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Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:23

Tight Squeeze 2012-05-16 22:45:27 2 comment(s)

They implement these new regulations so the small investors who are not connected with these funds and not able to get in to the Private Placements, will not be cheated out.

Because Most of thes...

Tea Freedoms 2012-05-16 19:37:56 8 comment(s)

Shani
You are flogging a dead horse. Why would you want to waste time to dig into whats going on in Poland or elsewhere. You seem to be a staunch suppoeter of Ceylon Tea being blended and sold wh...

Media Mess 2012-05-16 18:36:28 1 comment(s)

Full credit must be given to David Cameron and the Tory government for setting up the inquiry with apparently an independent judge. The previous inquiry into the circumstances of the alleged suicide ...

Tea Tumult 2012-05-16 17:54:02 5 comment(s)

Consumer awareness of Ceylon Tea is positive and high. But they don’t easily have access to it, as foreign brands don’t like to use Ceylon tea as is costs more. So why don’t Sri Lankan exporters...

Jubilee Party 2012-05-16 17:33:28 9 comment(s)

We of course do not respect "Para Suddhas", but then we clamour to send our children to para suddha universities, swear by para sudhas games such as cricket and rugby, love to spend our holidays in pa...

Hatching Eggs 2012-05-16 16:49:42 4 comment(s)

Popularity of cricket in Sri Lanka is the key factor for the success of SLPL. Particularly Sri Lankan Young players find it extremely difficult to retain in the national team this tournament will give...

Traffic Plan 2012-05-16 15:32:27 1 comment(s)

This is good. At least Japanese have proper know how. Thanks God! it is not China....

Price Stability 2012-05-16 12:25:12 3 comment(s)

These people have messed up the countries economy. Covers up one mistake with another mistake. The business community is up the gum tree and he continues to strengthen the state sector with out under...

Fabric Woes 2012-05-15 11:22:47 1 comment(s)

Huge fraud in this company last year!!...

Price Target 2012-05-14 19:53:42 1 comment(s)

CB is trying to confuse us with numbers now. The economy is buggered and the govt. don't know what to do.
The poor and the middle class are having their incomes squeezed. We are 6 months away fro...

Just Law 2012-05-11 19:56:48 7 comment(s)

@fb, thanks for that....

Code Red 2012-05-11 08:56:53 1 comment(s)

I wonder how the EPF has justified the purchase of these shares at a premium and recorded the loss in its accounts?...

Stock Probe 2012-05-10 23:02:27 3 comment(s)

The chief justice should preferably be a man with a house wife as his wife.

The office of the chief justice must be protected and insulated from unnecessary controversies arising out of the com...

Liability Dollarization 2012-05-10 20:18:53 1 comment(s)

A case of financial mismanagement by not hedging forex exposures...

Collective Voice 2012-05-10 19:59:52 1 comment(s)

Well if the public was silent the officials would have never had an issue..... :P well if the officials are so keen in up holding the law (which i hardly know of) time would say (maximum 1 year) if t...

Not Cricket 2012-05-07 19:58:23 10 comment(s)

Love the comments!...

Rating Action 2012-05-07 19:56:45 2 comment(s)

We (investment bankers) refer to bonds either as a) High Grade or b) High Yield. We never call a bond, a "junk" bond....

Shock Shock 2012-05-07 17:36:22 9 comment(s)

When will our masses realise......they are in denial. They will keep supporting until they drop down dead!!!!!...

Fingers Crossed 2012-05-07 09:15:25 3 comment(s)

Surya,
10,000 ME Tourists spending $100 a day for 10 days generates over Rs1,25 billion.
Do not be so quick to be so dismissive....

Lantern Liberties 2012-05-07 02:29:29 5 comment(s)

Buy you kids a job. Buy Sri Lankan produce....

Choices 2012-05-04 13:55:23 7 comment(s)

What I can see is our poor country is slowly moving ahead and improving.It may not be able to do it in a short spell....

Milky Deals 2012-05-03 23:39:27 1 comment(s)

What a shame. Don't they know to make curd or cheese? Most primitive tribes do. There goes the Miracle of Asia....

Land Wrap 2012-05-02 10:08:49 4 comment(s)

Lets hope that all this money would not be lost in 'stabilizing the currency' or in the hands of 'corruption' .....

Normalizing 2012-05-02 09:45:50 1 comment(s)

Why is it a mistake to assume ending CB forex sales will pressure the currency? The short term impact of reduced supply meeting unchanged demand is to raise prices - i.e. pressure the currency.

Location Lure 2012-05-02 09:41:08 6 comment(s)

To Raja: Sri Lanka is a unitary country only from 1815 under British rule. Before that most of the time in its history had several Kingdoms....

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