Business News

Emirates Airlines has contracted on Saint Louis, Missouri-based Essex Industries to outfit the whole EK fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft with the Essex PBE, protective breathing equipment.

Etihad Airways has been announced as the official airline sponsor of WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 - a vocational education and skills excellence event.

Nissan has become the first automotive brand in Europe to sell a car over Twitter after responding to a challenge on the social media platform from a prospective customer.

Facebook has rolled out a beta version of “secret conversations”, its new feature for Messenger that uses end-to-end encryption to allow users to have private messages protected from snoopers.

BBC Sport has revealed the campaign for its coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, bringing to life the host nation’s wildlife in an animated ad designed to build momentum around the tournament, which is less than a month away.

CEAT Sri Lanka, a joint venture between CEAT Limited of India and Kelani Tyres PLC, recently hosted a group of export customers from three key overseas markets on a five-day visit to Sri Lanka.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that it has completed the upgrade of its automated teller machine (ATM) network in Sri Lanka to EMV Chip capability, significantly enhancing security against fraud by conforming to the EMV standards of the various card brands that are accepted by the Bank’s ATMs.

Heroes come in many shapes and sizes and Ceylinco Life has chosen one segment – students that pass the Year 5 scholarship examinations – for special recognition under a new campaign.

In what seemed to the second most significant derivative action since the Companies Act no 7of 2007 came in to effect, the majority shareholders (holding more than 60% share holding) of Mackwoods Securities (Private) Ltd, the holding company of Mackwoods Group of Companies; were given green light by the Commercial High Court to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).

Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) has yet again been recognized as one of the ‘Great Places to Work in 2016’ in Sri Lanka.