June 1997

Manori Wijesekera Mack The Decade of Productivity launched last year by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga brought into focus the urgent...

Asgar Hussein With the Central Bank this year surprising the business community by relaxing its tight monetary policy, the economy...

The report states the objective of the fiscal strategy is to move to a sustainable budget deficit reduction path within...

W ho you gonna call to bust those bugs? The Phillipines wants to be your first stop. "Pino Y2K Initiative"...

The Internet magnifies life. It offers virtually anything you want, but sometimes more than you can handle. E-mail, for example....

The Reports from the Central Bank. he official figures for the state of the economy was released last month by...

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

Tyronne Devotta The first quarter results for 1997 of quoted companies that have been trickling in so far have disappointed...

Ever been bogged by meetings. Here are handy tips on how to 'sleep with your eyes open' and yet 'stay...

cookies and always coffee, rivers and decanters of coffee. And at night dinner's out at the Hilton 'Curry Bowl or...

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

Three times in recent days, I've been in 'the car of the future. A few weeks back, it was a...

Arthur Hadley I have been a company executive for so long now. I have forgotten what other life I have...

The book asserts that team- work is a central strategy in mod ern organizations for ensuring adaptability and effectiveness but...

The month of May began with the market continuing to look strong with high turnover recorded, but gradually the level...

Most of the time job applicants misrepresent themselves. Why not check their credentials with their current employer? It would save...

Corporate survival demands that companies learn to forget instead of forgetting to learn. Many companies suffer from corporate myopia. Indeed,...

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...

Can the charming locals in exotic holiday spots spoil your fun? Richard Paris, veteran of a recent trip to Sri...

According to the latest statistics released by the Ceylon Tourist Board, tourist arrivals into Sri Lanka are showing signs of...

The plantations sector of Sri Lanka has had the rare distinction of providing the testing ground for finding out to...

'First looks at the new versions of the Netscape and Microsoft Web Browsers. It is a well known fact (though...

Now there's a new way to give yourself and your company the competitive advantage which comes from being better informed...

A Brief History Of Timeshare The timeshare vacation has been around since the mid-1960s. It started in the French Alps,...

The Nokia 232 cellular phone is another easy-to-carry pocket phone. Different battery options allows the flexibility to meet changing needs...

A multi functional telephone with automatic redialing, speaker monitor and hands-free dialing, the HS-330M fax machine has a dial memory...

J L Morison Son and Jones recently launched a new range of pens and roller ball gel ink. The Paper...

Described as the feather-touch intercom system. with Silver intercoms, an office or industry ean enjoy single or multiple connections to...

An exotic new fragrance, Kenzo Jungle, was launched into the Sri Lankan market by Exclusive Lines (Pvt) Ltd., and Kenzo...