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he National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) is the National Productivity Organization (NPO) of Sri Lanka, a branch of the...

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The publisher of a Web site that posts a wealth of technical information on Intel (INTC) processors claims that the...

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'I forecast South East Asia to be the largest emerging software market. We will use Sri Lanka as a base...

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According to the terms of the privatisation of the planta- tions, ownership will be retained with the government which will...

wo regular contributors to the prestigious magazine, The Economist, John Micklethwait & Adrian surgeon-like fashion to dissect, analyze and take...

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