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[…]The post Gamini Karunathilake Offers Practical Handbook On Credit Evaluation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Demystification Of The Black Box Involving Money Creation By C.A. Abeysinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Debate Over Profits Of Banks: Who Shares Them Ultimately? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lending In A Recession: Banks Should Do Venture Capital Financing For Startups (Category: Breaking News)
- New Central Banking Bill: Positive But Gaps Need To Be Filled (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Bitcoin’s Foe: Market Manipulation Schemes appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Embracing the Cryptocurrency Wave, Sri Lanka Ventures into Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology (Category: Breaking News)
- The Central Bank Rejected U.S. Billionaire’s Bitcoin Pitch (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: BITCOIN | THIS IS HOW BITCOIN COULD COME DOWN TO $10,000!!! (Category: Business)
- Video: BITCOIN | WHAT IS THE NEXT STOP FOR BITCOIN FROM HERE??? (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s digital retail payments are poised for remarkable expansion, with the potential to reach up to Rs 77.2 trillion by 2027, according to analysis by Robocash Sri Lanka. This represents a substantial 128 percent increase from the 2022 level. The optimistic forecast by the company is contingent on the assumption that all major macroeconomic […]
- President promises five percent economic growth in 2026/27 under current economic policies (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez presents Budget to ‘build foundation of Sri Lanka’s recovery’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Insurance makes record profit of Rs. 7.7 billion before taxation for 2022 first half (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha hints at Chinese hurdle in debt relief talks (Category: Breaking News)
The economic and political landscape of Nepal is currently facing a dual assault from its neighbor, China. As the country grapples with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, the once-thriving Tatopani market stands as a somber reminder of the destructive power of nature. However, the decline of this border town is not solely due to […]
- Lanka to join India –Bangladesh-Nepal tripartite energy grid to avoid energy problems and develo... (Category: Breaking News)
- DESTABILIZING DYNAMICS: Unraveling Chinese Interference in South Asia’s Geopolitical Landscape (Category: Breaking News)
- Undermining Stability: Chinese Interference in South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Xi warns West against economic ‘decoupling’ (Category: Breaking News)
By Hema Senanayake hemasenanayake@yahoo.com IMF has an ideology, a system of ideas and ideals which forms the basis of its decisions and policy prescriptions for which the recipient country of the loan claims as of its own. The most important idea does not originate from economic theory but international trade theories instead. The Great Recession […]
- Flexible Rate (Category: Business)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- Steve Hanke on currency boards and flawed pegs amid Sri Lanka meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
- Reactions (Category: Business)
[…]The post Impetus For Aragalaya 2.0 – Transform From Vertical To A Horizontal Power Structure appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 75 Years Of Non-Democracy In Our Democratic Nation (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Springboarding From The Aragalaya To A New Nation We All Deserve (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Delayed IMF Assistance & The Fertilizer Ban: President Rajapaksa’s “Two Mistakes” That Pauperized Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka on brink of food crisis after economic meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s president requests help from Indian, Chinese, Middle East envoys – PMD (Category: Breaking News)
- What The President Can Do Before He Goes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum recommends 10 proposals to overcome food crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What’s Next, After The Rajapaksa Clan & #GotaGoGama Are Both Gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Setting its sights on placing Sri Lanka in the global economy and expanding its reach in overseas markets, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s annual flagship event, aptly themed ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy,’ commenced last evening at the Cinnamon Grand. In the context of ...
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Young political guns speak up for economy (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Chamber spearheaded repositioning post-war Sri Lanka forum kicks off today (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
“Conquest creates tyrants.” - Baron d’Holbach (The Social System) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Three provincial councils have been dissolved, years ahead of time. Millions of rupees will be wasted on untimely elections, unneeded by the country and unwanted by the people. These incessant elections are not about democracy or devolution; nor are they in popular or ...
- Kleptocrats Strike Again (Category: Breaking News)
- The Medamulana-Doctrine And A Brave New Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition must counter patriotic narrative of Rajapaksas with socio-economic and political narr... (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
Speaking at a forum organised by KPMG in Sri Lanka for chief financial officers and chief risk officers of banking institutions, KPMG India’s Partner and Head of the Financial Risk Management (FRM) practice, Rohit Bammi emphasised that local banks have the opportunity to further enhance their risk management functions. In his opening remarks, Rohit discussed ...
- Nirmal appointed to Watawala Plantations Board (Category: Business)
- David Roden on banking sector risk management (Category: Business)
- ACCA Global Forum calls for more Governments to focus on small biz (Category: Business)
REUTERS: The Obama administration’s man in charge of squeezing Tehran over its nuclear program is unapologetic for the difficulties faced by banks in their dealings with Iran since the US tightened sanctions against the country. Companies that trade with Iran are struggling to get paid and the biggest Asian countries are scrambling to work around ...
- Iran threatens to stop Gulf oil if sanctions widened (Category: Business)
- Iran halts oil sales to UK, France on eve of talks (Category: Business)
- Iran sanctions already hitting oil trade flows: IEA (Category: Business)
- Iran offers “new initiatives” for talks with powers (Category: Business)
Many books and articles have been written about management styles, team building and motivation and whatever comes with being a good manager. Unfortunately, too many people think they are good managers when in reality they aren’t. Just reading a book or an article does not make one a good manager. Even worse, just years of ...
- How to manage your boss (Category: Business)
- Unacceptable employee behaviour (Category: Business)
- Why unqualified managers are harmful to employees: Part I (Category: Business)
- Reap without sowing? (Category: Business)
Today is 19 March 2012. The day and the month of March are significant in the lives of many people – some celebrating birthdays, some wedding anniversaries, while others nurse what is yet left over from the hangover of the three day drawn encounter that we experienced a week ago or the limited over Royal ...
- Measuring sustainable wellbeing (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for war crimes agenda architect (Category: Breaking News)
- S. Thomas’, Royal, Oxford and Cambridge (Category: Business)
- US stronger 10 years after 9/11 attacks: Obama (Category: Business)
Country records second successive year of over 20% growth in exports; 2011 full year value tops $ 10 b; when ICT exports included total figure to rise to $ 11 bConfirming resilience and an improved competitive mindset amidst global and local difficulties, Sri Lanka’s exports sector has concluded its second year of over 20% growth. ...
- Exports grow by 41% to $ 5.1 b in 1H, Govt. to sustain growth (Category: Business)
- Robust exports to get boost via Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
- Lanka’s exports to Singapore clock highest growth in 1H (Category: Business)
- Rishad says industries driving exports surge encouraging (Category: Business)
SINGAPORE (Reuters): Asian stocks rose more than 1 percent and U.S. index futures also gained on Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a year-end bounce for riskier assets. European shares were also expected to open higher, helped by a 0.5 percent rise in S&P 500 index futures that pointed ...
- Global stocks, euro ease on debt talk caution (Category: Business)
- Asia stocks rise on hopes of progress in Europe (Category: Business)
- Asian shares rebound, but on course for weekly loss (Category: Business)
- Gold edges up on dollar; physical demand sluggish (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID), as part of its ‘Power Evening’ series of events, presented an eclectic combination of chairmen from leading organisations in the country last week and at the occasion delved into the subject ‘Performing While Conforming – What the Textbooks Don’t Teach You’ by sharing experiences from ...
- Positioning Sri Lanka in the global economy (Category: Business)
- SLID to present a rare combination at ‘Power Evening’ (Category: Business)
- The evolution of the role of marketers (Category: Business)
- Corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices (Category: Business)
Reuters: China warned Washington it is “adamantly opposed” to a proposed U.S. bill aimed at forcing Beijing to let its currency rise, saying its passage could lead to a trade war between the world’s top two economies. In a coordinated response, the Chinese central bank and the ministries of commerce and foreign affairs accused Washington ...
- China slams US currency bill as threat to trade (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Turning point in the currency war (Category: Business)
- Asia-Pacific ministers press Europe to act fast (Category: Business)
- China kicks off yuan trading vs Aussie, Canadian dollar (Category: Business)
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