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PTL Watch: Yields tick higher on foreign selling
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Norges Bank increases shareholding in Dialog Axiata
Feb 17, 2016 (LBO) – Norges Bank has increased its shareholding in Dialog Axiata PLC to 63.7 million shares as of end December, data filed with the Colombo Stock Exchange shows. Norway’s Norges Bank, which manages the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, is now the sixth biggest shareholder in telecommunications company Dialog with a 0.8 […]
President visits Holocaust Memorial & Jewish Museum in Germany (In Pics)
Feb 17, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena who arrived in Berlin on Tuesday (16) visited the Holocaust Memorial and the Jewish museum in the evening. The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin has been built to memorize the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. This, which has been designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer […]
Prof. B. Mahadevan speaks about Inspirational Leadership
World-renowned speaker Prof. B. Mahadevan is in Sri Lanka on the invitation of the Business School of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), to conduct several programmes for the corporate leadership in the country. Prof. Mahadevan was the guest speaker at the CA Sri Lanka CEOs’ Breakfast Forum on “Inspirational […]
Fitch assigns Alliance Finance BB+ rating; outlook stable
Fitch Ratings Lanka has assigned Alliance Finance Company PLC (AFC) a National Long-Term Rating of ‘BB+(lka)’ with a Stable Outlook. The agency has also assigned the company’s outstanding senior unsecured debentures a National Long-Term Rating of ‘BB+(lka)’ and its outstanding subordinated debentures a National Long-Term Rating of ‘BB(lka)’. KEY RATING DRIVERS NATIONAL RATINGS AND SENIOR […]
Sri Lanka’s five challenges for development: World Bank
Feb 16, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s has five main challenges that need to be addressed In order to sustain progress and fulfill development potential, the World Bank said. Releasing the Systematic Country Diagnostic report for Sri Lanka the World Bank said the country has ample opportunities to build on its success due to its […]
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Feb 16, 2016 (LBO) – Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to ‘freeze’ crude oil output after talks in Qatar, fixing production at January levels. Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi and Russian Energy Minster Alexander Novak opted not to cut back production, with Qatar and Venezuela also agreeing to participate, Al-Naimi said.Brent Crude was off […]