. It is a responsible step, a prudent decision, which will have enduring benefit both in terms of national policy and FDI strategy. This step will also earn the respect of the indigenous ...
- Sovereign Wealth Funds (Category: Business)
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Unilever’s Pears to make millionaire children (Category: Business)
- Revamped Siddhalepa Ayuverda Health Resort opens (Category: Business)
U.S. presidential election all about the economy First bin Laden, now Iraq Obama shows he can answer the “3 a.m. call” WASHINGTON (Reuters): President Barack Obama delivered on another foreign policy promise on Friday with plans to pull the last U.S. troops from Iraq. But in a re-election campaign all about the weak U.S. economy, ...
- Obama’s 2013 budget a campaign call to arms (Category: Business)
- US will ‘do what we must’ on Iran, UN’s Ban opposes threats (Category: Business)
- Obama says it’s clear US economy ‘not doing fine’ (Category: Business)
- Obama takes campaign to Latin America, slams Romney (Category: Business)
SINGAPORE (Reuters): In a small lab, tucked away in the depths of a Singapore university campus, a team of researchers and their computers calculate the credit ratings of about 50,000 companies. Relying just on public data and stock price movements for their analysis, the project’s founder, professor Jin-Chuan Duan, is confident their system can provide ...
- People’s Leasing obtains international ratings (Category: Business)
- Fitch warns of downgrades for China, Japan (Category: Business)
- CA Sri Lanka Annual Report Awards powered by RAM Ratings (Category: Business)
Reuters: Arab foreign ministers stopped short of suspending Syria from their regional organisation on Sunday over its military crackdown on dissent, instead urging the government and opposition to negotiate an end to the violence. “We will call all of the parties of the opposition and government to hold a dialogue within 15 days,” the League’s ...
- UN assembly adopts resolution condemning Syria (Category: Business)
- Arabs approve sweeping sanctions on Syria (Category: Business)
- Russia vetoes UN resolution against Syria (Category: Business)
- UN envoy Brahimi says Syria mission ‘nearly impossible’ (Category: Breaking News)
Lessons from the life and times of Steve JobsA process of education should equip young people with the values, knowledge and skills required to lead a fulfilling and productive life. Additionally, a good grounding in the fundamentals of math, science and the English language is essential. Nations have to move away from the unquestioning mode ...
- Computer great Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 (Category: Business)
- Income inequality: How the rich got richer and what politicians are doing about it (Category: Business)
- Nation branding: A holistic perspective (Category: Business)
- Impact of the Apple management change (Category: Business)
A COLLEGE drop out and global genius is dead. Steve Jobs was a very private person, eccentric and brash. He was fired from the company he founded Apple and was brought back to resurrect it and make it one of the most valuable and admired companies on earth, its stock earlier this year the most ...
- Competing for FDI: An agenda for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- More and better jobs: Policy prescription for South Asia (Category: Business)
Sept food prices hit by falls in world grain, sugar and oils prices FAO ups 2011 cereals estimate Cereal markets likely to remain tight in 2011, 2012-FAO MILAN, (Reuters): World food prices fell 2 percent in September, reflecting higher grain supplies and weakened demand, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, easing inflation concerns ...
- Nestle Chairman sees worse food crisis than 2008 (Category: Business)
- FAO Food Price Index ends 2011 with sharp decline (Category: Business)
- FAO Food Price Index up 6% in July (Category: Business)
- World 2011 grain output record high, market tight: FAO (Category: Business)
Mismanagement in sports administrationThe role of oligarchs in sports administration, national, regional and international, is not solely a South Asian phenomenon, it is a worldwide cancer. Anyone who has worked in the sports sector in South Asia would have come up against this debilitating factor. It is all pervasive and endemic. Once at a South ...
- CWG bid money not wasted: Cabraal (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka hosting CWG would inspire 45 other nations – President (Category: Business)
- Gold Coast wins CWG 2018 bid (Category: Breaking News)
- A month to go for vote, Govt. says momentum building on Hambantota’s 2018 CWG bid (Category: Business)
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) has launched a new campaign with a budget of 19 million euros ($26.7 million) designed to boost international tourism to Cyprus this year. According to Alecos Orountiotis, CTO chairman, the “Cyprus in Your Heart” campaign will promote Cyprus’ history and culture, friendliness and hospitality, its mix of modern and contemporary ...
- Increased tourism numbers expected (Category: Western Australia)
- 56 Cyprus beaches win top eco-label (Category: Business)
- Duluth tourism expected to improve but not fully rebound in 2021 (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Duluth tourism expected to improve but not fully rebound in 2021 (Category: USA, Minnesota)
Reuters) – China’s trade surplus fell sharply in August as exports pulled back from a record high and imports jumped, indicating the world’s second-largest economy is feeling the pinch from weaker global growth while domestic demand remains resilient. China’s exports rose 24.5 percent in August from a year earlier, accelerating from the 20.4 percent rise ...
- China January trade surplus soars as imports crumble (Category: Business)
- China swings to surprise trade surplus in March (Category: Business)
- Asia sizes up threats from faltering Europe, U.S. (Category: Business)
- China growth calls ease as export outlook darkens (Category: Business)
Reuters: England piled more misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off Twenty20 match at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After losing the test series 4-0, India started brightly in the shortest version of the game and racked up 165 all out, only to see England reach their target with three balls to ...
- Muammar Gaddafi dead of wounds following capture - Reuters (Category: Breaking News)
- “Zero hour” for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up (Category: Business)
- Gaddafi son rallies loyalists for Tripoli fightback (Category: Business)
- Gaddafi lessons for brand building (Category: Business)
JACKSON HOLE: Central bankers gathered at an annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this weekend had a message for political leaders: monetary policy alone can’t keep the global expansion going. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged adoption of “good, proactive housing policies” to reverse the depressed US real estate market and warned lawmakers to ...
- Bernanke defends low rate policy for weak economy (Category: Business)
- Fed officials take wait-and-see approach on stimulus (Category: Business)
- Fed launches QE3, bets big to rescue US economy (Category: Business)
- Bernanke quiet on next Fed move, stresses job crisis (Category: Business)
The Economist Intelligence Unit: Asia's consumers are demanding and difficult to please. But they are getting richer, and they might help to save the world from a protracted recession, as well as bring about a long-overdue economic rebalancing. For Western multinationals, Asian consumer markets offer exciting growth opportunities. Despite the challenges of reaching Asian consumers ...
- World economic power shifting back to Asia from the West (Category: Breaking News)
- No inflation respite for Asia despite fall in food, fuel prices (Category: Business)
- Southeast is Asia’s safe haven as China, India stumble (Category: Business)
- Reflections on the global economic landscape (Category: Business)
SRI LANKAN filmmaker Sanjeewa Pushpakumara’s debut feature film ‘Flying Fish’ which went on to win the Tiger Prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam earlier this year swept up the Blue Chameleon Award at the Cinema Digital Seoul Festival, which wrapped up last week. Chosen by an international jury of critics and academics, the film ...
- “Ira Handa Yata” for Indian film festival (Category: Breaking News)
- Leo Burnett Sri Lanka’s Subhash Pinnapola, first Sri Lankan on Spikes Jury (Category: Business)
- ‘Flying Fish’ makes waves at CINDI 2011 (Category: Business)
- Ira Handa Yata bags international award (Category: Breaking News)
A son of Muammar Gaddafi, previously reported captured, made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporters in Tripoli overnight, urging loyalists to fight off rebels who say they control most of the Libyan capital. Saif al-Islam, seen as his father’s chosen successor, visited the Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying to declare that the government ...
- “Zero hour” for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up (Category: Business)
- Price on Gaddafi’s head as rebels plan for future (Category: Business)
- All Sri Lankan workers return from Libya (Category: Business)
- Muammar Gaddafi dead of wounds following capture - Reuters (Category: Breaking News)
Coming from a marketing background I tend to view the happenings of the world from a lens that can be different to many. Last week’s developing story of the Anna Hazare episode in India was unique, in my perception. A man who does not own a computer and is 74 years of age, with little ...
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Nandana Wickramage bags ‘Marketing Professional of the Year’ in Asian region (Category: Business)
Our ‘poli-socionomic’ dialogue You will recall that like Capt. Kirk in his Star Ship-Enterprise,’ we also ventured into new territory with our first discussions under this theme ‘poli-socionomics,’ which appears to have caught on somewhat; thus, on behalf of those of us who still dare to think, I must thank those editors who carried it. ...
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
By an Independent Analyst The State Assembly of Tamil Nadu (TN) passed a resolution on 8 June 2011, requesting the Indian Central Government to push the international community against Sri Lanka towards imposition of ‘economic sanctions’. The resolution at the TN assembly moved by Jayalalitha as the Chief Minister passed unanimously with the ruling party ...
- TN moves resolution to implead itself in Katchatheevu case (Category: Breaking News)
- TN seeks economic sanctions (Category: Breaking News)
- Coast Guard stand on TN fisherman ‘outrageous’: Jayalalitha (Category: Breaking News)
- TN group violently opposes Lions Flag (Category: Breaking News)
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