MTI global competitiveness study in 2007 reality in 2011
At the end of 2007, MTI Consulting, based on extensive research and thought leadership work, predicted seven strategic business challenges – as part of their 2008 Global Competitiveness Study. Four years on, at the end 2011, MTI has revisited the seven strategic business challenges and compared it to the study findings in 2007
Biz leaders outline priorities for 2012
Susantha Ratnayake – John Keells Holdings Chairman
The priority in 2012 should be the full implementation of the recommendations of the LLRC Report, thereby ensuring credible peace and reconciliation, which will help a new era of peace and prosperity on a sustained basis.
2012 Sports Calender
January – Motorsports 1-15 Dakar Raliy 22- Rally of Montecarlo
Pakistan court to probe “memogate”, adding pressure on govt
Reuters: Pakistan’s Supreme Court said on Friday it will investigate a scandal surrounding an unsigned memo seeking Washington’s help to rein in the powerful Pakistani military, a decision bound to heap pressure on the weak civilian government.
TCS pips Reliance to become India’s most valuable firm
Reuters: Top software exporter Tata Consultancy Services surpassed Reliance Industries on the last trading day of the year to become the country’s most-valuable firm, capping a gloomy year for shareholders of the energy major controlled by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani.
Reliance, for long the darling of Indian investors, was briefly knocked off its four-year long perch as the country’s most-valuable company in August — first by state-run Coal India and then by Oil & Natural Gas Corp — before regaining it.
Global action against climate change: The unfinished business with Durban summit
The failed Durban Summit
The much-hyped UN-sponsored global summit of some 194 nations in Durban, South Africa from the last week of November to the first week of December 2011 to come up with a consensual programme of action against the perceived threat of climate change ended up with ‘no action’ at all.
China’s factories falter, pro-growth policies eyed
Reuters: China’s factory activity shrank again December as demand at home and abroad slackened, a purchasing managers’ survey showed on Friday, reinforcing the case for pro-growth policies to underpin the world’s second-largest economy.
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