Category: BUSINESS

SINGAPORE: Singapore and the United Kingdom on Tuesday (Feb 21) renewed the bilateral Economic and Business Partnership (EBP), the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced in a news release. This paves the way for greater economic cooperation and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore presented a bigger budget for the coming year, providing support for the struggling sectors, but keeping a surplus in case global economic conditions worsen and put the city-state's growth at risk. Following up on recommendations by a ... ( read original story ...)

As reported by Gary Leff at View from the Wing, Singapore Airlines is having a great business class fare sale with round trip fares starting under $2,000. While the price is already terrific for long haul business class, this deal could be very ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore however is a country that has prospered with free trade and has unilaterally brought down import duties to make businesses efficient and prevent businesses from exploiting citizens, leading to high living standards. Since it has already given ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy expanded faster than expected in the last three months of 2016, growing 2.9 per cent year-on-year, on the back of a late surge in the manufacturing and services sectors. The final economic data for October to December last ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s exports rose again in January That makes a third straight month of gains But where the goods are going is as important The Singapore Dollar was steady against an already weaker US counterpart on Friday on news that is home’s export recovery ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is set to impose a carbon price as it looks to cut greenhouse emissions to meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement, The Business Times has learnt. The government is now determining the timeline and what form of carbon pricing to take in ... ( read original story ...)

Notably absent was the lack of concrete development plans announced for Singapore this year. The developer does not have a presence in Hong Kong. With rents in Hong Kong's central business district skyrocketing, some companies are setting their sights ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore's exports rose 8.6 per cent in January from a year ago, buoyed by a sharp rise in shipments to China as well as Taiwan and South Korea, official data showed on Friday (Feb 17). On a month-on-month, seasonally adjusted basis, non-oil ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — The Republic's exports fell 2.8 per cent for the full year in 2016, but the outlook for trade this year continued to brighten thanks to last month's surge in shipments to China, Taiwan and South Korea. Trade agency International Enterprise ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore's export recovery continued in January with shipments of non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) rising 8.6 per cent year on year, more than expected, as sales to China kept growing strongly. This comes on the back of the 9.1 per cent Nodx ... ( read original story ...)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is prepared to consider applications for mergers or acquisitions if any prospective partner “commits to maintaining SME financing as a core business” of the finance company being targeted, it said in a statement. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is planning to import more of the super-cooled fuel as contracts for natural gas supplied via pipelines from Malaysia and Indonesia are due to expire in the early 2020s. “We will also allow interested parties to import spot LNG in the second ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The Economic Development Board reported just over a week ago that foreign investment commitments in Singapore slipped in 2016 to their lowest level in recent years. Estimates on global direct investments released over the weekend by the United ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A key Singapore advisory panel last week proposed a 10-year strategy aimed at ensuring annual economic growth of 2-3 percent, mainly centred on trade partnerships, deepening the workforce’s tech skills and digitalising the economy. It also ... ( read original story ...)

Can you see its business on the ground? Check. No red flags in its financial statements at first glance? Check. The pulse races. Is that . . . a value stock? It might be yet another illiquid small and medium enterprise (SME) listed on the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)