Category: Special Reports

Increasing competition in goods and services is requiring advertising campaigns to create bigger impacts on consumer choices.Increasing competition in goods and services is requiring advertising campaigns to create bigger impacts on consumer choices. Apart from traditional mass media advertising, companies are now showing interest in below the line activities. Advertisers are also keen to create […]

Ceylon Biscuits will expand into a bakery line in a month, even as it makes inroads with Munchee into India, dusts off old plans to go public and seriously considers real estate.Ceylon Biscuits will expand into a bakery line in a month, even as it makes inroads with Munchee into India, dusts off old plans […]

Processing copper scrap for export to India is big business here in Sri Lanka. Processing copper scrap for export to India is big business here in Sri Lanka. Half a dozen companies, with Indian investment, import copper scrap, melts them and reshapes them in to bars for re-export to India where it’s used as raw […]

Government has subsidized fuel by almost Rs.6 billion in the first 7 months of this year with the highest subsidy coming in July of Rs.1.2 billion. Government has subsidized fuel by almost Rs. 6 billion in the first 7 months of this year with the highest subsidy coming in July of Rs. 1.2 billion. Continuing […]

The Land & Property sectors has been a top favourite of local punters, but stockbrokers LOLC Securities says investors should take a closer look at the valuation of these shares. The Land & Property sectors has been a top favourite of local punters, but stockbrokers LOLC Securities says investors should take a closer look at […]

The role faith plays in generating pro poor growth is difficult to measure but most agree such a connection exists as religions promote the highest of human values, reject violence and direct followers to create a just world. In a multi cultural and multi religious society like Sri Lanka however, interfaith harmony is needed for […]

Moving the accounting records from books to computers happened over the last two decades for most companies. Moving the accounting records from books to computers happened over the last two decades for most companies. The challenge of auditing these computer based accounting records was not anticipated at that time and the accounting profession is just […]

Governments depended on tough legislation and regulation to make sure companies don’t damage the environment or exploit labour. Governments depended on tough legislation and regulation to make sure companies don’t damage the environment or exploit labour. But globalization and the resulting open market economies are bringing the same pressures on companies minus the legal action. […]

Haycarb, the 68 percent owned subsidiary of the conglomerate Hayleys Group, plans to set up shop in Indonesia, while a surge in world gold prices swells its bottomline.Haycarb, the 68 percent owned subsidiary of the conglomerate Hayleys Group, plans to set up shop in Indonesia, while a surge in world gold prices swells its bottomline. […]

Labour law critics say the existing framework undermines worker productivity, forcing companies to treat employees as a cost and not a resource that needs to be developed. rnSlimline, part of one of the countrys biggest apparel groups, employs more than 3500 people at their Pannala factory. rn rnIts CEO Dayan Gomez likes to walk around […]

Given the recent yo-yo mood swings in the equities market, stockbrokers Asia Securities says punters should now focus on a companys cash reserves as a litmus test before investing.The market is presently highly volatile, low priced endash in absolute terms endash shares, with at times questionable earnings quality and balance sheet strength, and in view […]

Stockbrokers Asia Securities has downgraded Asian Hotels & Properties (AHPL) to hold, based on its poor short-medium term earnings prospects and an uncertain investment climate.rnrn Asian Hotels rnlong-term growth potential critically depends on the success of its new rnapartment complex endash The Monarch endash and the ability of its new management to add rnvalue to […]