Category: Singapore
Singapore avoids stimulus as minister acts to curb bubble risk
Singapore Finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said there’s no need for monetary stimulus in a country with full employment, leaving policy makers reliant on [...]
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HMV in Singapore safe with buyout
Fans of British music retailer HMV can rejoice, as its presence in Singapore is set to remain. This is after a private-equity firm, Aid Partners Capital, yesterday announced [...]
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Singapore benefits from India tax gaffe
After long failing to act on foreign-investor complaints, Indian policymakers find themselves in an ironic bind: As global interest in Indian derivatives surges, it is [...]
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Singapore trading hub may put cap on costliest LNG, IEA says
Singapore is the most likely hub for trading natural gas and reducing the government interference that keeps Asia’s prices higher than anywhere else in the world, [...]
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Singapore minister on foreign labour
Singapore’s government has moved to cut the number of low-skilled foreign workers that companies can employ. The move is aimed at reducing the city-state’s [...]
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DBS looks to expand commodity trading
Singapore’s DBS Group aims to double its commodity-trading business each year for the next three years, tapping its growing footprint in Asia and hoping to woo [...]
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Mapletree prices $1.3b Singapore IPO
As state-owned companies in Asia increasingly take advantage of stronger regional stock markets and sell shares, Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust garnered its top [...]
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Singapore trading hub may reduce world’s costliest LNG, IEA says
Singapore is the most likely hub for trading natural gas and reducing the government interference that keeps Asia’s prices higher than anywhere else in the world, [...]
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TABLE-Singapore FY2013/14 budget summary, surplus of $2.4b seen
Following are the key estimates for Singapore’s budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013: For [...]
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Singapore’s January inflation slows more than estimated on food
Singapore’s inflation slowed more than economists estimated in January as gains in food and housing costs eased. The consumer price index rose 3.6 percent from a year [...]
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Singapore set to unveil budget amid rising living costs
The government in Singapore is due to announce the budget for the coming year later on Monday. The budget comes amid rising cost of living in the city-state and amid calls [...]
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Singapore, Malaysian navies conduct bilateral maritime exercise
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) are conducting Exercise Malapura, a bilateral maritime exercise, from February 25 to March 8 2013. [...]
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Singapore’s livelier politics a sign of the times
The recent protest by an estimated 4,000 Singaporeans, against government plans to increase the city state’s population largely through immigration, may not have been [...]
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Singapore growth exceeds estimates
The outlook for Singapore’s economy is “cautiously positive”, the government said on Friday, reiterating its growth forecast of 1-3 per cent for this year [...]
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Singapore’s labour productivity drops 2.6pct in 2012
Labour productivity fell by 2.6 per cent in 2012, a reversal from the growth of 1.3 per cent the previous year. The Economic Survey of Singapore 2012, released by the [...]
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