https://vimeo.com/1053591245 *First Capital Equities | 05-FEB-2025 | News in Brief* *LOCAL NEWS* *🖋 Sri Lanka’s City of Dreams casino to open in third quarter 2025* https://economynext.com/sri-lankas-city-of-dreams-casino-to-open-in-third-quarter-2025-203349/ *🖋 Coconut industrialists urge shift to processed products for export revenue growth* https://www.themorning.lk/articles/eCy7XKrAekKtal9J4zHH *🖋 JKH records EBITDA of LKR 14.28 Billion in Q3* https://www.ft.lk/front-page/JKH-records-EBITDA-of-Rs-14-28-b-in-Q3/44-772635 *🖋 Ceylon Cold Stores reports solid December profits on rising consumer spend* https://www.dailymirror.lk/business-news/Ceylon-Cold-Stores-reports-solid-December-profits-on-rising-consumer-spend/273-301668 *🖋 Bank deposits surge to LKR 12.3 Trillion in 2024* https://www.themorning.lk/articles/MjVHJ1Y70I7bna0iTr9A *GLOBAL NEWS* *🖋 Trump in no hurry to talk to Xi amid new tariff war* https://www.reuters.com/world/us-tariffs-chinese-imports-take-effect-after-trump-reprieves-canada-mexico-2025-02-04/ *🖋 South Korea consumer inflation rose 2.2% in January, above market expectations* https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/05/south-korea-consumer-inflation-rose-2point2percent-in-january.html *-First Capital Equities-*