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More countries pull suspect products as China milk scandal spreads
SEOUL, October 4, 2008 (AFP) – South Korea, Australia and Japan Saturday pulled melamine-contaminated sweets and drinks from supermarket shelves amid a widening scandal over Chinese milk products tainted with the toxic chemical. Authorities in Seoul ordered Mars and Nestle to pull three products after melamine, which is usually used for making plastics, was detected […]
European leaders to try to find way out financial storm
PARIS, October 4, 2008 (AFP) – European leaders were set to try to cobble together a response to the global financial crisis at a mini-summit on Saturday despite disagreements that killed off talk of a Europe-wide bailout package. French President Nicolas Sarkozy spent Friday laying the groundwork for the Paris meeting with leaders of Britain, […]
Smoking, coal set to claim tens of millions of lives in China
PARIS, October 3, 2008 (AFP) – Tobacco use and smoke from coal and wood are likely to claim tens of millions of lives in China over the next quarter-century, according to a study published online on Saturday by the British journal The Lancet. Smoke from tobacco, biomass and coal will kill 53.3 million Chinese from […]
Sri Lanka inflation battle threatened by cash injections
Oct 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank said inflation would come down to below 20 percent by year end, but its monetary program is now threatened by liquidity injections in the midst of a sudden foreign reserve outflow. “Point-to-point inflation would come down to below 20 percent,” central bank governor Nivard Cabraal told […]
Sri Lanka forex market steady with intervention
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s forex markets entered a second day of intervention with a state bank that usually acts for the monetary authority selling dollars at 108.00 rupees, dealers said. Central Bank governor Nivard Cabraal told LBO that the state bank “could continue to sell” if required. On Thursday the forex market […]
Sri Lanka shares stay firm, speculators chase Maskeliya
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended a shade firmer for the second day running after a long bear run, with heavy trading in Maskeliya Plantations, which was pushed up by speculators on takeover talk, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 […]
Fuel Supply
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) plans to increase storage of ship fuels at its newly acquired tank farm near Colombo port by building more tanks, its acting chairman Priyath Bandu Wickrema said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The […]
Banking Reach
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Development Bank (NDB) said Friday it had got central bank approval to set up an investment bank in Bangladesh. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The bank said in a stock exchange filing that it was waiting […]
Yield Chase
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank promised more action against unauthorized deposit institutions but said those who lost money in recent Ponzi-style financial scams were victims of chasing high yields. Central Bank governor Nivard Cabraal said the central bank itself has spent millions of rupees advertising against high yield scams and pyramid […]
Sri Lanka troops kill 42 in offensive against rebels: ministry
October 3, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops have killed 42 Tamil Tigers and injured 53 in a ground and sea offensive aimed at dismantling the rebels’ mini-state in the north of the island, the defence ministry said Friday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 […]
Sri Lankan Airlines gets acting chairman; Emirates directors out
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) – Nishantha Wikremasinghe, an existing director of SriLankan Airlines has been appointed chairman, following the resignation of P B Jayasundera, the airline said. Jayasundera resigned over a court order relating to a privatization deal involving a bunker firm. Three directors that represented Emirates Airlines, which is the second largest shareholder of […]
ECB opens door to rate cut as Trichet heads to crisis talks
FRANKFURT, October 3, 2008 (AFP) – The European Central Bank has opened the door to a rate cut in the coming months as its president Jean-Claude Trichet prepares for high-level financial talks in Paris on Saturday, analysts said. ECB policymakers “threw the door wide open for a rate cut in the foreseeable future,” commented Bank […]