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Packer withdraws casino venture in Sri Lanka
Friday, 30 January 2015 20:48Australian business tycoon James Packer has withdrawn his quest to set up a 400 million dollar Casino Complex in Sri Lanka.
Apple profit 'biggest in history'
Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:48US technology giant Apple has reported the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company.
Facebook says they caused outage, not hackers
Tuesday, 27 January 2015 17:30Social network Facebook became inaccessible across much of the globe for a time on Tuesday, before returning to normal service.
Facebook down?
Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:33One of the world's most popular social networking sites - Facebook on Tuesday has suffered an apparent service disruption that made the website unavailable to users.
Sri Lanka’s new Central Bank governor assumes duties
Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:01Newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Arjuna Mahendran assumed duties in his new post on yesterday (26) at the Governor’s office in Colombo, the bank said in a media release.
Sri Lanka policy rates unchanged
Tuesday, 27 January 2015 11:57Sri Lanka's Central Bank held policy interest rates at 6.5 and 8.0 percent taking in to the consideration of remaining low inflation in the island Central Bank said in its monetary policy review of January 201
Paul Perera's son Ronald tipped to head Bank of Ceylon
Monday, 26 January 2015 21:06President's Counsel Ronald Perera is tipped to be appointed as the new Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon.
World oldest barber shop to set up business in SL?
Friday, 23 January 2015 17:48Truefitt and Hill, world's oldest barber shop as certified by Guinness Book of World Records in April 2000, wants to enter the Sri Lanka market and set up shops across the country, the company said in a media release.