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Outsourcing
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines is buying database services from IBM World Trade Corporation and is looking to outsource more information technology services, the company said. “¦SriLankan Airlines is exploring the opportunities available for outsourcing certain IT functions, creating further opportunities for players in Sri Lanka’s IT industry¦” the airline’s head of […]
Mind Guide
June 9, 2008 (LBO) – An education fair to guide post-secondary education students find appropriate opportunities for further studies which are oriented to current economic needs will kick off on June 27, its organizers said. The ‘Future Minds’ national education and carrier exhibition will be on for three days at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference […]
‘s Horana plantation caps management fees
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Horana Plantations, which is managed by the Ceylon Theatres group has capped management fees to 15 million rupees a year, the company said. In the second stage the estates were sold to managing agents. Despite gaining ownership, the management companies kept the fees and used them to finance […]
Sri Lanka Continental hotel new owners seek pricing freedom: report
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – The new owners of Sri Lanka’s Continental Hotel have taken board control and sought approval from tourism authorities to sell rooms at lower rates, a media report said. Hotel Services (Ceylon) Ltd, which owns the Continental Hotel in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, was sold by former owner U K […]
Port Bids
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has re-appointed project committees to award a container terminal concession to expand Colombo port, with fresh bids expected to be called by end-July, a top official said. Under the new agreement, the loan became effective in May while the government has agreed to award the terminal concession within […]
Sri Lankan shares slip further
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker Monday on thin trading as weak sentiment continued with investors worried about high inflation and interest rates and lower company earnings, brokers said. Price losers outnumbered gainers 76 to 39, Bartleet Mallory Stockbrokers said.The All Share Price Index lost 0.28 percent (6.94 points) to end […]
As energy bills soar, Japanese test fuel of future
TOKYO, June 8, 2008 (AFP) – As world oil prices skyrocket, thousands of households in energy-poor Japan are taking part in an ambitious experiment to use fuel cells to light and heat their homes.Since the prime minister’s official residence became the first house in the world to be equipped with a domestic fuel cell in […]
Vietnam economic boom hits high-speed wobbles
HANOI, June 8, 2008 (AFP) – Vietnam’s economy, until recently a darling of foreign investors, has overheated and may be sliding into a boom-and-bust cycle that could require IMF-style assistance, analysts say. The economy widely hailed last year as Asia’s next tiger has been battered by double-digit inflation, a ballooning trade gap, a tanked stock […]
Iran sees oil at 150 dollars a barrel this summer
TEHRAN, June 8, 2008 (AFP) – The price of crude oil is set to rise even further to 150 dollars a barrel by the end of summer, Iran’s representative to the OPEC oil cartel warned on Sunday.“I foresee the price of oil reaching around 150 dollars a barrel by the end of the summer,” the […]
Sri Lankans live on the edge as Tamil Tigers pounce on civilians
June 8, 2008 (AFP) – Each time Indika Jayawickrema uses public transport, his wife Chamindri anxiously waits for a telephone call to let her know he has safely reached his destination.His journey is one that has become more risky recently as a wave of bomb attacks targeting civilians sweeps through Sri Lanka, which is in […]
Sri Lanka clashes kill 28 rebels: military
COLOMBO, June 8, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s defence ministry said Sunday its forces had killed at least 28 Tamil Tiger rebels in the latest clashes across the north of the island.The fighting on Saturday in the Mannar, Vavuniya, Weli Oya and Jaffna areas saw one soldier killed, the ministry said. It also said 25 […]
Connecting
June 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Leo Burnett Solutions has launched an initiative called ‘humankind’ for the advertising agency’s Asia-Pacific region network aimed at building brand preference and changing consumer behavior, a top official said. In the absence of brand preference, price reduction is the only option, Chairman of Leo Burnett South Asia, Arvind […]