Saudi wealth fund buys England’s Newcastle United soccer club after months of wrangling
KEY POINTS A major obstacle to the Saudi Public Investment Fund’s buyout of the English team was concern over theContinue Reading
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Microsoft begins rollout of Free Windows 11 today but not everyone will be able to get it right away.
(CNN Business)- Microsoft is rolling out its first major Windows update in six years. But not everyone will be ableContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s tea yields could plummet without chemical fertilizer -industry
COLOMBO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s ambitious plan to aggressively promote organic farming by banning imports of chemical fertilizersContinue Reading
Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage
Oct 4 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented theContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s Former minister Nirupama Rajapaksa Ruling family member and her husband named in Pandora papers
Nirupama Rajapaksa, a Former Sri Lankan Minister and her husband have been named in the Pandora Papers, the most expansiveContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Central Bank unveils six-month plan to stabilise economy
COLOMBO, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s central bank governor unveiled on Friday a six-month roadmap for putting the economyContinue Reading
U.S. Drug maker Merck says its new Covid pill reduces the risk of hospitalization, death by half for some patients
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half inContinue Reading
India counters China in Sri Lanka with $700 million port deal
Colombo (AFP) An Indian company entered into a $700 million deal Thursday to build a strategic deep-sea container terminal inContinue Reading
China infrastructure drive traps poor nations with $385 bn ‘hidden debt’: study
(AFP)-China’s ambitious foreign infrastructure push has saddled poor nations with “hidden debt” worth $385 billion, and more than a thirdContinue Reading
Sri Lanka appeals to exporters to repatriate earnings quickly
COLOMBO, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka on Tuesday appealed to exporters to speed up repatriation of earnings as aContinue Reading
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