Category: BUSINESS

acknowledged to The Business Times delisting has been one possibility floated for the Singapore-listed counter. Mr Ang also said China's shipbuilding consolidation is likely to involve merger and acquisition deals or reducing yard capacity. With other ... ( read original story ...)

But when we dig a little deeper, we begin to see a different picture. eCommerce sales accounted for almost all of the growth in the second quarter of FY2016/17. And, much of the growth there was due to Singapore Post’s acquisitions of TradeGlobal and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore - SMALLER sports shops are crying foul ... "Its move would force many of us, some of whom had been operating since the 1970s and 1980s, out of business soon," said Gurbachan Singh, 65, who has been managing Salam & Sons for over 30 years. ( read original story ...)

Smart city technology business Telensa is expanding globally by scaling into new offices in Cambridge UK as well as Singapore – its first office in the Asia Pacific region. The Singapore facility will be run by Chris Johnston, Telensa’s established ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Tax revenue is crucial to safeguarding the macroeconomy, and Singapore has gained in this area as discussed in the report “S’pore fifth worst tax haven in the world: Oxfam” (Dec 13). Singapore should be proud of this “statistic”, for ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Despite being one of the world's top casino gambling ... At the Marina Bay Sands in the business district, the casino is cloistered in a huge complex dominated by an exhibition and convention centre and a shopping mall, facing the three imposing ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s exports in November unexpectedly jumped, thanks to a sharp rise in shipments of pharmaceuticals as well as overall increases in sales to the European Union and China, but analysts say it’s too early to call a turn for the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's exports in November unexpectedly jumped, thanks to a sharp rise in shipments of pharmaceuticals as well as overall increases in sales to the European Union and China, but analysts say it's too early to call a turn for the stressed ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Philippines and Singapore are doing more to enhance economic and business cooperation, said President Tony Tan Keng Yam on Thursday (Dec 15), at a state banquet hosted for his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte at the Istana. Dr Tan ... ( read original story ...)

Following a review of the Tripartite Cluster for Cleaners Report (TCC) for the cleaning sector, the Singapore government has accepted the recommendations contained in the report detailing enhancements to the Progressive Wage Model (PWM). Stated in the ... ( read original story ...)

According to a study by Randstad, the shift to digital has changed consumers' purchasing habits, as well as organisations' strategies to grow their business. "This seems to have hit the confidence of employees in Singapore, with many stating that in order ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore will prosper if the neighbouring Iskandar Malaysia region in the state of Johor does well, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday. Mr Lee, who was in Putrajaya to attend the annual leaders' retreat with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib ... ( read original story ...)

On top of that, the A350 features Singapore’s newest business class product, and also features wifi. This is Singapore’s second A350 route to the U.S., after their nonstop flight from San Francisco to Singapore, which launched a couple of months ago. ( read original story ...)

Manufacturing, construction and services sectors report huge lay-offs due to redundancy and technological replacement harming Singapore's unemployment rates. (Photo : WRA Pool/ Pool via Getty Images) Recent statistics in Singapore's employment figures ... ( read original story ...)

Economists have slashed their forecast for the growth of Singapore economy in 2016 and 2017 in line with the weak global fundamentals and a sustained downward shift in GDP and export expansion in the trade-reliant country. According to the latest survey by ... ( read original story ...)

The quarterly Business Optimism Index (BOI) fell to negative 1.22 percentage points for the first quarter of next year from plus 2.87 percentage points in the fourth quarter of this year, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB), which compiled the ... ( read original story ...)