SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the country’s economic growth for the year should exceed 2.5% “if all goes well”, but brewing global trade tensions were clouding the outlook. The world’s major economies were expected to perform well this year, which is positive for Singapore’s growth as it depends largely on the external […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Philippine universities currently do not produce enough graduates suited for advanced jobs in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, a challenge that has to be addressed if the country wants to maintain leadership in the global market and prevent job loss amid increasing automation, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. In a […]
Read MoreThe Finance Ministry is conducting a study of the pros and cons of allowing subsidiaries that are situated in different geographic locations to separately pay corporate income tax to the areas where they are domiciled to make it more difficult to avoid tax payment. The study comes after the World Bank proposed that each country improve […]
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