Seylan Bank recorded an impressive 1 H performance with a Profit after Tax of Rs 1.021 billion for the 6 months ended 30 June 2012.  This is a strong testament and proves beyond doubt that the strategies adopted and operational improvements are

For most women-owned (or otherwise) small businesses, the startup phase is often considered the most critical. Yet, as most have found later on, the critical phase actually commences when the business enters the phase of growth. The growth stage can

Maliban Biscuit Manufactories (Pvt.) Ltd. recently announced the relaunch of one of its flagship brands, Maliban Lemon Puff. Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush...

The recently debated burning question as to whether foreign medical specialists have a right to work in the private hospitals in Sri Lanka leaves an open-ended question.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), which is the third largest equity/stock market in the world, with a total market capitalization of US$ 3.3 trillion, has expressed interest to have Sri Lankan listed corporates in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) to be

In the past two years, rarely has a week passed without a news item which highlighted the losses, poor quality of products and services, inefficiencies and possibly corruption in the electricity and petroleum sectors.

From the many discussions with various executives, I found we share a common curiosity of the many lofty mission statements which many companies are known to have come up with.

When you are making an attempt to analyze securities and make investment decisions, the strategies you use will most likely find themselves in two very broad categories:

Emirates and Qantas yesterday announced a new global aviation partnership that will give customers a seamless international and Australian network...

Global tea prices are set to stay strong through 2012, with demand driven by growth in Asia, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

It is encouraging to learn, through various statements made by representatives of Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA )  on their prolonged strike, that  university academics are keenly interested in getting themselves 

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us — Oliver Wendell HolmesInterestingly enough, ancient Greek mythology creates an archetype for a present day social phenomenon with an artist named Pygm

Even if you are new to investing, you may already know some of the most fundamental principles of sound investing.How did you learn them? Through ordinary, real-life experiences that have nothing to do with the stock market. For example, have you eve

Munchee, the flagship brand of the Sri Lankan confectionery powerhouse, Ceylon Biscuits Limited was awarded the prestigious title, the ‘Best Employer...

Palm oil was once touted as a social and environmental panacea — a sustainable food crop, a biofuel that could help to cut greenhouse-gas emissions and a route out of poverty for small-scale farmers.

In the recent past I read with great interest a project initiated by the government encouraging people to speak English. Saw the ‘Master Blaster’ Sanath and the Sprint Queen Susanthika on TV giving encouragement to the concept: Speak any

Sri Lanka’s stock market, once a darling of investors, has seen its value plummet 26 per cent in the past year and now faces a crisis of confidence after its regulator quit in a storm of controversy.

The price-earnings ratio (P/E) is hands down the most popular ratio among investors. Value investors have long considered the price-earnings ratio a useful metric for evaluating the relative attractiveness of a company’s stock price. Made

The concept of ‘managing your team’ is not intuitive for many managers and for some it even cuts against the grain of what they think they should do as bosses. A high-functioning team can’t be created by decree. Real teams - on

As part of its continued commitment to customer satisfaction, the authorised distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Sri Lanka – DIMO is launching...

With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games to a close. However, it was some of the great athletes at those games more than the pomp and the pop that really made a lasting impres

Commercial agroforestry, aimed at integrating tree crops with agricultural crops and animals to increase land productivity, is the way to go towards enhancing timber and food production.

The stockbroker (investment advisor) and the stockbroker firm are the two primary relationships you will have when you begin your journey to investing. As an investor, choosing a broker is one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make

Money, which has always been considered great for buying stuff, is also useful for keeping score and might help people make better decisions. New studies have claimed that without any kind of incentive, people’s decisions may seem irrational an

McKinsey & Company, the leading management consultancy, has undertaken a great deal of work in assisting governments around the world to improve...

In the backdrop of a shift in economic momentum towards the East on a global scale, competition for investment has increased drastically; investment which will prove crucial to Sri Lanka’s future economic prosperity.

Is Sri Lanka satisfied with the award-winning NR productivity of about 1250 kg/ha? Although the national productivity in 2011 had been 1558 kg/ha, research yields much higher than this and the Indian national yield is 1835kg/ha. Are we not interested

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) defines the concept of green jobs as encompassing two basic elements. The first involves, “averting dangerous and potentially unmanageable climate change and protecting the natural environment whic

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the pioneer telecommunication services provider in Sri Lanka, released its group and company financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2012, recording a Rs.3.36 billion group operating profit, a growth of 15% year-o

Come December 2012, there is a centenary celebration of a little known event that set off a stellar trail of aviation in Sri Lanka. The old Race Course was the venue; limited records indicate that a German aviator did the maiden flight in our paradis