April 1997

Michael Crichton is well known to Sri Lankans as the author of Jurassic Park, one of the most successful...

If you were to pick up a dictionary to get the meaning of the word 'Mentor', you would learn...

In the last few weeks most investors were preoccupied in trying to predict the impact of the local government...

Is privatisation a viable policy option in Sri Lanka? Is it being carried out purely at the behest of...

A 3 Month strike launched by the employees of Pure Beverages ended on March after a joint 6th memorandum...

Why has employer-employee relations in the industrial world remained one of conflict ever since the industrial revolution? Today, a...

It is clear that the government has yet to get to grips with the nation's inflation problem. The figure...

Seven years ago Celltel broke new ground in Sri Lanka by becoming the first private telecommunications operator offering cellular...

Among the movers and shakers in the brave new world of the Internet, there is a sense not only...

The Internet has provided a faster, cheaper, and more reliable platform for communication of business. data within and between...

Scene Number One: You head a construction company which plans to build a twenty-storeyed office complex in say, Male....

American Internet stock offerings are exempt from US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration. This makes their resale in...

It was a point in time to realise that all those rumblings and mumblings about the government not having...

 The process of identifying the characteristics, qualities and skills for a job is known as job analysis or position...

The 1934 Securities Act (US) states that any private company with over 500 public shareholders is public (reporting) company....

The Sri Lankan-British relationship goes back a very long way. It was really under the British Raj that the...

For individuals,. computer malfunctions can deal severe blows both to your patience and your pocket book; for business they...

Marketing executives are not always turning to ad agencies to handle their interactive work, according to a survey in...

A middle-aged lady walks into a shop. The shop assistant is on the phone to a friend, having a...

Asia Securities (Pvt) Ltd. and Colombo Hilton have joined hands to turn Hilton's Echelon Pub into a virtual trading...

Theatre lovers in Colombo will have the chance to sink their teeth into something juicy this May when Feroze...

DELL Computer Corporation of USA, one of the world's leading direct marketers of computers has disclosed plans to expand...

Lately, there has been a dearth of spots in Colombo where one could enjoy a hearty meal followed by...

Recently, CTC Eagle Insurance Co. released their Annual Report and Performance and Long Term Plans for the financial year...

Financial results for 1996 released by the Commercial Bank show a pre-tax profit of Rs 580 million, an increase...