Tag: business

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices slumped on Monday after China threatened duties on American crude imports in an escalating trade dispute with Washington. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $63.84 a barrel, down $1.22 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s exports grew at their fastest pace in seven months in May, boosted by an extended surge in pharmaceutical shipments, though a heated Sino-U.S. trade dispute is clouding the outlook for the trade-dependent city state. ( read original story ...)

Property consultancy Savills reckons that private home prices here may rise 15 to 20 percent for the whole of 2018 – up from its previous forecast of between 12 and 15 percent, reported Singapore Business Review. It raised its estimates after 22 units ... ( read original story ...)

MUMBAI: Diamond merchant Nirav Modi wanted to obtain the status of Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) after he decided to flee India and had submitted an application for the same with the Singapore authority. However, he was unable to get SPR status as CBI ... ( read original story ...)

that objective too would not be met by removing customs duties on imports from Singapore. There are some safeguards in the rules of origin protocol in the SLSFTA which states that certain operations will not be considered sufficient to confer status of ... ( read original story ...)

Two Sydney men and a Queensland woman have been arrested over an alleged conspiracy to import more than 300 kilograms of Peruvian ... planned to bring the drugs into Australia via Singapore and Papua New Guinea. A Queensland woman, 34, was charged with ... ( read original story ...)

A plot to import 300kg of South American cocaine into Australia has been thwarted. Two men were arrested after raids in Sydney for allegedly conspiring to bring the drugs into Australia from Peru via Singapore and Papua New Guinea. They are expected to be ... ( read original story ...)