Tag: business

I boarded through door L2, where I was greeted by several flight attendants and pointed towards my seat. I tend to think you can tell within the first minute how good of a crew you’ll have, and this one was stellar. Singapore has a few different longhaul ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON — Online money transfer service TransferWise is launching a new regional hub in Singapore. The fintech business announced on Thursday that it is opening a new office in Singapore that will act as a hub for the Asia-Pacific region. TransferWise ... ( read original story ...)

The chewing tobacco was handed over to the Health Sciences Authority for investigation. The import and sale of chewing tobacco is prohibited in Singapore. The following day, on Saturday (April 22), another Malaysia-registered lorry driven by a 48-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)