Tag: business

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Higher taxes have become the talk of the town in the run-up to Budget 2018. A tax increase has been touted by experts as the most logical and sustainable response to Singapore's growing spending needs. But do taxes really ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE/BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on solar panel imports is a blow to a booming global industry, and hit stocks in European and Asian solar groups on fears their business might suffer. Although the move was ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - A Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew member has been arrested in India for allegedly smuggling gold. The senior steward - believed to be Singaporean - was arrested by Indian customs officers on Monday (Jan 22) at the Indira Gandhi ... ( read original story ...)

The company gave documents of EMD at Axios Credit Bank in Singapore, but this bank has no branch in Singapore. Import-export rules were violated even while fixing the quality control agency and a big scam has taken place in this Rs 5,000-crore transaction ... ( read original story ...)

is also a fake one as the bank doesn't have its branch in Singapore," he explained. Elaborating on the price, he said Tamil Nadu is importing m-sand from Malaysia at Rs 925 per tonne. But MSIL has committed to pay Rs 2,300 per tonne to the company and Rs ... ( read original story ...)

New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport arrested a crew member of Singapore Airlines with 1048 grams of gold, worth Rs more than Rs.31 lakhs. "The Officers of Air Customs Preventive IGI Airport ... ( read original story ...)

adding a via-Sydney leg on the way from Singapore and upgrading the aircraft to a Boeing 777-300ER to include first class, lie-flat business class and premium economy from May 1. Canberra flights will also step up to a daily frequency, but lose the dogleg ... ( read original story ...)

Vietnam’s exports to many Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia have grown strongly recently and are predicted to continue the upward trend in 2018. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is Sri Lanka’s 20th export destination and eighth trading partner. In terms of trade in goods, Singapore is not a significant export market of Sri Lanka. But, being an important member of the ASEAN with a high trade to GDP ratio (168.5% world ... ( read original story ...)

Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed its first comprehensive two-way free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore, aiming to expand its export market and boost investment amid heavy debt and diminishing export demand from Western nations and Europe. The signing of the ... ( read original story ...)

The deal guarantees tariff-free access for Singapore exports to Sri Lanka on 80 per cent of all tariff lines for 15 years, a statement from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said. Singapore already applies a zero tariff rate for 99 per cent of the ... ( read original story ...)

COLOMBO - The new free trade agreement between Singapore and Sri Lanka will benefit Singapore businesses by giving them greater access to the Sri Lankan market, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday (Jan 23). This access will come in the form of ... ( read original story ...)

Sri Lanka yesterday signed its first comprehensive two-way free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore, aiming to expand its export market and boost investment amid heavy debt and diminishing export demand from Western nations and Europe. Both countries ... ( read original story ...)

With the FTA, tariff savings for Singapore exports are estimated to hit S$10 million annually. Singapore and Sri Lanka are also committed to granting better access to each other's services markets, said MTI, adding that the agreement includes sectors of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Iswaran signs the bilateral free trade agreement with Sri Lanka's Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Samarawickrama in Colombo. (Reuters Photo) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed its first ... ( read original story ...)

"Sri Lanka is a promising market for Singapore small and medium-sized enterprises. (It offers) compelling business opportunities... at sizes digestible by Singapore companies," said Singapore Business Federation chairman Teo Siong Seng, who is leading a ... ( read original story ...)