Ceylinco Insurance stays the undisputed market leader for seventh consecutive year
Ceylinco Insurance said yesterday that for the seventh year in a row, the company has reiterated its market leader position in the Sri Lankan insurance industry with impressive results for the year 2010.
Sri Lanka Insurance Corp’s Nuwan wins Best Actuarial student award
Nuwan Wickramasinghe of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited was awarded the A. S. Mani Memorial Gold Award for the Best Actuarial Student of Sri Lanka for the year 2009 by the Sri Lanka Insurance Institute.
Economists list U.S. budget deficit as No. 1 worry
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The massive U.S. budget deficit is the gravest threat facing the economy, topping high unemployment and the risk of inflation or deflation, according to a survey of forecasters released on Monday.
The National Association for Business Economics said its 47-member panel of forecasters increased its estimate for the 2011 federal deficit to $1.4 trillion from $1.1 trillion in its previous survey in November.
Ceylon Chamber woos firms to list on CSE
With the objective of creating awareness on the new listing rules and regulations and the process for listing on the market, the Ceylon chamber of Commerce will hold a Seminar titled “Getting your Company listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange”, which will take place on Friday 4th of March, 2011 at the Ground Floor Auditorium of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, from 1.30 – 4.30 pm.
England wicketkeeper Davies announces he is gay
LONDON, (Reuters) – England wicketkeeper Steven Davies has announced he is gay, saying it was a “massive relief” to speak openly about his sexuality.
Davies told the Daily Telegraph he had told his international colleagues about his sexuality after being called up for the Ashes Tour to Australia starting last year.
The fall of the pharaohs
After Tunisia’s Jasmine revolution, the Tahrir Square Facebook and Twitter revolution in Egypt, will other dominos fall? What about the sustainability of the changes?
The Egyptians like to say ‘The Nile may bend and turn, but it will never dry up, so also the Tahrir Square revolution.’ Will the popular protests and uprisings sweeping seemingly inexorably through West Asia and North Africa jeopardise the stability of the other authoritarian regimes in the region?
Commercial Bank opens ‘Minicom’ at Katukurunda, Kalutara
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has opened another Supermarket Banking Counter at Katukurunda in Kalutara, increasing its delivery points in Sri Lanka to 189. The new ‘Minicom,’ is housed at the Cargills Food City branch at No 919, Galle Road, Katukurunda.
Harsha in command
Air Marshall Harsha Abeywickrama assumed duties as the 13th Air Force Commander yesterday at the Air Force Headquarters.
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