Successful long-term trading - investing with the intention of holding a security for one year or more - means paying attention to the big picture, even when a grim short-term outlook sends investors running for the exits.

No one quite captured the essence of President Obama’s inauguration heralding in his second term of office, as his wife, Michelle...

For those investors who have been lucky enough to have survived one or more major market downturns, some lessons have been learned. For example, there always seem to be some firms that not only survive those downturns, but profit handsomely from them

Business executives make decisions every day. Some decisions are straightforward and simple: For example - Is this report ready to send to my boss now?  Should I allow this customer two weeks’ credit for his purchase? Simple decisions usua

Just how do you deal with a social menace that threatens the very foundations of a society? That’s the question that has...

He says his approach does not confine only to regulate. “Education is a big part of my job,” he stresses, quite unlikely to the two regulators before him, who threw in the towel in a span of just one year, ducking to pressures from all ov

The skilled people who staff an organization bring the greatest competitive advantage for a firm. Finding the right fit talent is just the first step. To succeed in today’s ever-changing marketplace, optimizing the potential of the people in th

Many investors base their decisions on emotions, rumors or chasing the next hot opportunity and they often end up losing money as a result. But despite their setbacks, they continue with the same behaviour and keep getting the same results.

You don’t need to be told that the world of work is tougher than ever – you live it every day. To meet the increasing demands, to do more and to deliver more, top business managers follow seven golden principles. We discussed them in brie

She was just 17, when a fateful accident happened in which the baby left in her care died. When the news of her ‘crime’ broke through...

The latest report of the International Rubber Study Group ( IRSG ) says that the world total rubber consumption contracted in the in the 3rd quarter of 2012, decreasing to 25.7 million tonnes on a moving annual total (MAT) basis in September 2012, fr

At the onset, I wish to draw the attention of the public to an article I wrote titled “Indian Nuclear Power Generation and the impact on Sri Lanka” on May 23, 2012 and published in the Daily Mirror Business Section.

There is an old saying that the market is driven by just two emotions: Fear and greed. Although this is an oversimplification, it can often be true. Succumbing to these emotions can have a profound and detrimental effect on investors’ portfolio

Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” He recognized that a few critical decisions put leaders to the test. In turbulent times, some leaders make tough choices wit

We all know just how horrible news on its own can be – the usual round up covers everything from natural disasters...

The policy-makers face a challenging balancing act with difficult trade-offs in formulating the Macroeconomic Road Map for 2013. They need to address the following objectives:

Back in 1999, Robert G. Hagstrom wrote a book about the legendary investor Warren Buffett, entitled ‘The Warren Buffett Portfolio’. What’s so great about the book and what makes it different from the countless other books and articl

How do you survive in the face of stiff competition? How do you stay afloat in the time of crisis? What business survival strategies can you implement in trying moments?

The meaning of sexual discrimination at work took a new turn recently when in a high profile case in the USA, a female...

Addressing a group of company executives, Warren Buffett once said, “It might take 20 years to build a reputation of a business and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

As exploration for oil and gas, which are nonrenewable resources, get more difficult, it is imperative that the flow rates and recovery factors have to be increased in the existing fields.

Global Compact Network Ceylon hosted the United Nations Global Compact Local Network Regional Meeting for Asia & Oceania in Colombo...

Today for many companies globally it has become an addiction to pursue short-term growth initiatives at the expense of long-term innovation that would generally generate sustainable profits and jobs.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who’s also the Minister of Finance and Planning presenting budget proposals for 2013, in Parliament on 08th November 2012, stated that, the government introduced far reaching reforms in the 2011 budget,.....

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has provided an unrealistically high oil forecasts in its new 2012 World Energy Outlook (WEO) according to Gail Tverberg and reported in the Oil Voice Magazine of December 2012.

During the past week, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka lowered its policy rate. This resulted in the Colombo Stock Exchange showing significant gains. On December 12, 2012, the policy rates were lowered and this resulted in the All Share Price Index (AS

In all business organisations, there are often two types of work. There is the normal delivery process, where the main business of the organisation is done. Then there are the change activities, whereby necessary change is made to the business and th

Robert Cross, a Revenue Management (RM) guru who pioneered RM in the late 80s explains about RM

ET Now: Do you think given the kind of policy measures the Government of India has recently announced, Indian economy could once again reclaim levels of 6% to 7% GDP growth?

Here the vision would be to build the strategic approach to optimize the revenue performance of the hotel industry, and to keep with the overall tourist arrival goals in Sri Lanka, enhancing profitability of the hotel properties.