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REUTERS: Starbucks Corp and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled, possibly exposing the companies to millions of dollars in fines.
AFP: US President Donald Trump took a new swipe at Amazon this week, claiming the tech giant fails to pay its share of taxes and takes advantage of the US Postal Service.
AFP: The sale of Uber’s Southeast Asian business to Singapore-based rival Grab may have infringed competition rules, a Singapore watchdog said yesterday, imposing restrictions on the deal while it carries out an investigation.
Considering the many requests made and the difficulties faced by the general public in exchanging willfully defaced currency notes after March 31, 2018, the Central Bank has decided to continue the service of exchange of such currency notes until fur
REUTERS: Sri Lankan consumer prices rose 4.2 percent in March from a year earlier, but eased from the previous month’s 4.5 percent rate, government data showed yesterday.
While the Sri Lankan entry of Bank of China marks a major landmark in Sino-Lankan relations, it also has the potential to really move the needle on Sri Lanka’s economic development, according to the country’s Central Bank Governor Dr.Indr
The Finance Ministry’s amnesia on the Sri Lankan economy from 2005 to 2014 may lead visitors to the ministry’s official webpage wonder what exactly had happened to the country’s economy during the period.
A New Zealand business delegation representing 13 innovative companies will arrive in Colombo on April 2 for a 3-day visit to continue forging business and trade links with Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s small car registrations continued its strong momentum in February although the total vehicle registrations slightly slipped from its January high, perhaps due to less number of days, according to registration data tracked by Colombo
Sri Lanka and Singapore signed the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) on January 23, 2018. This is a comprehensive free trade agreement which covers goods, services, e-commerce, telecommunications, foreign direct investment, intellectu
The re-authorised US GSP will become active for Lankan exporters from April 22, according to a communiqué by Sri Lanka’s Industry and Commerce Ministry.
The Coca-Cola Company President/CEO James Quincey who met Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during his maiden visit to Sri Lanka recently has made a US $ 50 million commitment to
Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama said that the government has taken numerous initiatives to stabilise and reorient the economy, from a growth model that was heavily dependent on debt-fuelled public spending
The Sri Lankan government may need to increase the rate to be charged under the proposed Debt Payment Levy many fold, in order to meet the revenue target expected from it, according to a banker. The 2018 budget presented last November proposed to cha
REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee closed 0.26 percent stronger yesterday as exporter dollar sales and inward remittances surpassed importer demand for the US currency, dealers said.
The acquisition of Atlas Axillia (Private) Limited (Atlas) has improved the business risk profile of Hemas Holdings PLC as the new entity will improve the group’s defensive cash flow when the other key units such as FMCG and leisure have slowed
The challenge in finding true independent directors with diverse skill sets for banks surfaced at a recently held top-level meeting of the stakeholders in the banking sector, in Colombo.
Slovakia, the world’s highest per capita car producer, is keen on importing Sri Lankan rubber tyres for the Slovakian automotive manufacturing industry, according to a communiqué from the local Industry and Commerce Ministry.
Japanese financial services major, ORIX Corporation, yesterday exited the Sri Lankan market with the sale of its 30 percent stake in Lanka ORIX Leasing Company PLC (LOLC) to the leasing company’s local promoter and its Deputy Chairman Ishara Na
Digital transformation has generated a fierce debate among policymakers, economists and business leaders about the societal impact it would make, specifically on jobs. According to a global survey, about 80 percent of current jobs globally are tipped
Mahinda Rajapaksa-backed joint opposition yesterday submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to the speaker. The motion against Wickremesinghe, according newspapers, contains charges of economic mismanagement by hi
The Sri Lankan government will be raising US$ 1 billion via a foreign currency term financing facility (FTFF) denominated in US dollars, Japanese yen or euro from domestic and international banks and investment banks in order to finance expenditure a
United Motors Lanka PLC (UML) yesterday announced that it sold its entire stake in TVS Lanka (Private) Limited to the TVS parent company in India for Rs. 1 billion. In a filing to the Colombo Stock Exchange, UML said it sold 17.5 million shares in TV
The Department of Foreign Exchange of the Central Bank wants to end its involvement in setting up rates for transshipment containers in accordance with the new Foreign Exchange Act, in the backdrop of government’s decision to liberalize the cou
The Sri Lankan government may need to increase the rate to be charged under the proposed Debt Payment Levy manyfold in order to meet the revenue target expected from it, according to a banker.
The Central Bank this week said they could be lenient on higher capital ratios under the new BASEL III rules but the banks need to convey by how much their profits and capital bases may get eroded from the new accounting standard on loan loss provisi
The Spices and Allied Product Producers’ and Traders’ Association (SAPPTA) of Sri Lanka yesterday said that the Indian government’s decision to unilaterally set a minimum import price for pepper imported from Sri Lanka is adversely
A deal has been sealed to sell some of the key EAP Group assets to a Singapore-based investment holding company, with Sri Lanka’s Central Bank giving the green light to proceed with the deal, Mirror Business learns.
The Court of Appeal fixed the argument for December 4, 2018, in respect of the writ petition filed by Parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara, on the alleged shipping monopoly in the country.
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