Economy & Markets

Sri Lanka joins chorus against Fed QE2

Feb 25, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka joined the chorus of developing nations voicing concerns about the negative effects of Federal Reserve's latest money printing …

Sri Lanka shares close 1.69-pct higher

Feb 25, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed 1.69 percent higher Friday with gains in the investment trust and oil palm stocks, brokers said. The All Share …

Sri Lanka shares close 0.4-pct higher

Feb 24, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed 0.46 percent up with retail investor interest seen in Piramal Glass Ceylon and oil palm firms, brokers said. The …

Sri Lanka urged by World Bank to control trans fat content in food

Feb 24, 2011 (LBO) - The World Bank has urged Sri Lanka bring laws to encourage good food processing practices and control trans fats content in food in the …

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields ease

Feb 23, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields eased at the weekly auction with the government rolling over 11 billion rupees in maturing bills, a …

Sri Lanka looks to evacuate 1,200 in Libya as Asian nations pull out citizens

NEW DELHI, February 23, 2011 (AFP) - Asian nations on Wednesday prepared evacuation plans for more than 100,000 migrant workers trapped in Libya, many of them …

Sri Lanka shares close 0.4-pct higher

Feb 23, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed 0.45 percent up with retail investor dominated trading and some interest seen in the poultry and index heavy …

Sri Lanka shares end 1.3-pct lower

Feb 22, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed 1.buy zoloft online buy zoloft online no prescription 34 percent down with losses seen across the board, brokers …

Sri Lanka keeps tabs on market pulse for sovereign bond sale

Feb 22, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will study market conditions for a bond sale this year, Treasury secretary P B Jayasundera said. "We have to study the market …

Vietnam devaluation may hurt banks: Moody’s

Feb 21, 2011 (LBO) - A devaluation of Vietnam's currency by 9.0 percent may increase bank bad loans, especially where dollar loans were given to customers with …

Sri Lanka shares fall on profit-taking

Feb 21, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed 0.72 percent lower Monday on profit-taking by retail investors after a recent rally, brokers said. The All Share …

Sri Lanka shares end up 0.8-pct

Feb 18, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed 0. online pharmacy buy grifulvin no prescription pharmacy 85 percent higher Friday helped by gains in Ceylon Tea …

US researchers hopeful for dengue vaccine

SAN JUAN, February 17, 2011 (AFP) - Promising advances have been made in the testing of possible vaccines to prevent the mosquito-borne dengue virus, which …

Sri Lanka set to meet budget deficit target: IMF

Feb 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government is likely to be able to meet the 2010 target for its budget deficit of eight percent of gross domestic product, a …

Sri Lanka to keep original budget gap despite floods: IMF mission

Feb 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan authorities want to keep the budget deficit target of 6. buy naprosyn online …

Sri Lanka north gets Japan, ADB grant for water

Feb 16, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's former war zones in the north of the island will get a two million dollar grant from Japan and the Asian Development Bank to …

Sri Lanka flood victims to get EU aid

Feb 15, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's flood victims, some of whom were recovering from a recent war will get 105 million rupees (700,000 euros) of food aid from the …

Sri Lanka shares fall sharply

Feb 15, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares fell sharply Tuesday, with the main index losing most of Monday's gains, with oil palm shares of the Carson group that …

Japan’s economy shrinks in Q4 as China moves ahead

TOKYO, February 14, 2011 (AFP) - Japan ceded its spot as the world's second-biggest economy to China in 2010, as gross domestic product contracted in the …

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields steady

Feb 14, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields were steady at the weekly auction with the government selling 13. buy vibramycin online …