SINGAPORE – Singapore has improved its score in the latest United States Chamber of Commerce intellectual property (IP) index, but this did not prevent it from slipping one place to rank ninth out of 50 economies. Singapore’s score of 84 per cent (33.45 out of 40 indicators) put it ahead of countries such as Switzerland, […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] The lower half of households in Singapore saw their incomes from work grow last year, but at a slower pace than the wealthier half. Still, according to a Department of Statistics (DOS) report released on Thursday, income inequality changed little from 2016, as government transfers and taxes narrowed the gap between the rich and […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – With less than two weeks to go till the unveiling of the Budget on Feb 19, the Government is still studying the best way to implement an e-commerce tax, Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Indranee Rajah said on Wednesday (Feb 7). In a live interview with MoneyFM 89.3, the new business radio station, […]
Read MoreWITH under two weeks to go till the Budget speech on Feb 19, the government is still studying the implementation of an e-commerce tax, Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Indranee Rajah said on Wednesday morning. “It’s certainly something that we would like to do,” she said in a live radio interview on […]
Read MoreWHILE it is too early to calculate any benefits from the proposed link between the Singapore and Malaysia stock markets, it would likely generate interest particularly among retail investors and potentially increase securities revenue for the Singapore Exchange (SGX), said DBS Group Research. The SGX and Bursa Malaysia (BM) are set to be connected by […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s central bank has been studying the potential risks posed by cryptocurrencies, but there is as yet no strong case to ban trading of the digital coins in the city-state, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. “Cryptocurrencies are an experiment. The number and different forms of cryptocurrencies is growing internationally. It is too early […]
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