Economy
Singapore's top executives think Budget 2014 failed to address business cost woes
Singapore's top executives think Budget 2014 failed to address business cost woes
Local businesses still worry over tax environment.
Why Indonesia is likely to take things slow this year
Growth forecast could be lowered at 5.5%.
SBR Singapore Budget Breakfast Briefing 2014 kicked off successfully
Over 90 people flocked to the event.
Singapore's manufacturing output dropped 8.1% in January
That's excluding biomedical manufacturing.
Analysts predict January industrial production to hit 9.3%
Thanks to healthier external front.
Singapore and Laos sign agreement for avoidance of double taxation
To jumpstart cross-border trade and investment.
Inflation crept down by 1.4% in January 2014
Thanks to private road transport cost dip.
Chart of the Day: This chart shows how high taxes rocketed in 2013
How will corporates be hurt?
Singapore in danger of becoming a super-aged nation by 2050
Demographic projections a cause for worry.
Why it's 'too soon' to relax property cooling measures
HDB resale prices have been stabilised.
Big 4's reaction to the Budget: What you need to know
Did their Budget 2014 wishes come true?
$1.2 bn budget deficit forecast as CPF rates rise
Sin taxes up, lower income earners, SME's big winners, no changes on foreign workers.
Government surplus expected to soar 62.5% to $3.9b
Deficit is predicted at $1.2b.
January inflation feared to spike up to 1.8%
Blame it on higher COE premiums.
Companies may now claim up to $1.8m tax deduction over 3 years
This is a whopping 50% boost.
Chart of the Day: Analysts fearlessly predict Singapore economy to jump 4.4%
This is bolder than government's forecast.
Why Singapore Budget 2014 kept Goods and Services Tax virtually intact
Regime "working well" to create business stability.
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