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The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing together with Bucks University will be presenting a sell-out evening meeting at the Galadari Hotel themed ‘Is the Party Over’? The event will feature the 2012 winners of the Association of Businesses and Chief Marketing officers (CMO) Congress in Singapore that brought honour to Sri Lanka in the fields ...
- Appointment (Category: Business)
- SLIM Chief (Category: Business)
- Marketing Move (Category: Business)
- Executive Churn (Category: Business)
With apologies to Francis Bacon whose quote is misquoted but not in essence of what he meant. Bacon’s comment that “reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man” is to be seriously looked at today in education and in practice where we appear to falter at every step of ...
- First nanotechnology conference kicks off on Friday (Category: Business)
- From science to commercialisation (Category: Business)
- Our own special science park: Going beyond Jurassic Park! (Category: Business)
- First-ever nanotechnology conference kicks off today (Category: Business)
Reuters: The Central Bank believes the rupee can strengthen to around 125 per US Dollar due to high foreign inflows into the economy, the Head of the country’s monetary authority said of Monday. Since April, the Central Bank and Finance Ministry have repeatedly said the rupee should stabilise
- CB says no need for FX intervention (Category: Business)
- CB says rupee outlook unchanged from 125 (Category: Business)
- Pressure on rupee to ease on inflows: CB (Category: Business)
- Rupee’s value: Out goes 125; welcome 132 (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera A year to date, since the last annual general meeting of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, there have been some turbulent changes in the tea, rubber and coconut industries due to the crisis in the Middle-East and EU. The 158th AGM of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon took place on 17 August ...
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Local tea industry in a fix (Category: Business)
- Forbes and Walker recaps tea industry’s 2011 (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
Last week I had the opportunity of meeting Hermawan Kartajaya, one of the top 50 gurus who has shaped the world of marketing. His perspective to the changing landscape of marketing and what business must do sure opened my mind set to a new way of thinking business and Sri Lanka’s policy decision making. Hermawan ...
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- Eminent speakers at SLIM International Marketing Conference 2012 tomorrow (Category: Business)
- Honorary Fellow Dr. Hermawan Kartajaya visits SLIM (Category: Business)
- Driving marketing in the boardroom (Category: Business)
Inflation, hyper inflation and chronic inflation Inflation, as understood by the unsuspecting citizen, is the rising cost of prices over a period of time. This interpretation is far from satisfactory. It is high time people were educated as to the real causes of inflation. Dissecting the inflationary causes would be a difficult task for an ...
- ‘Divi Neguma’ Dept: Development catalyst, dependency creator or a white elephant? (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- From poverty to sustainability in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Misplaced Aspirations, The Elite And The Poor (Category: Breaking News)
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)
Minority shareholder activist K.C. Vignarajah has written a letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa appealing him to retain Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Tilak Karunaratne who has announced his resignation by Friday. Here is the full text of the letter: 16.08.2012 H.E Mahinda Rajapaksa The President of the Republic of Sri Lanka, Temple Trees, Colombo ...
- Right of Reply: SEC responds to ‘Cracks in SEC?’ (Category: Business)
- SEC appoints Consultative Committee for capital markets (Category: Business)
- SEC’s independence from Executive comes up at COPE meeting (Category: Business)
- Tremors over Tilak’s talk! (Category: Business)
A well respected professional, Dr. Hermawan Kartajaya from Indonesia was on a visit to Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) the national body of marketing in Sri Lanka. The Indonesian author and public speaker in marketing studies, who co-authored several books with the worlds marketing guru Professor Philip Kotler, met with SLIM Council members and ...
- Honorary Fellow Dr. Hermawan Kartajaya Visits SLIM (Category: Business)
- SLIM delegates shine at Philippines National Marketing Conference (Category: Breaking News)
- Eminent speakers at SLIM International Marketing Conference 2012 tomorrow (Category: Business)
- Prof. Liyanage given Honorary Fellow Status at SLIM (Category: Breaking News)
Point of view By a market participant The investors were compelled to wait nearly 17 years to reap the benefit of a real bull run in 2009 after the elimination of the LTTE terrorism and how the SEC destroyed it within a one-and-a-half year period due to ill conceived, irresponsible decisions is well known and ...
- Real potential of the Colombo stock market (Category: Business)
- Bourse boom awaits boosted brokers after Presidential forum (Category: Business)
- Brokers delighted by talk, lunch with President (Category: Business)
- More about the real potential of the stock market (Category: Business)
Shares thoughts on sustainability in volatility and the way forward The Guest of Honour, Dato’ Charon, President and Members of the Professional Bankers’ Association, my dear friends, first of all, let me thank the Association of Professional Bankers for inviting me this evening to your 24th Convention and giving me the opportunity to share a ...
- Association of Professional Bankers’ anniversary convention on 13 and 14 August (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
- APB to promote ‘Sustainability in Volatility’ at 24th anniversary convention (Category: Business)
- Swiss banks tout stability and secrecy to lure rich (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The technical sessions of the Association of Professional Bankers’ 24th anniversary convention were held yesterday, bringing the APB’s flagship event to a close. Aptly themed ‘Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge,’ each technical session explored an area that could throw obstacles in the path of bankers and the line-up of speak...
- More than ever, businesses must think ‘what if’ (Category: Business)
- Banking foresight – Shaping integrated development (Category: Business)
- APB to promote ‘Sustainability in Volatility’ at 24th anniversary convention (Category: Business)
- Threat of recession contains risk of further global bank failures (Category: Business)
The NDB Group has delivered yet another strong performance for the first half year of 2012 recording a commendable profit after tax of Rs. 1,362 million to its shareholders, which is an increase of 36 per cent compared to the previous year. Chairman of the Bank Hemaka Amarasuriya stated: “The impressive results are attributable to ...
- NDB reports strong financial results in 1Q (Category: Business)
- NDB awarded international accolade for brand excellence (Category: Business)
- NDB Group 2011 profits up 35% to Rs. 2.9 b (Category: Business)
- NDB enjoys $ 59 m net receipts; poised for investment and growth (Category: Business)
The ‘Yes-Man’ Parasite, a.k.a. HMV The dictionary definition of a ‘pun’: ‘the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or words that have different meanings but sound the same’. The second word of the headline of today’s column is not exactly a pun, but somewhat akin to one, as ...
- Nihal’s Fundamental Rights application on Expropriation Law fixed for 26 Jan. (Category: Business)
- Checks and balances - Is there such a thing as unlimited power? (Category: Business)
- Sajith slams Expropriation Bill (Category: Business)
- Inept’ocracy (Category: Business)
South Africa will extend its fullest cooperation for Sri Lanka’s reconciliation process and its drive for economic development according to Deputy Minister of International Relation and Cooperation Republic of South Africa Ebrahim Ebrahim when he met Senior Adviser to the President and Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa at the Ministry of Economic Development on ...
- South Africa to assist Sri Lanka's reconciliation process and economic development (Category: Breaking News)
- NGO assistance sought for Northern Development. (Category: Breaking News)
- South African delegation begins major B2B talks (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka updates UK on debt restructuring process (Category: Breaking News)
By Ashwin Hemmathagama Our Lobby Correspondent The Government has been repeatedly mentioning that the economy is in sound condition and reserves are very securely and lucratively invested. However, UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake moving yesterday’s adjournment motion accused the Government
- Sri Lanka to implement wider monetary policies to strengthen national economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Global Trend (Category: Business)
- Long Cycle (Category: Business)
- Downside Risks (Category: Business)
The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) welcomes IMF Country Director Dr. Koshy Mathai’s call for increased exports to India and China. Dr. Mathai, in his keynote address at the Annual General Meeting of the Exporters’ Association, stressed two interlinked themes that have been the subjects of several previous Economic Flashes and Economic Alerts: the decline in Sri ...
- Accelerating inclusive growth: The role of the external sector (Category: Business)
- Lanka’s exports to Singapore clock highest growth in 1H (Category: Business)
- What’s happening to India’s growth drivers: Exports? (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s trade success in EU markets is not accidental, says Rishad (Category: Business)
Playing off India against China and vice versa‘The Great Game’ was the name given to a diplomatic and military tussle between the British and Russian empires during the time of the British Raj in India for influence over what constitutes today’s central Asian states. Commonly known as the ‘Stan states,’ they were located along the ...
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is no pearl on China’s string: President (Category: Business)
- From defence sales to electricity grids, India upgrades Lanka ties (Category: Business)
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
Can one imagine how long it took a ship to arrive from London to Colombo five centuries back? Now it takes only a couple days to courier a special package to any part of the world and a full file of any amount of documents could be sent to any part of the world in ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
- Public diplomacy: A missing dimension in our foreign policy (Category: Business)
- Insights on Public Diplomacy (Category: Business)
It is reported that the European Commission has requested approval from its 27 members to commence negotiations with Japan for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The once all powerful bloc, which is now having to cope with many a crisis, has sought this agreement as part of a broader effort to boost growth and jobs ...
- Liberalising trade in services (Category: Business)
- Special Pact (Category: Business)
- Free Trade (Category: Business)
- Free Trade (Category: Business)
by Sarath De Alwis The crisis is not in our system of higher education. The crisis is in not knowing what higher education is. Arrogance of presumed superior knowledge of the policy makers and dogmatism of the teachers has precipitated a debate that reflects a pedantry of crisis proportions. We do not seem to have ...
- Whither The National Education Policy Framework Of Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Friday Forum on crisis in the education sector (Category: Business)
- Say no to NEPF! Say no to abolishing free education! (Category: Breaking News)
- Free education and parents’ aspirations (Category: Business)
Politically-motivated violence or a riot is a form of civil disorder characterised often by what is thought of as disorganised groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence against authority, property or people. A riot could also be due to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. Political violence was seen in ...
- Heed people’s call for new political model (Category: Breaking News)
- Sovereign People, Legal Despotism & Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- A sad state of affairs (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan elections: A new dimension (Category: Business)
By Hamid Mahmood Aid is part and parcel of the development package in South Asia. The book titled ‘Foreign Aid in South Asia: Emerging Scenario; offers insights into the role of foreign aid in South Asia’s development. It covers the chronology of aid development and provides a detailed examination of South Asian countries’ adaptation to ...
- China, India score with untied aid (Category: Business)
- Aid effectiveness debate in Busan (Category: Business)
- Global mobility unaffected by financial crisis (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s Asian Heritage (Category: Breaking News)
This is a day quite dear to some 300 million plus people in United States of America. Irrespective of their land of origin, the day is celebrated as the day of independence commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the Founding Fathers remembered. The fourth of July this year is also important for ...
- To be or not to give: The GDP dilemma (Category: Business)
- Reform of university education (Category: Business)
- Universities in crisis: Key learnings (Category: Business)
With the opening dates of terminals in the Colombo South Harbour Project in Sri Lanka and Deep Water Container Port in Pakistan now set as 2013 and 2014 respectively, port development in the South Asian region is about to enter another era. When completed, the new deep sea ports in Karachi and Colombo will have ...
- Sri Lanka needs more base cargo to face future competition (Category: Business)
- Fair winds for Sri Lanka maritime hub (Category: Business)
- Strengthening ties between ports (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
Renews call for Select Committee to probe shady deals; wants EPF investments in stocks halted Blasts President-Bourse forum Says CSE Board must be dissolved Akin to firing all cylinders, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has blasted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s forum with capital market stakeholders and renewed the call for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee ...
- US probe into Chinese client deals fresh challenge to Deloitte (Category: Business)
British HC commends Sri Lanka for progress made over the years By Cheranka Mendis Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Chairman Susantha Ratnayake yesterday called for a new wave of reforms if the country were to come out of current shocks quickly with the least amount of pain. In his address at the chamber’s 173rd Annual General Meeting, ...
- Finagle introduces Frozen Ready-To-Bake range of bakery products (Category: Business)
- Economic Summit kicks off with wakeup call for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- US keen to increase trade with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- “Sri Lanka has great potential to attract Japanese investors” – Japanese Ambassador (Category: Business)
Following is the part one of the Daily FT article featuring the Acuity Stockbrokers Research on Economy and Strategy titled “Lion Leads Frontier” launched last week. Better than the rest General frontier market risks remain pertinent to Sri Lanka Investors in frontier markets
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s growth world’s fourth best! (Category: Business)
- Sharper slip in Sri Lanka’s rank in global competitiveness (Category: Business)
By a Special Correspondent A year or back from today, Sri Lankan economy had been sailing strongly amidst global economic typhoons. Most of the macro variables were reflecting peace dividends and rejuvenated hope. However, by mid 2011, the country’s trade deficit, fuelled by credit expansion
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Flexible exchange rates and impact on exporters (Category: Business)
- Value investors enter as speculators exit (Category: Business)
In my experience of brand marketing, I have realised that the most challenging is the marketing of a political candidate for high office given the complexity of variables involved and the swing votes that come to play at the last moment. The other is the dynamism that goes into the business of politics where even ...
- Tilan becomes youngest SLIM President (Category: Business)
- A brilliant marketer? (Category: Business)
- Is it right to market a political candidate? (Category: Business)
- What a brand means to me (Category: Business)
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