INSURANCE SECTOR
The past five years have marked a striking change in the country’s insurance landscape in the aftermath of the mandatory segregation of life and general
THE BIG PICTURE
The 17th of May was a red-letter day not only for France but also for people in other parts of the world who are jaded by the political establishment and
THE APPRENTICE
Back in the day when Twitter was not a loudspeaker for angry old men, there were unwritten rules of engagement to which
LEVEL 5 LEADERSHIP
In 1971, when an apprehensive board named Darwin E. Smith as the CEO of Kimberly-Clark – a failing old paper company whose
ONE BELT ONE ROAD
In January, a freight train from China reached the UK carrying 34 containers packed with clothes, shoes, suitcases and other
BURNING ISSUES
The spotlight continues to fall on taxes – the most pressing issue for business in Sri Lanka today, according to 88 percent (versus 100% in the previous month)
DOLLAR DOMINATION
Few would contest that the United States enjoys a privileged status in international trade. Yet, most of this privilege isn’t derived from unfettered markets,
RENEWABLE ENERGY
In 2014, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projected that under its ‘high renewables’ scenario, solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar
BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS
There is an old tale that depicts the way the energy market behaves. It revolves around a physicist, an engineer and an
E-COMMERCE MARKET
The global e-commerce market topped US$ 22 trillion last year. Closer to home, India became the 10th-largest market in the world with 22 million buyers generating
EDUCATING SRI LANKA
University ragging is appalling. In Sri Lanka, the methods used verge on sadism and reveal a psychotic nature in some of our undergraduates. Undergraduates