Category: BUSINESS

SINGAPORE — In a major move towards cementing business ties between Singapore and Shanghai, nine memoranda of understandings (MOUs) were signed yesterday between financial institutions and corporates from the two cities. The alliances, aimed at ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Hong Kong and Singapore are set to launch new disclosure rules for wealth managers on what they are paid by funds to sell their products, moves aimed at revealing conflicts of interest but which could disrupt a business that generates billions of ... ( read original story ...)

As the global economy perked up from late last year, Singapore's exports and manufacturing have bounced from depressed levels, helping lift inflation in line with official forecasts. The improving prospects saw 18 of 19 analysts in a Reuters survey ... ( read original story ...)

The Business Times and OCBC Bank are joint organisers of the award which first started in 1998. Into its 10th year, other partners are MasterCard, Acorn Marketing and Research Consultants, Insead, Spring Singapore, Singtel, Maxus and RSM, which is also the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: SINGAPORE – A sizeable haul of duty-unpaid cigarettes was seized from a Singapore-registered car at Woodlands Checkpoint on Friday (April 7), the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a press release. The car was stopped by ICA ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: One year after the ratification of the OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, Singapore has entered into automatic exchange of information agreements. During French President Francois Hollande’s visit to Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Aimed at helping startups find access to capital, Singapore’s stock exchange (SGX) signed two separate Memorandums of Understandings (MOUs) with separate stakeholders in the startup economy. The agreement that can be considered unique to our ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani called on President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the Istana on Friday (April 7), during his first official visit to Singapore. At the meeting, the two presidents reaffirmed the friendly relations between ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The 2017 International Furniture Fair Singapore, held in conjunction with the 34th Asean Furniture Show, drew 21,966 trade professionals from the furniture, interior design and furnishings industries, according to results released this week. The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Customs officials confiscated cigarettes hidden in the hollow base of a wooden altar led to operations that netted more than 2,000 cartons of the smuggled goods. An Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer noticed anomalies when ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: An illegal consignment of corals from the Philippines has been seized from an importer's premises, said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a joint news release on Monday (Apr 3). ( read original story ...)

Higher commodity prices are lifting export values for countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, while rising oil prices have boosted Singapore and India. The planned launches of Samsung Electronics Co.'s new Galaxy S8 and Apple Inc's iPhone 8 are fuelling ... ( read original story ...)

My United 777-300ER flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong arrived at around 7PM, and then at 11:30PM I had a Singapore Airlines flight from Hong Kong back to San Francisco. I’ve reviewed Singapore Airlines Suites Class, first class, etc., though it has ... ( read original story ...)

He also noted that Singapore companies are not just investing in the physical ... support its biscuit company to achieve the dream of penetrating the West African export market by creating the enabling environment for all private businesses to thrive. ( read original story ...)

My United 777-300ER flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong arrived at around 7PM, and then at 11:30PM I had a Singapore Airlines flight from Hong Kong back to San Francisco. I’ve reviewed Singapore Airlines Suites Class, first class, etc., though it has ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s maritime industry is stepping up efforts to reduce the environmental impact of shipping and related activities, ahead of the 2020 target that the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has set for a 0.5 per cent global cap on ... ( read original story ...)