International rating agency, Moody's investors Services, has predicted a worsening of India's fiscal deficit in near term.' The agency has...

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Reform in the civil aviation sector in India has been painfully slow. Five years ago, when the Indian civil aviation...

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Arthur Hadley Business calls. I have an assignment in Mumbai (old Bombay). My president has said none but Arthur must...

Muhamed Muneer CP Cultivating customer complaints seems to be the latest wave to sweep the business community today. In the...

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Sunil Dissanayake A basic understanding of the principles of job evaluation and an outline of how the method is used...

Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia and Ansett International announced plans for the creation of the largest International alliance...

The eleventh joint meeting of the Sri Lanka-Japan and Japan-Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committees was held on May 30 and...

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SilkAir has decided to acquire 18 Airbus aircraft (8 on firm order and 10 on option) to bolster its fleet....

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Dilki Wijesuriya 'Crescat' the US$47 million building project in Colombo is nearing its completion. The project which commenced in 1994...

The one universal rule is that PC's get cheaper, better and faster all the time. The result is that your...

Tyron Devotta Financial analysts predict good results in the second quarter of the corporate sector. Most of the companies are...

There is nothing so certain as taxes and death, said Benjamin Franklin. It is therefore good to be relieved of...

This book is an in-depth analysis of how the computer giant, Microsoft, works but the material in T it is...

Good-bye to flop-campaigns, good-bye to lost revenues. Muhamed Muneer enumerates on his 'Ten Commandments' to create that perfect ad campaign....

The market has been extremely strong during June with turnover being sustained at levels similar April and May and the...

Tyron Devotta A bill to amend the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Act No 36 of 1987 is to be...

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KC Somaratna, a chemical engineer and a former research and development manager, is the chairman/ managing director of Somaratna Consultants...

If you want to own your own business, there's a school in the United States that may help you realize...

How do you pick out a gift at birthday time for those VIPs who already have everything? Don't crack up...

UL Pai Tea is a buoyant industry in India. This overall realization has increased over the last year. Fall in...