Fave Singapore managing director Ng Aik Phong is charting new growth targets and having ambitious ideas for the business. Speaking to TODAY, Mr Ng shared that with its 2 million subscribers and 50,000 to 80,000 unique users daily, the deals-and-discounts ... ( read original story ...)
Business owners, beware of spoof email senders out to scam your money
Business email impersonation scams have increased by 20 per cent year-on-year. Now, that's scary. SINGAPORE - Business owners, beware: there is an email impersonation scam going around requesting for payments to be made to different bank accounts. ( read original story ...)
Singapore sees 1.4% inflation in May
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.4 percent in May, compared to the 0.4 percent of CPI-All Items inflation in April, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in a joint release on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports shrink in May in second straight month
SINGAPORE — Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) decreased by 1.2 per cent last month, following the 0.8 per cent contraction in April, which ended five months of growth since November, according to data by trade agency International Enterprise Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Why Singapore exports’ rally is losing steam
The 1.2% slump is a clear sign of lethargy.Whilst the decline in the headline figure for non-oil domestic exports was due to non-electronics exports' high base, it remains clear for analysts at DBS Group Research that Singapore export rally is now losing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s economy expected to grow by 2.7% in 2017
SINGAPORE: The Singapore economy is forecast to grow by 2.7 per cent this year despite uneven sector performance, noted a report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) out on Thursday (June 22). This projection is up from ... ( read original story ...)
SMEs’ business confidence hampered by uncertain outlook
SINGAPORE — Business sentiment for the second half of the year has improved slightly as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) anticipate more sales in the run-up to the year-end festive season. However, overall confidence in profits remain weighed down by ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore LNG performs first small-scale reload on Cardissa
SINGAPORE: Singapore LNG (SLNG) has completed its first small-scale reload this week, filling the fuel tanks of the LNG bunker-supply newbuilding Cardissa. The operation took place on Jurong Island, at SLNG’s secondary jetty, which is designed for LNG ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms the least optimistic in Asia: Survey
SINGAPORE — Business optimism in Singapore is the lowest in the region although the overall business sentiment for Asia as a whole has risen to a three-year high, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters and INSEAD released on Wednesday (June 21). ( read original story ...)
Singapore lags in business sentiment survey of Asia firms
SINGAPORE — Business optimism in Singapore is the lowest in the region although the overall business sentiment for Asia as a whole has risen to a three-year high, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters and INSEAD released on Wednesday (June 21). ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s largest MBA programmes and largest MBA providers in 2017
Top local MBA providers in Singapore are not threatened, as they step up to the challenge by expanding international networks and strengthening partnerships with the national government. Prateek Nayak, regional head, Southeast Asia, Amity Global Business ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore visit far from being ‘junket’
THE region’s peak economic lobby group says an upcoming business delegation to Singapore will be no holiday as it lobbies for trade and investment on the back of the $2.25 billion Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Townsville Enterprise will lead the ... ( read original story ...)
Batam still one of Asia’s most lucrative investment hubs: Singapore Business Federation
Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority (BIFZA or BP Batam) chairman Hatanto Reksodipoetro, along with representatives from the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Kadin) Singapore committee, has just become the main speaker during a business ... ( read original story ...)
Digital economy a priority for Singapore when it takes ASEAN chair in 2018
This was highlighted as a priority on Monday (Jun 19) by Senior Minister of State of Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon at the inaugural Digitize ASEAN Conference organised by the Singapore Business Federation. Dr Koh said that the digital economy in ASEAN ... ( read original story ...)
SMEs urged to transform their businesses to ride on digital wave
At the Singapore Business Federation’s (SBF) Digitize Asean 2017 conference yesterday, panellists said SMEs can adopt technology in a bid to prevent their businesses from being disrupted. They also suggested incubating and developing collaborative ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore signs multilateral convention to implement tax treaty
SINGAPORE: Singapore has signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. The Multilateral Instrument was signed in Paris by Sim Ann, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture ... ( read original story ...)