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Bourse recovers with bluechip crossings

 The Colombo Stock Exchange ended with a partial recovery yesterday with the crossing of two blue chips namely Dialog and John Keells Holdings (JKH), Barleet Mallory Stockbrokers (Pvt) Limited sources said.

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Colombo Plan focuses on capacity building

“Sri Lanka has benefited immensely from the Colombo Plan and we will focus mainly on capacity building this year,” Secretary-General, the Colombo Plan, Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia said.

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LMD to unveil Brand Finance ratings

The publisher of pioneering business magazine LMD, Media Services, comes together once again in collaboration with Brand Finance Lanka to unveil 2007’s ‘Top 100 Brands’ in Sri Lanka.

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Flower power: Cut flower export is a booming business in Sri Lanka. Japan, Malaysia and the U.S.A are some of the major buyers for cut flowers. They are popular among Sri Lankans too. The Shirohana flower shop imports their plants mainly from Holland every six months. They are then planted in their farm at Nuwara-eliya. They also have a good demand in the Sri Lankan market. Here, two foreigners admiring flowers at the Shirohana flower shop in Borella.
Picture by Saliya Rupasinghe.

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