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US funds commit Rs. 43 b for 2008

Asia Capital, Central Bank end successful road show:

United States based Funds have pledged a whopping US$ 400 million into Sri Lankan Government Securities before end 2008. The assurance has been given to Asia Capital Ltd by its US partner Auerbach Grayson and Co. LLC of New York which has direct access to major United States based funds who have pledged the funds before end 2008, Asia Capital 's Head of Treasury Nandi Anthony told Daily News Business.

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Fuel prices eat into LIOC profits

Lanka IOC Plc will focus on the lubricant business with the reduction of their diesel and petrol profit margins, Chairman K. Ramakrishnan said. "Due to the escalation of international petrol and diesel prices it has become un-economical for them to be in the diesel and petrol business.

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Dialog TV to break-even in four years

Dialog Television is looking at a break-even point in the next four years. "We need to hit 400,000 subscribers to break even and a further 100,000 to get our operations off the red. Subscribers are the key to our success," Chief Executive Officer, Dialog Television, Nushad Perera said.

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CEO, DTV, Nushad Perera with a DVBT booster. Picture by Geeth de Mel

The electricity sector suffered from escalating oil prices as well as other institutional and structural weaknesses. CEB continued to depend highly on thermal power, mainly from the private sector, on unfavourable terms and conditions to meet the rising demand for electricity. In 2007, about 60 per cent of total electricity generation was from thermal power. In the meantime, delays in implementing low cost energy sources have led to high cost of power generation. The existing financial and institutional issues in the power generation by CEB remained without being addressed. However, several capacity expansion projects were in progress in 2007. The construction work of the 150 MW Upper Kotmale hydropower project and the first phase of the 300 MW Norochcholai coal power plant have continued in 2007. These two projects will be connected to the national grid by 2011. (Central Bank Annual Report 2008.)



 
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