Category: Industry
Finance Rating
Nov 15, 2008 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings Sri Lanka has confirmed a BB+(lka) long term rating of Trade Finance and Investment Ltd (TFI) with a stable outlook. “TFI’s rating factors its high capitalisation in terms of its size of operations and good profitability,” Fitch Ratings said. “The rating is constrained by TFI’s small asset base, […]
Merchant Rating
Nov 14, 2008 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings Sri Lanka has confirmed Seylan Merchant Leasing PLC’s (SML) ‘BB+ (lka)’ long term rating with a ‘stable’ outlook. “SML’s rating reflects its modest financial profile, short operating history and small asset base,” Fitch said. “The rating also factors in the implied support assumed to be available from its […]
Small Talk
Nov 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Telekom group, a unit of Telekom Malaysia, has reported a loss of 192.4 million rupees for the September 2008 quarter with profits of its core business also falling steeply amid a price-war. But it had lost 921 million rupees over the first nine months. Dialog Television had […]
Back Tracking
LONDON, November 12, 2008 (AFP) – Oil prices sank under 53 dollars a barrel here on Wednesday, hitting the lowest level since January 2007, as traders worried about weaker demand for energy amid a gloomy economic outlook.In afternoon London trade, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December plunged to 52.88 dollars a barrel, a […]
Cost Crackdown
Nov 11, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), which suffered a loss last year, plans to maintain tight control of finances and minimise waste in a campaign to cut costs, its new chairman Priyath Wickrema said. The SLPA would be conducting energy and fuel audits and each of its divisions would have […]
Zero Sum
Nov 11, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation is looking at ways to cap losses from hedges that went against it by entering into opposite positions, Chairman Ashantha de Mel said. “I can take a producers hedge where it is upside down compared to the normal one going up and I can […]
Emirates first half profits nosedive
Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) – Dubai’s Emirates airline said on Monday its net profit for the first half of the financial year dropped a dramatic 88 percent to 77 million dollars because of high oil prices, AFP news agency reported. Emirates said its profit for the six months to September 30 plunged to 284 million […]
Hedge Bills
Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has already settled a part of its dues on hedging oil contracts and remaining payments would be completed as they fall due, a top official said. A 6.5 million dollar payment had been made Friday and another 7.5 million payment was also due. […]
Petroleum Credit
Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation owes 1.1 billion dollars in supplier’s credit to Iran on crude bought in 2008, Chairman Ashantha de Mel said. CPC buys Iranian light crude to feed its 50,000 barrels a day refinery. CPC struck a deal to get interest free credit from Iran to […]
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‘ ethical stand leaves buyers cold
Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s apparel exporters complain buyers practice double standards in purchasing and are not ready to pay more despite the manufacturers’ costly commitment to comply with high labour and environmental standards. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 “We’re disappointed there […]
Unstable Policy
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has defended state manipulation of fuel prices which has de-stabilized the economy, brought high inflation and endangered the country with foreign borrowing, while rejecting formula based pricing. The island scrapped a fuel price adjustment formula in 2004, and printed money to keep prices low, pushing the country into […]