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Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - The rapid growth of the world's shipping fleet is opening up employment opportunities for Sri Lankan seafarers but training is constrained …
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - The rapid growth of the world's shipping fleet is opening up employment opportunities for Sri Lankan seafarers but training is constrained …
August 12, 2008 (LBO) - The United States has finished re-building the third fishery harbour in southern Sri Lanka which was hit by the 2004 Asian tsunami, the …
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - It's easy to miss the business strategy behind a glitzy re-launch of Sri Lanka Telecom's wire-line services, as the island's only copper …
GENEVA, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - Two whale species, the humpback and the southern right, are less under threat from becoming extinct, a new study released on …
SINGAPORE, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - India has warned neighbouring Sri Lanka that it may not be able to win an ongoing war against separatist Tamil Tiger rebels …
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) – Household goods retailer Brown & Company plans to import and promote energy efficient electrical items from India to meet growing …
SINGAPORE, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Tuesday pushed ahead with his vision of an Asia Pacific Community but played down …
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - Standard Chartered said that its push into Asia, Africa and the Middle East had fuelled a profits surge at the emerging markets bank …
TOKYO, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - Japanese wholesale inflation hit a 27-year high of 7.1 percent in July on soaring commodity costs, the central bank said …
TOKYO, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - The euro languished at six-month lows against the dollar in Asian trade on Tuesday as traders continued to focus on the …
NEW YORK, August 11, 2008 (AFP) - Crude oil prices sank Monday as the market worried about weakening demand, particularly in the eurozone and in China, after …
August 12, 2008 (AFP) - India, reflecting on their Test series loss to Sri Lanka, have reason to believe they were beaten not so much by their hosts as by …
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation's (CPC) entry into liquid petroleum gas (LPG) retailing has been pushed to December due …
PARIS, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - Oil demand is slowing sharply in advanced economies as people ease up on driving, supplies are rising and the market is set to …
Aug 11, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed weaker Monday with the indices dragged down by falls in John Keells Holdings and Distilleries, brokers said. buy …
PARIS, August 10, 2008 (AFP) - The age-old fantasy of rendering objects invisible took a sharp step toward reality Sunday when scientists said they had created …
Aug 11, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Union Assurance said its group June quarter net profit rose 63 percent to 49 million rupees from a year ago. Revenue for the …
Aug 11, 2008 (LBO) – A European expert has advised Sri Lanka's apparel industry to get closer to their markets and focus on a limited number of customers …
JAKARTA, August 11, 2008 (AFP) - A tribal chief in Indonesia's West Papua launched a campaign Monday to get compensation from US mining giant Freeport for …
SINGAPORE, August 11, 2008 (AFP) - Singapore's economic growth slowed to an annual 2.1 percent in the second quarter, the government announced on Monday, just …