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Mind your Business * Fuel imports to be liberalised * RRI chief urges caution on oil palm * Interest rates bottom out * Unilever closes tea blending plant * Truce may trim defence costs * Dividends of the peace process * Changing of the guard at Aitken Spence * News * Labour reforms a dire need * No laughing matter * Bridge budget deficit, Moragoda * Link estate wages to productivity - Kiriella * Euro currency could boost SL exports * EFC urges changes in overtime hours * Mind your Business * Need to improve rubber yields * Prudent policies to revive ailing economy * News * Features * Finances critical, reforms necessary * Trade seeks special place for cinnamon * Tourism upbeat as Indian arrivals rise * TQB's reverses CBK's decision * Nakiadeniya resumes work, political thugs vanish * Mind your Business * Investor sentiment showing improvment * Underutilisation of foreign aid * News * Features * Mind your Business * Re-negotiating IMF package top priority * Haycarb sees fall in charcoal supply * Buoyant stockmarket set for major rally * Business leaders hail UNP's victory march * Telepathic human transportation * Never too early to plan for retirement * Features * News * Mind your Business * Crucial poll for Sri Lankan economy * Tussle over telephone tariffs * Paltry returns for poultry farmers * Garments trade stunned by fire, robbery, dismissal * Unsound policies send COL up * Low tariffs deter growth - Suntel * News * Features * Mind your Business * Pre-poll patchwork for garments * Great feat by SL engineers * Small scale firms face big crisis * Relate your success story * Dispute with TRC costs Tritel Rs.20 million * Foreign direct investment inflows waning * Career guidance - need of the hour * News * Features * Achievements to crow over * Mind your Business * Unprecedented number of layoffs * SriLankaFirst calls for vote on peace * Razor battle * Easy phone access for the disabled * Wide-ranging copyright laws held up in parliament * Jobs in Ireland for Lankans * Economic downturn depresses job market * "Economic" manifestos of political parties * News * Features * Mind your Business * UNP, JVP concur on some issues * Telecom pressure group invites mobile users * Mercs wins prestigious award * Garment manufacturers seek swift state relief * IMF standby credit facility in complete jeopardy * Key to employment in the private sector * Happy ending with a timely retirement plan * Features * News * Mind your Business * Economists slam global ranking * IMF team due end-November * Back to basics for EDB * CSE baits investors * J-Biz support to Elections chief * Wage demands and business competitiveness * Slowdown in the global economy * Features * News * PB, Western Union tie up expedites remittances * Inflation indicators imperfect - IPS * Econ growth down to 0.6 % this year * Anthrax: Use e-mail instead of letters! * Mind your Business * Loan defaults hit banking industry * Wanted: New consumer price index * News * SL mission woos US buyers * Gulf war fears trigger fertilizer imports crisis * Rubber overturned by golden crop * Mind your business * Jordan looking for local investments * Relief package and fiscal slippages * Biz community for food and healthcare security * Recessionomics: malice in wonderland * News Mind your Business * New rules for migrant workers * Markets, business upbeat over snap poll * Threats to oil palms continue * What are the causes of the economic downfall? * Is terrorism the only threat to tourism? * News * Features * Gas war explodes in LPG trade * Malaysian oil palm expert attacked * SriLankaFirst face up to reality * Good news for travel and tourism * Dilmah Tea cheers UK market * Living is expensive but dying isn't cheap either * Monetary policy and market interest rates * Implications for Sri Lanka * News * Looking Beyond * Bleak future for garment industry? * Mind your Business * Wake-up call for Sri Lanka * JEDB/SPC lead the way to profit-making in state firms * Extra mileage for TV ads * ComBank - second thoughts over DFCC * The serious business of ageing and caring * What should be done to light the way? * News * SBL – new boost to equity markets * Mind your Business * Double whammy to the economy * Power cuts, rising crime boost sales of alarm systems *Munchee looks forward to better future with JVP * Coke prefers newspaper ads to radio and TV during blackouts * Uncertain future for the entire world * 'SLS' the national symbol of quality * News * Unilever signs peace pact with JVP * Banks become landed proprietors as parate executions grow * Another MoU – between private sector and Education Ministry * Edegra wins battle of the aphrodisiacs * "When the US sneezes… * Political or economic stability? * Takeover of oil companies * Mind your business * News * Business Features * Compromise of policy for survival * Mind your Business * Eggasperating consumption trends * Highlights this week * Lion beer bearded by SLSI * Can we respond to the challenges? * Recessionomics: Moving hopelessly from tragedy to farce * The delegation phobia facing many Sri Lankans * Proposed computer crimes bill to help rapid development of IT * News * Features * Construction sector is crumbling * Power crisis rings alarm bells amongst investors * Life-line for Vanik * Sunday Times regrets * SriLankan's new flights bypass Colombo * The forgotten skills in economic management * Deficiencies in banking laws in SL * New * Mind your Business * Resume peace talks with LTTE * SEC investigates share deals by CSE chairman and Sohli Captain * SL economy seen falling this year * Regional shippers in rescue bid * Desperate measures needed * Coping with the economic downturn * Youth can rise up in anger over SL crisis – HNB's Wijetilleke * Richard Pieris Rubber Compounds Ltd receives ISO 9002 accreditation * Channel a doctor at Durdans through Sampath Bank * Udan - UAL's million dollar man again * Chamber awards for public service * Corporate performance reports show mixed results * News * Mind your Business * Port ponders retirement plan * People's Bank in derivatives market * Big birds to land free * Union Bank confident of turnaround * Govt insurance needed if Ronnie fails, says shippers * The growing economic crisis facing Sri Lanka * Discovering the magic of white-water * News * Shipping crisis worsens woes * Menu for sanity and stability * Corporate citizen air your views! * Mind your Business * IBM initiative to make kids smart * Dav's cure for harried executives * Millions ploughed into forest investments * The twin crises in the economy * Shell powers rural Sri Lanka with solar * News * Mind your Business * Rising airfares hit labour markets * CBK to meet biz groups for "crisis" talks * People's Bank insures its future * Help at hand for struggling industries * Travel industry seeks support * Euphemisms on economic performance * Unhealthy consumption * Consumed by the consumer * News * Mind your Business * Tourism to recover despite shock * Airline insurance premiums may rise after attacks * Blasts and you! The Sunday Times invites comments from readers * People's Bank technically insolvent but improving * UK, US, Italy and Germany issue travel warnings * Stagnant stockmarket stunned again * The saga of the takeover of international oil companies * News * Features * Mind your Business * Cut bank lending rates, pleads trade * Colombo bourse up on Thursday despite unrest * CSE exploring options to survive * TRC ensures bulk discount refund * BoC to raise capital overseas * Unprepared for the global recession * No help for Jaffna's battered economy * Success - the Slimline way * News * Mind your Business * Business community urges reconvening of parliament * Garbage power to solve city waste crisis * NDB to issue preference shares * SL in regional corruption survey * Ornamental fish in troubled waters * Importance of being counted * The rice economy : challenges in the next decade * News * A plea for sanity from the business community * Wake up… the crisis is NOW! *Mind your Business * Prima monopoly to end *Rate cuts boost long-term bonds investment * Dressing for success *SEC investigates Trans Asia share transactions * The Ganoruwa retreat: whither rice production? * Celltel launches trail-blazing SMS in Sinhala * Economy to grow by 3.3 percent this year, says Asia brokers *People's Merchant Bank ventures into real estate development *Bu$ine$$ Mailbag *Improving all the time, says Lanka Electricity Co *Contributions welcome! *News *Inside the aromatic environment of a milk processing factory * Mind your Business * Political crisis hurts business * Trans Asia changes hands * Local engineers give French lady a facelift * World Bank moves some departments to India * Faster e-mails through new domestic Internet exchange * Politics prevent pro-active economic role * When the lights go out… * News * New player in air cargo transport * PERC distorts profits picture-Shell says * Bata walks tall after two bad years * Mind your Business * Partners in progress:executioners in distress, say industrialists * Improving the ability to implement * Plug loopholes in Industrial Disputes Act * The concept of unit trusts in Sri Lanka * News * DFCC's solution for urban housing problem * Sampath Bank makes it a reality * Hybrid for a better yield * Letters * Beira Lake "Blues" triumph over "Greens" * 'Cancel primary dealerships!' * Consumers left in the lurch * Do or die by Metalix * Local prices in line with world trends-ASJ * Indian bottler for Elephant Brand? * Mind your Business * Euphoria in April but trade deficit still high * Promote eco-tourism with care - experts * Strategy to revitalise the rubber industry * News * Shipping & Aviation * Implications of the IMF Standby * Mind your Business * SL biscuits, coconut milk in Indian superstores * Bill banning tobacco, alcohol advertising soon * 'Remove barriers on raw rubber imports' * Mystery buyer behind Richard Peiris * Entrepreneurs! test your skills at FCCSL contest * An inability to effect changes * Sri Lankan Economy - where are we heading? * Look beyond the corporate bottom line, urges HNB CEO * News * Late marriages, migration curb housing loan demand * Rights issue, bank loan to finance NIC buyout * Mind your Business * RANSI scheme has plus and minus points * Sri Lankan inflation at 16 percent in May * Garment magnate calls for SL caucus overseas on quota issue * Ceylon Continental aims for first 6-star hotel status * Is depreciation counter-productive? * Corporates, children and social responsibility * Feature * News * Ceylinco Travels now in seven key towns - Shipping & Aviation Mind your Business * World Bank help for AG to speed up state audits * Toddy for the west ! * Hameedias to sport Adidas * ADB chief due * Vanik's Meegoda to be replaced? * Lower garment exports hurt economy * Unilever rewrites the recipes * News * No fuel shocks for four months *Denial of foreign currency trade: Mercs Bank protests * Reforms before parliament soon * Out: Foreign promotion trips, BOI targets investor "hit list" * Mind your business * Law and order vital for economic growth * Sri Lanka-IMF pact: no arm twisting * Ceylinco Savings Bank: New kid on the block * Forbes launches Sri Lanka's first on-line tea sales website * Integrated approach to housing loans by NDB Housing Bank * Fewer compliance certificates at Annual Report Awards * GDP growth recovers to 6% * GT Radial Tyres Dealer Convention 2001 * ADB wants better governance from borrowers * Employment boost for the disabled * Fund management entity launched * Hayleys profits swing upwards * Hayleys Photoprint clicks award * Sri Lanka supplies organic food to global markets * Emirates bags cargo Oscar * SL to host S-E Asian construction parley * World Bank calls for more cooperation * HNB Annual Report best among banks * 'Dangerkids' from OSC at Bishop's College * HSBC makes steady progress * Greenwich Lanka expands rapidly * Ethera Isura makes your dream a reality * Stringent conditions under Sri Lankan Govt. pact with IMF *Mind your business *Local firm in gas cylinder production *US Govt. rejects ban on GM food * Launch of two banks * The increasing debt burden * Resolution of disputes under the Industrial Disputes Act * News * Mind Your Business * O&M to reach direct * Ericsson and Sony in joint cell phone venture in Sri Lanka * GE ban upsets trade, welcomed by environmentalists * Redeemed by aid bound by conditions * Rethinking governance, leadership and management * What are we prepared to do? * News * News * Comment * Advertorial * Shipping and Aviation * Market * News * Comment * Features * Munchee's avurudhu crunch * Mind Your Business * Credit rating agency downgrades Sri Lanka * Little lubricants in 'slippery field' * Out of the coop: Chicken farmers fly to Thailand * Corruption corrupts absolutely * SriLankan voted central Asia's Airline of the Year * REEL houses for middle income groups * Should DFCC and NDB go commercial? * Hopes of SMIs dashed * Union Assurance income soars in 2000 * SriLankan Catering Services strikes deal with trade unions * Chickens do fly * It should be marketing everywhere - Nalin * Keells solution for SLT Internet * Promoting Malaysian investment * Inflation falls to 13.2 % in March * Dutch help for IPS 4th funding programme * EWIS IT hub of Kandy * UL: Climbing after turbulence * Mind Your Business * Fooling around with Gates! * Footwear rubber gets the boot * Vanik's future in suspense * Nutmegs and cloves spicing up for growth * Fighting over flights * News * Shipping & Aviation * 'Change the laws' * The wave of the future * Unilever may pull out if labour crisis worsens * Mind Your Business * Troubled Vanik seeks bailout * Bill Gates in Colombo, looking for investment * ADB to give more funds to SMIs * Believe it or not today or any other day! * Welcome ideas, not money * Coconut growers complain of lower prices as output rises * News * Special Feature* NEWS * Comment * Features * Economy * Banking/Finance * Seminars/Programmes * News * Comment * Features * News *Stocks *Company News *Advertorial *Comment * Mind your Business * Budget: major juggling actSLT hurt by foreign exchange losses * Commercial Bank reveals credit rating * Mobitel receives BOI's premier flagship status, boosts growth * Changes to Banking Act, boon to 'synergies' * Private sector urged to help the poor * ESPN, Star Sports goes off the air * New South Asian women's group takes off * Company News *Comment *Features *Awards/Appointments/Seminars/ Aviation & Shippin * News * Company News*Market * Comment * Comment *News *Company News *Appointments/Awards * 'Hearts and Minds' to counter JVP unions * Herbal remedies and five star hospitality!!! * Mind your Business * Fitch Ratings fetch results * Econsult is back * Free float gains? No way * Printers see devil * Hard times and low growth * Is the rupee float a panacea for economic ills? * News * Yarn on show* Economy lost billions in war-report * Positive, say businessmen * Fighting by the book… * "We are playing in a dead stockmarket" * Mind your Business * Economy - 53 years after Independence * Free float and the manufacturing industry * News * Karate over the Parate * Confusion .. confounded!! * Government preparing 'hire and fire' policy * Mind your Business * Front-running an offence, says SEC *'Lanka Inc' to boost tourism * Are we on the verge of a power crisis? * Reading tea leaves * News * Confusion… confounded* Big threat for small industries *Where have all the coins gone? *CSE to ride on Govt. securities *Herbal toothpastes eat into multinational markets *Mind your business *The currency depreciation: Is it the solution? * Save the business and the child *News * Heading for a downturn * External sector deficit lower *Entrepreneurs to meet PM * Phone gadgets hit the street *Stay order for Bank software disclosure * Mind your business *Higher inflation in 2001 *Mind your e-business *News *Company News *The battle of the oilsShipping & Aviation * Consortium loan to bail out Vanik * Direct to Consumer: The Outreach way * Mind your business * More than half had deviated * Trade deficit to contract * Hotel sector to slump * The year ahead: fiscal discipline vital for growth * To make the biggest bank, the best bank * News * Business sections in issues of 2000Business sections in issues of 1999Business sections in issues of 1998Business sections in issues of 1997Business sections in issues of 1996 |
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