Category: BUSINESS

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over the past decade, Singapore has lost some of its economic competitiveness. While the economy has been growing steadily, the pace of growth has stagnated according to a new report from Oliver Wyman. “Singapore is lauded as ... ( read original story ...)

On the whole, my experience flying Singapore Airlines’ business class was as impressive as satisfying as spending time in the carrier’s home country. It wasn’t perfect, however, and although the negative aspects of my experience were few and far ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) is working towards boosting Singapore’s debt and equity markets with the launch of a Maritime Capital Forum later this year, as part of a wider blueprint for growth in various key areas in 2017. A new ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is routinely ranked among the top when it comes to global competitiveness, mainly because of its low company tax rates, good infrastructure and easy procedures to open a business, rather than cost effectiveness. It was placed fourth out of 61 cou ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Undaunted by the spate of global terror attacks ... Although people continue to travel to the US for business and studies, demand for leisure travel has taken a hit despite the lower airfares -- which have gone down by 15 to 20%, said Ms ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s SMRT Corporation Ltd is in talks to sell its taxi business to private-hire operator Grab. If successful, the deal will see SMRT, the third largest cab operator with a fleet of 3,400 taxis, exiting the business it has been in for 27 ... ( read original story ...)

Indian envoy to Singapore Jawed Ashraf said even while opening up its business environment, India will remain one of the most open economies to trade with and invest. India will continue to do more to make it easier to do business in the country while ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore shares edged higher and Malaysia stocks climbed to almost two-year highs on Friday, following an overnight rally on Wall Street amid renewed optimism over U.S. tax reforms. U.S. stocks rallied overnight after Treasury Secretary Steven ... ( read original story ...)

We had specifically routed through Singapore from Beijing so that we could all experience Singapore Suites together. It made the routing to Bali a bit longer, but it was WELLLLLLLL worth it. After an incredible flight we spent a night at the Crown Plaza ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: US tech giant Google will work with global training provider AVADO, SPRING Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to launch a digital leadership and marketing programme aimed at fostering the next generation of digital ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is routinely ranked among the top when it comes to global competitiveness, mainly because of its low company tax rates, good infrastructure and easy procedures to open a business, rather than cost effectiveness. It was placed fourth out of 61 cou ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- When it comes to attracting and keeping the world's best business talent, Singapore is second only to Switzerland, according to the Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2017 report released by the French business school INSEAD. For the annual ... ( read original story ...)

Huone’s Singapore team is similarly optimistic. Ms Tan said: “Not every business has the budget of Google or Facebook that can build multimillion-dollar premises. Instead of committing big spaces and heavy renovation costs to build creative meeting ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's on-year export growth beat expectations in March, thanks to a surge in petrochemical and pharmaceutical shipments, a sign the city-state's trade recovery is widening to non-electronic sectors. Non-oil domestic exports ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE has a vision: That is all factories housed in the ... assistant managing director Lim Kok Kiang told The Business Times in an exclusive interview. For one thing, the manufacturing sector here is at an inflexion point, having reached a critical ... ( read original story ...)

In a recent report Mr Hari wrote for The Business Times, he mentioned that a KPMG report commissioned by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in August last year noted that payment preferences still remain largely paper-based. Consumers use cash for ... ( read original story ...)