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Sri Lanka’s phone market shifts to smart phone rapidly: Samsung Official
May 27, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s mobile phone market is seeing a rapid shift towards the smart phone segment, a Samsung official said. “The total mobile market which comprise feature and smart phones will now experiencing a major shift from feature to smart in Sri Lanka.” Youngmin Shin, Managing Director, Samsung Sri Lanka said.He […]
Sri Lanka to set up a special court to ensure speedy justice for brutal murder of Jaffna school girl
May 27, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Sirisena had said, a special court will be set up to ensure speedy and proper justice in the case of brutal rape-murder of the school girl in Jaffna.“We cannot let such incidents to be happened ever in the future in the country,” Sirisena said.He yesterday visited Jaffna […]
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Cold Stores March quarter net down 7-pct
May 27, 2015 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Cold Stores, which has interests in consumer goods and retailing, fell 6.75 percent to 601.2 million rupees in the March 2015 quarter from a year earlier with the tax expense doubled, interim accounts showed.The firm reported earnings of 6.33 rupees per share for the quarter […]
US Internal Revenue Service hacked; 100,000 taxpayers data breached
May 27, 2015 (LBO) –The United States Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday that it will be notifying taxpayers after third parties gained unauthorized access to information on about 100,000 accounts through an online application called “Get Transcript”.This data included Social Security information, date of birth and street address, the IRS said in a statement.“These third […]
” final national long term rating: Fitch
May 27, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Fitch Ratings has assigned Singer Finance (Lanka) senior secured debt a final national long-term rating of ‘BBB(lka)’, the rating agency said in a statement. The final rating is at the same level as the expected rating assigned on 18 February 2015, Fitch said.On 21 May 2015, Singer Finance […]
Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council express concern over the sudden resignation of Customs Chief
May 26, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council on Tuesday expressed concern over the sudden resignation of Director General of Sri Lanka Customs, a statement said.“It is with great regret that we have noted the sudden resignation of the Director General of Sri Lanka Customs,” Shippers’ Council said.“Jagath P Wijeweera has been one of […]
Sri Lanka stocks slump with investors taking profits
May 26, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed down 22.98 points with investors taking profits, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 22.98 points lower at 7,261.78 down 0.32 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 16.01 points lower at 4,037. 81 down 0.39 percent. Turnover was 1.18 billion rupees up from 763 […]
Sri Lanka’s CDS signs MoU with NSDL India to share knowledge on depository services
May 26, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Depository System (Pvt) Ltd (CDS), a fully owned subsidiary of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Securities Depository (Pvt) Ltd of India (NSDL), for the purpose of knowledge sharing in the area of depository services, the company said in […]
‘s John Keells Holdings March quarter profits up 11-pct
May 26, 2015 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings, up 11.55 percent from a year earlier to 5.2 billion rupees in the March 2015 quarter, interim results showed.The group reported earnings of 5.13 rupees per share. In the year to March it reported earnings of 14.15 rupees per share. Group revenues rose […]