Big powers gear up for daunting Bretton Woods II
PARIS, October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Europe is enlisting the United States and other powers in a drive to create a new system to ensure order in global finance, a …
PARIS, October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Europe is enlisting the United States and other powers in a drive to create a new system to ensure order in global finance, a …
October 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday it would destroy a consignment of more than five tonnes of rotting rice and lentils meant for victims of the …
Oct 17, 2008 (LBO) - An international conflict watchdog has urged the Sri Lankan government to ensure greater fairness and preference to local businesses in …
WASHINGTON, October 17, 2008 (AFP) - Asian economies may have to consider guaranteeing bank deposits as a defensive option against global market turmoil …
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state run Bank of Ceylon is selling three billion rupees worth 5-year 19 percent stock exchange listed bonds, with options of …
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares slumped on low trading volumes Thursday after two days of gains with investors apparently unnerved by sharp falls in …
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - Freight costs could fall with an expected slowdown in the US economy and the end this weekend of shipping liner cartels which fix rates, …
ADDIS ABABA, October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday that the economy would not be devastated following the global …
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's banking sector is sound amidst a global rout and early regulatory action taken to prick the bubble, Central Bank …
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has urged Sri Lanka to help three workers facing execution in Saudi Arabia saying the government …
MUMBAI, October 15, 2008 (AFP) - India's central bank said Wednesday it was injecting a further 400 billion rupees (8.25 billion dollars) into the financial …
October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Thursday stepped up attacks against suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the island's north and accused the …
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - British high commissioner Peter Hayes said Thursday his government hopes Sri Lanka will be able to renew the GSP+ trade deal that allows …
PARIS, October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Calls mounted Thursday for an overhaul of the global financial system as stocks took a new hammering and Switzerland took …
TOKYO, October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Emergency measures to tackle the financial crisis provided little relief for nervous investors Thursday, as stock markets …
WASHINGTON, October 16, 2008 (AFP) - With recession fears for the US economy growing by the day in the wake of a global financial crisis, analysts are …
NEW YORK, October 15, 2008 (AFP) - Wall Street stocks plunged Wednesday in the second biggest single day point loss in history and their worst percentage fall …
LONDON, October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Oil prices slumped further on Thursday, with Brent crude sliding below 68 dollars a barrel to the lowest level for more than …
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - Changing Sri Lankan middle class consumer habits and inflation reducing spending power is forcing consumer goods marketers to change …
Oct 15, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares rose again Wednesday, regaining some ground lost in last week's plunge but brokers said the recovery's sustainability …