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Tag: Foreign investment

Private investment is the key for economic growth, Sri Lanka Finance Minister emphasizes
BUSINESS

Private investment is the key for economic growth, Sri Lanka Finance Minister emphasizes

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera emphasizing that private investment is the key for economic growth…

byFaraz Shauketaly22/03/2018
Malaysia’s 1MDB Fund Spawns Worldwide Probes: QuickTake Q&A
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Malaysia’s 1MDB Fund Spawns Worldwide Probes: QuickTake Q&A

By Shamim Adam and Laurence Arnold Malaysia’s state-owned investment fund, 1MDB, was supposed to attract foreign investment. Instead, it has…

byFaraz Shauketaly19/12/2017
International Finance Corporation report depicts greater success for SL
BUSINESS

International Finance Corporation report depicts greater success for SL

A new report of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, states that South Asia’s ambitious…

byFaraz Shauketaly02/12/2017
Interference in state institutions a problem – State Minister
BUSINESS

Interference in state institutions a problem – State Minister

Minister of Public Enterprise Development, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that state institutions cannot be taken forward if there unnecessary interference…

byFaraz Shauketaly30/11/2017
Foreign investment in the Sri Lanka Stock Market hits an all-time high in 2017
BUSINESS

Foreign investment in the Sri Lanka Stock Market hits an all-time high in 2017

In what continues to be a promising year for foreign investor involvement in the stock market, 2017 has recorded an…

byFaraz Shauketaly23/11/2017

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