Category: BUSINESS

In 2007, Singapore was ranked 21 on the list, but has slowly climbed up the rankings. Over the past decade, only Switzerland or Norway have topped the survey. According to Euromoney, a monthly business and finance magazine, Norway dropped a spot this year ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore is cutting stamp duties sellers are required to pay on residential properties and easing some rules on borrowing thresholds, as part of a slight relaxation of property curbs imposed since 2009 to rein in the market. Volumes of ... ( read original story ...)

Homeowners looking to avoid paying for seller's stamp duties (SSD) will only have to wait for three years now instead of four as the Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of National Development (MND), and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is one of the desirable places for entrepreneurs to start their business and the government is giving a lot of effort to provide entrepreneurs with everything they need, from grants, co-working spaces and a network of international investors. ( read original story ...)

Moreover, Singapore is increasingly becoming a gateway for Chinese companies to expand their business operations in Southeast Asia. According to an Asia One report released last year, Singapore-based financial institutions have extensive networks in ... ( read original story ...)

In February, 2017, I had the opportunity to fly business class on Singapore Airlines from Los Angeles to Tokyo/Narita. As luck would have it, I was on a Boeing 777 that had recently been retrofitted with Singapore’s new business class product. I took a ... ( read original story ...)

The only reason we flew to Singapore to begin with was to be able to get onto the Hello Kitty flight from Taipei. We could have flown direct from Taipei to Bali, but that would have meant no Hello Kitty for us. So we booked cheap paid tickets from ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore also topped the category with the highest rated conditions for women business ownership and entrepreneurship. However, even with a strong showing in support infrastructure for entrepreneurship, Singapore demonstrates a comparatively low ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) have picked up in recent months, recording strong double-digit growth. According to Standard Chartered, the oil and chip prices and higher demand for electronics exports along the electronics supply chain may ... ( read original story ...)

He said they were selected because of their business focus on active job seekers (people looking ... He said the local and foreign workforce must complement each other better to sharpen Singapore's competitive edge. Because Singapore can never be self ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has suspended the imports of poultry, poultry products, processed eggs and live birds from parts of the US states of Tennessee and Wisconsin, after reports that premises there had been affected by ... ( read original story ...)

Contract employment is more attractive than one might think, with the option gaining traction among professionals in Singapore. In an exclusive interview with The Business Times, chief executive Robert Walters of the eponymous global recruitment agency ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore-listed companies turned in a mixed set of results for the final quarter of 2016, but two years of downward expectation revisions could be near an end, analysts said. Of the 237 companies with December year-ends that had reported their ... ( read original story ...)

On Friday, Dr Koh said that for a start, the eligibility requirements for the EntrePass scheme, which is aimed at foreign entrepreneurs keen to start a business in Singapore, will be eased in some parts. Currently, to qualify for an EntrePass, applicants ... ( read original story ...)

The gig economy is also becoming a bigger feature in Singapore's economy: 68 per cent of all companies surveyed are using contractors, especially in technology and business support industries. More companies are adopting strategies such as annual leave ... ( read original story ...)

The government is kicking off the Startup SG branding. As part of its efforts to attract more foreign entrepreneurs launching their startups in Singapore, the government is launching the Startup SG brand, a new umbrella branding that encapsulates all the ... ( read original story ...)