புலம்பெயர் தமிழ் நம்பூதிரிகளின் புளுகும், அமெரிக்க இலங்கை உறவும்!

"The business environment is right for American investments but sometimes it takes a little longer with government bureaucracy that is not true only in Sri Lanka"

- US ambassador to Colombo Patricia Butenis

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போர்க்குற்றவாளிகளான  பக்சபாசிஸ்டுக்களின் தலையை வெட்டி தட்டில் வைத்து தமிழர்களுக்கு அமெரிக்கா தரப்போவதாக புலம் பெயர் தமிழ் நம்பூதிரிகளும், அவர்களது புரட்டு ஊடகங்களும்,  அன்றாடம் அவிழ்த்துக் கொட்டும் புளுகு மூட்டைகளுக்கு  கணக்குமில்லை! வழக்குமில்லை!!

ஆனால் அமெரிக்க இலங்கைப் பொருளாதார உறவிலோ எந்தப் பிணக்குமில்லை! பி்ளவுமில்லை!!

LBO>>Economy
Investment Interest
25 Jun, 201218:41:58

Sri Lanka energy sector eyed by US firms: envoy
June 25, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's energy sector is a key area of interest for US companies scouting for investment opportunities after the end of a three decades war, US ambassador to Colombo Patricia Butenis said.

 "We've seen a lot of interest from American energy companies interested in help building oil refineries and developing natural gas," Butenis said.

 "The energy sector has been the biggest area of interest for US companies. I think that will remain," she said.

Butenis who is nearing her three year term in Sri Lanka said there has been a lot of interest and negotiations on US investment opportunities in the island.

"The business environment is right for American investments but sometimes it takes a little longer with government bureaucracy that is not true only in Sri Lanka"

"Within the next few years we will see more investment coming," she said.
Sri Lanka's rulers, who have violated property rights of both citizens and non-citizens repeatedly since independence from British rule, resumed the activity last year.

Micheal Delaney assistant US trade representative for South Asia told reporters earlier in the month that the US has been assured that there would be no more expropriations.

"We have expressed our concern about that to the government of Sri Lanka," Delaney said.
 "It has been characterized to us as an exceptional one-off act. We have been encouraged not to see that as a pattern or any model for future action."

Following the passage of the law which legislators said was ad hominem and trespassing on the separation of powers between the legislature and parliament, the intention to re-take privatized plantations lands have been announced.

The plantations themselves were expropriated at one time. In many authoritative, fascist-nationalist or left-leaning states the energy sector has been a favourite target for expropriation.

On Monday Butenis visited a bottling plant of Coca Cola, a quintessential US brand, in Biyagama, in the suburbs of the Colombo.

Coca Cola, a key player in Sri Lanka's beverage industry has adopted a number of environment friendly initiatives aimed at improving water usage and cutting carbon emissions.

"Coke is a pre-eminent American company and I m proud of its successful operation in Sri Lanka", Butenis said.

I think they are setting standards in occupational safety and green technology" she said.

நிர்மூலமாகும் நிதிமூலதனப் பண்ணை - சைப்பிரஸ்

 Cyprus applies for EU bailout
25 June 2012 19:17

NICOSIA -   - Cyprus on Monday said it would seek financial assistance from the European Union's EFSF/ESM bailout funds to curb exposure of its financial sector to Greece.

 "The purpose of the required assistance is to contain the risks to the Cypriot economy, notably those arising from the negative spill over effects through its financial sector, due to its large exposure in the Greek economy," a government announcement said.

 Greece, Ireland and Portugal have already had international bailouts. Spain has asked fo help for its banks but not yet applied

 Earlier on Monday, it announced emergency talks on the economy.

 The euro zone's third-smallest economy needs to raise the equivalent of 10 percent of its GDP by June 30 to recapitalise its second largest bank, heavily exposed to debt-crippled Greece.

 With its coffers emptying rapidly and hurtling towards an immovable deadline, the island suffered a further fiscal sovereign credit rating to junk status.

With a bailout widely viewed as all but inevitable, Cyprus has for weeks been trying to juggle its options between a bailout from Europe's rescue funds, the temporary EFSF and the permanent ESM, or a bilateral loan from either Russia or China.

 Government sources have told Reuters that President Demetris Christofias wanted to consult political leaders before taking a decision on where to borrow from, suggesting one was close.

 They would meet on Tuesday afternoon, a press release from the presidency said on Monday.
 If Cyprus - which assumes the rotating EU presidency on July 1 - signs up for the EU rescue programme it will join the ranks of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, becoming by far the smallest EU state to receive aid.

 But weekend trips by government officials to China suggested Cyprus was pulling out all the stops to avoid going to its EU partners.

 In comments to the state broadcaster, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Neoklis Sylikiotis confirmed discussions focused on a loan or a Chinese investment in the troubled lender, Cyprus Popular Bank.

 "We have had some contacts... We have requested an answer in coming days," Sylikiotis said.

 Cyprus has displayed caution in going to its EU partners because of conditions attached to any aid.
 It is fiercely protective of a corporate tax rate that is one of the lowest in the EU and, eight months before a general election, shows no appetite for the stringent spending cuts that any EU funding would tie it to.

 "I think they want to avoid it (the EFSF) at least as the sole provider simply because they are afraid of the strings attached," said political analyst Hubert Faustman.

 It was unclear whether a loan from either country would be forthcoming, giving the Mediterranean island precious little leeway to rustle together 1.8 billion euros for Popular, hit by a writedown in its Greek sovereign debt holdings.

 Officials say any aid via the EFSF would likely be restricted to the banking sector and not to broader budgetary requirements.

 But in its report, Fitch said the recapitalisation bill for Cypriot banks could potentially reach 4 billion euros. That amount, equivalent to 23 percent of GDP, also took into account rising non-performing loans from the domestic market, it said.

 Fitch said it saw a heightened possibility of the Republic needing an EFSF bailout to recapitalise its banks, and a bilateral loan from the Russian federation to cover gross budgetary financing requirements until the end of 2013. (Reuters) 

ஜூலியன் அசானை விடுதலை செய்! விக்கி லீக்ஸில் கை வையாதே!!

விக்கிலீக்ஸ் ஜுலியன் அசான் ,

அமெரிக்கா சொல்வது போல்  ``அதி தொழில் நுட்ப பயங்கரவாதி`` அல்ல!

அடிப்படைத் தகவல் அறியும் சுதந்திரப் போராளியே!

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wants guarantees he will not be sent to the US

Economic Times
25 Jun, 2012, 01.06PM IST,

 SYDNEY: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today called for diplomatic guarantees he will not be pursued by the United States for publishing secret documents if he goes to Sweden to face criminal allegations.

The Australian, 40, said he is prepared to go to Sweden to face questioning over sex assault claims, but fears Stockholm will turn him over to the US where he could face espionage and conspiracy charges over revelations by WikiLeaks.

"Ultimately it may be a matter of what guarantees the United Kingdom, the United States and Sweden are willing to provide," he told the Sydney Morning Herald from the Ecuador embassy in London, where he is seeking asylum.

Assange believes Washington will pursue him after WikiLeaks published a cache of sensitive documents, including about the Afghan and Iraq wars, and thousands of diplomatic cables which have embarrassed governments worldwide.

"For example, if the US were to guarantee (it would) drop the grand jury investigation and any further investigation of WikiLeaks publishing activity, that would be an important guarantee ... diplomatic commitments do have some weight," he said.

Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuador embassy for nearly a week to avoid extradition to Sweden, again criticised Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard over Canberra's handling of his case.
The former computer hacker said his situation was "a serious political matter... (that) the Australian government should treat with the seriousness it requires".

"I have been attacked by the US, from the vice president down, as a high-tech terrorist, and by the Swedish prime minister and foreign minister -- surely that requires some direct response from the Gillard government."

Assange has said he chose Ecuador's embassy instead of his home country's because he felt Canberra had done nothing to protect him, a charge the government has denied.

Canberra has said it has limited capacity to help him because he is not in Australia and has not broken any Australian laws.

Australia has also dismissed the idea that Washington is keen to get Assange, with Foreign Minister Bob Carr saying Sunday there was "no hint" of a plan to extradite him to the United States.