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Sri Lanka starts reverse repo auction
Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank has announced a 15 billion rupee reverse repo cash auction to inject liquidity which can stabilize spiking rates in the overnight market, dealers and analysts said. The reverse repo auction will help cap rates with the monetary authority acting as a central counter party, analysts said. […]
India to launch $45 tablet computer
NEW DELHI, October 4, 2011 (AFP) – India is set Wednesday to launch its long-awaited low-cost computer, a tablet device designed to bring the information technology revolution to tens of millions of students. The touchscreen computer has a seven-inch (18-centimetre) screen, Wi-Fi Internet access, a media player and 180 minutes of battery power, according to […]
Sri Lanka stocks end down 0.2-pct
Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed weaker Wednesday in choppy trade with interest in stocks that had drawn speculators, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0.22 percent (15.06 points) to 6,706.48, while the more liquid Milanka index fell 0.27 percent (16.44 points) to close at 5,966.51, according to stock […]
‘s overnight rate tops one year gilts
Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s average overnight risk free money market rate has topped the one year Treasuries rate, as monetary authorities continued to target both the interest rate and exchange rate, dealers said. In the repo market, where overnight loans backed by gilts, most deals were made at 7. 45 percent Wednesday […]
Sri Lanka injects liquidity at 8.25-pct
Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank injected 1. 25 billion rupees to money markets overnight at 8. 25 percent Wednesday resuming reverse repo auctions and capping spiking overnight rates triggered by forex interventions, dealers said. Though markets still have excess liquidity rates rose as banks which do not have exposure limits were […]
Sri Lanka Capital Alliance group rebranded
Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Capital Alliance, an investment house active in equities and fixed income markets has been re-branded as CAL from October 2011 after 11 years of operations is looking to expand further into asset management and retail financing, the company said. Capital Alliance said it has become a key player in the […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields up
Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields rose across maturities with the 3-month yield moving 06 basis points to 7.21 percent with the state debt office only accepting bid for 76 percent of the offered volume. The 6-month yield rose 04 basis points to 7.27 percent and the 12-month yield rose 03 basis […]
Sri Lanka maintained balance while ensuring growth: CB Governor
Oct 04, 2011 (LBO) – Policymakers must look at an economy as a whole and not focus only on certain aspects, Sri Lankan central bank governor Nivard Cabraal said. Factors like the exchange rate, interest rates, unemployment and growth were all interconnected, he told a meeting of the Asian Bankers Association in Colombo Tuesday. Concern […]
Sri Lanka scraps sports medical unit over doping
COLOMBO, October 4, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka has sacked its entire sports medical unit over allegations that staff were linked to banned steroids used by cricketers and national athletes, officials said Tuesday. Sports Minister Mahindananda Althugamage ordered the complete overhaul of the unit following positive tests for cricketer Upul Tharanga, national rugby players and […]
Asia leads world in child-labor products: US report
WASHINGTON, October 4, 2011 (AFP) – India, Bangladesh and the Philippines lead the world in the number of products made by child workers, a US government stock-taking of the global scale of underaged labor revealed Monday. Some 130 types of goods — from building bricks and soccer balls to pornography and rare ores used in […]
Tech Fair
CHIBA, October 4, 2011 (AFP) – Smartphones detecting bad breath and radiation, twistable remote controls and a super-thin tablet computer featured among the cutting-edge gadgets at Asia’s biggest tech fair in Japan Tuesday. Around 600 firms unveiled their innovations at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (Ceatec) exhibition in Chiba, near Tokyo, expected to draw […]
Sri Lanka LOLC buys full control of resort
Oct 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s LOLC Leisure has bought full control of the Tropical Villas resort on the south coast paying 165 million rupees to Carbotels for the remaining 40 percent, a stock exchange filing said. The firm had bought 60 percent of Tropical Villas Ltd (TVL) in August 2010 and now holds […]