SINGAPORE – Growth in Singapore’s private sector eased again in February to its slowest in four months, according to a survey released on Friday (March 3). Notably also, private sector businesses were the most pessimistic in the near five-year history of the survey, with the downbeat sentiment attributed to slowing economic conditions, global geopolitical uncertainties […]
Read MoreSingapore Airlines is the latest strategic partner of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) as the agency seeks to promote travel here. A memorandum of understanding signed yesterday by the leaders of the two parties sets a goal of attracting traffic to Thailand from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa. TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S January headline inflation climbed to 0.6 per cent year on year – in line with economists’ expectations – due to a hike in the cost of oil-related items, a smaller drop in car prices, and higher services inflation. Core inflation (which excludes the cost of accommodation and private road transport) also rose to 1.5 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore logged its second consecutive month of positive inflation in January, on the back of gradually recovering oil prices The consumer price index – the main measure of inflation – rose 0.6 per cent last month compared with the same month a year ago, according to figures released by the Singapore Department of […]
Read MoreSMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) and businesses, already feeling the pain from a tough business climate, are unhappy with the lack of short-term measures that they were hoping to see in Budget 2017. Although there are targeted measures such as the hike in the cap for corporate income tax (CIT) rebate, many are lamenting that […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – The Government will commit up to $600 million to set up a new fund that aims to help Singapore-based companies increase their presence on the global market. Called the International Partnership Fund, it will co-invest with these firms to help them internationalise, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in his Budget address on […]
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