https://vimeo.com/1056213679 *First Capital Equities | 13-FEB-2025 | News in Brief* *LOCAL NEWS* *🖋 Sri Lanka dollar bonds surge 30%* https://www.themorning.lk/articles/Bwr166kRaJ90QnM78TNK *🖋 Aitken Spence delivers 124% profit surge* https://www.dailymirror.lk/business-main/Aitken-Spence-delivers-124-profit-surge/245-302197#:~:text=The%20improved%20financial%20performance%20of,months%20ended%2031%20December%202024. *🖋 Sri Lanka’s JAT Holding net up 81% in December, Bangladesh revenues down* https://economynext.com/sri-lankas-jat-holding-net-up-81-pct-in-dec-bangladesh-revenues-down-204716/ *🖋 No tax reduction this year: Deputy Minister* https://www.themorning.lk/articles/Odv1Nh44ycCisOST26G3 *🖋Sunshine Holdings 3Q profits under pressure as higher taxes weigh on consumer demand* https://www.dailymirror.lk/business-news/Sunshine-Holdings-3Q-profits-under-pressure-as-higher-taxes-weigh-on-consumer-demand/273-302254 *GLOBAL NEWS* *🖋 Hopes for more Fed rate cuts dim as Powell notes hot CPI means ‘we’re not quite there yet’* https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/hopes-for-more-fed-rate-cuts-dim-as-powell-notes-hot-cpi-means-were-not-quite-there-yet.html *🖋 Chevron to cut as much as 20% of workforce* https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ed3n1zw05o *-First Capital Equities-*