Category: BUSINESS

SINGAPORE: Interest rate markets are signaling gains for the Singapore dollar amidst expectations of unchanged policy stance in April. “The city-state’s two-year swap has fallen below its US counterpart this year, sending the gap to minus 9.6 basis ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - French President Francois Hollande, on an official visit to Singapore, expressed a desire Sunday to strengthen France's partnership with the Southeast Asian city-state. "France considers Singapore not only for an economic partner, but also as a ... ( read original story ...)

The driver, puppies and car have been referred to AVA. Investigations are ongoing. It is illegal to import animals or live birds into Singapore without an AVA permit. Smuggled animals might introduce exotic diseases such as rabies into the country ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has a highly developed trade-oriented market economy. It has been ranked as the most open economy and the most pro-business in the world, and among the least corrupt. While Singapore itself has a small population, it is a major trading hub for a ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore does not import any meat from the 21 Brazilian meat processing establishments which have been placed under a special surveillance regime amid an investigation into possible corruption involving major meat exporters, said the Agri-Food ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore-listed dividend yield plays are still attractive after the United States Federal Reserve hiked interest rates last week, and even though rates are broadly expected to rise further, market watchers said. Aside from real estate investment trusts ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Default fears are resurfacing in Singapore ahead of a wall of maturing corporate debt, as a US bankruptcy filing of a firm from the city flags lingering pain despite economic recovery. Pressure to pay down obligations has been unrelenting ... ( read original story ...)

Thanks to burgeoning demand from China. Singapore’s NODX swelled 21.5% year-on-year (yoy) in February, picking up from an 8.6% rise the month before, according to an RHB report. The strong performance was partially inflated by a low base effect and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore remains first among cities in Asia for quality of ... offer the world's highest quality of living and remain attractive destinations for expanding business operations and sending expatriates on assignment, according to Mercer. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore does not import any meat from the establishments in Brazil embroiled in a corruption probe over tainted products, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said on Monday (March 20). However, the authority has ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Republic of Singapore is not affected by the rotten meat scandal that has hit world’s biggest exporter of meat and poultry, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said on Monday (March 20), reassuring consumers that ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore-based investors capitalised on a 4 per cent rise in the S&P 500 and a 9 per cent gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2016's fourth quarter by selling into strength - the latest US Treasury data showed them disposing of a net US$972 ... ( read original story ...)

Stronger than expected fourth quarter growth in Singapore driven by improved global demand led economists to upgrade their 2017 projections for the Southeast Asian city state, an official survey of forecasters showed Wednesday. The 23 economists surveyed ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's export recovery has grown even stronger ... Healthier manufacturing growth could spill over into financial and business services this quarter as domestic business loan growth and regional financing start to increase. Electronics Nodx surged ... ( read original story ...)

Ezra is one of several Singapore offshore and marine services firms that have ... in low competitive charter rates compounded the financial difficulties of Ezra's business divisions," said Robin Chiu, the company's chief restructuring officer, in a court ... ( read original story ...)

It’s not a good-to-have, it’s a must-have if you want to build a sustainable business for the future,” she added. Singapore has very visible role models of women helming top positions and with its support systems in place, Singapore is actually more ... ( read original story ...)