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A number of articles which appeared in print media in the recent past signify the volatility in the economy. High volatility leads to vulnerability. Volatility and vulnerability are reflections of the haphazard nature of the economic policies and poor economic governance in a country. What is volatility? Volatility is the severity and the frequency with ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
Offers $ 43 b in overall deal which will see Fund’s base doubling to $ 456 b Reuters: China on Monday offered $43 billion to the IMF’s crisis-fighting reserves, rounding off a global push to nearly double the Fund’s war chest to $456 billion to help protect countries from fallout from the euro zone debt ...
- BRICS demand bigger IMF role before giving it cash (Category: Business)
- BRICS nations gird to pressure West over imbalances (Category: Business)
- IMF seeks more funds; G20 to discuss (Category: Business)
- Lagarde’s next battle at IMF: Power shift (Category: Business)
Reuters: Fresh from a big victory in raising $430 billion for the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde’s tougher test as head of the global lender will be finding a way to give emerging economies more influence. To do this, the former French finance minister will need to convince
- Global economy’s ‘timid’ recovery faces high risks: Lagarde (Category: Business)
- IMF Chief Lagarde emphasises Asia, China role in global recovery (Category: Business)
- Lagarde eyes $400 b rise in IMF funds this week; Japan pledges $ 60 b (Category: Business)
- BRICS demand bigger IMF role before giving it cash (Category: Business)
Reuters: Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to make the first concerted challenge to the U.S. grip on the top job at the World Bank, according to sources. The two globally respected economists and diplomats will be nominated for the World Bank presidency by South Africa ...
- World Bank picks health expert Jim Yong Kim as president (Category: Business)
- SL Seeks US$ 500Mn From WB For 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank to choose new chief; US pick likely (Category: Business)
- World Bank plans to double development funds (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: China will continue to invest in euro zone government debt, the country’s central bank governor said on Wednesday, while calling on Europeans to produce more attractive investment products for China. Zhou Xiaochuan admitted that China and other emerging nations like Brazil, Russia or India were waiting for the right time to help the bloc, ...
- China urges EU to reach debt deal without delay (Category: Business)
- Europe bailout fund chief sees no quick China deal (Category: Business)
- China’s Wen: May consider bigger role in EU rescue funds (Category: Business)
- Euro zone recession may have already started: PMIs (Category: Business)
Reuters: The International Monetary Fund is seeking to more than double its war chest by raising $600 billion in new resources to help countries deal with the fallout of the euro zone debt crisis, but the United States and other countries are throwing up roadblocks. The United States and Canada
- China’s Wen: May consider bigger role in EU rescue funds (Category: Business)
- China to keep investing in euro zone debt – China c.bank gov. (Category: Business)
- BRICS demand bigger IMF role before giving it cash (Category: Business)
- ‘Japan, china to ‘consult closely’ on support for IMF’ (Category: Business)
Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that Europe’s debt crisis risked plunging the global economy into a “lost decade” and said it was up to rich nations to shoulder the burden of restoring growth and confidence. Christine Lagarde told
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- Gets Oscars presenting gig (Category: Business)
- Megyn Kelly pulls sons from ‘woke’ UWS school over anti-white letter (Category: USA, New York)
- Homeless woman called ‘Bus Stop Mary’ identified by her family in New Jersey (Category: USA, Hawaii)
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Russia, holder of the world’s third largest foreign reserves, gave a vote of no confidence on Monday in Europe’s handling of its debt crisis as the head of the International Monetary Fund visited Moscow to seek support. Prime Minister
- Putin says little role for BRICS in euro crisis (Category: Business)
- Russia 2011 growth 4.2% (Category: Business)
- Putin lays out case for Kremlin return (Category: Business)
- Protesters chant for a “Russia without Putin” (Category: Business)
Eshana De Silva, the Chairman of the Esna Group of Companies and Shermans Logistics has been officially appointed as the Honorary Consul to Kazakhstan. De Silva is also a Director of Pan Asia Bank, Mc Marine and functions as a board member of the Board of Investment (BOI) and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). ...
- G.L. to Russia and Kazakhstan (Category: Breaking News)
- Gujarat opens door for Lankan companies (Category: Breaking News)
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June 16, 2010: 11.00 am Siobhain McDonagh: (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government....
- Answer given by British Prime Minister to question on Sri Lanka War Crimes Tribunal (Category: Breaking News)
- British Parliament spotlight on Sri Lanka again (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil American Peace Initiative Responds to SL Foreign Minister’s US Visit (Category: Breaking News)
- 41 British MPs urge Prime Minister Cameron to support an independent, international war crimes i... (Category: Breaking News)
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