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Yamato plans Singapore 'takkyubin'Yamato Holdings Co. said Friday it will commence a service similar to its domestic "takkyubin" parcel delivery operation in Singapore in January in light of the city state's good business prospects. Japan's top parcel transport firm... |
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Singapore economy expands for 2nd straight quarter
...will continue to weigh on consumer demand," it said. "A sluggish recovery ... will moderate Singapore's growth prospects." In the third quarter, Singapore's economy expanded from a year earlier for the first time since the third quarter of...
In this article: Balance sheet, Recession, Unemployment, Morgan Stanley, U.S., and Asia
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | 1 day ago
Singapore moves out of recession
Singapore's economy expanded for a second straight quarter as the manufacturing and service sectors led the city-state out of recession. Published: 7:17AM GMT 19 Nov 2009 Gross domestic product grew an annualized, seasonally adjusted...
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 1 day ago
Singapore declares its recession over
...on a quarter-on-quarter annualised basis following a 21.7 percent surge in the previous quarter. "Effectively, the recession in Singapore is over," Ravi Menon, permanent secretary with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), said at a...
In this article: Recession, United States, Asia, and Ministry of Trade and Industry
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Singapore cbank: no change in underlying inflation
...for the consumer price index in 2010 was due to a pending increase in property tax rather than any broader increase in underlying inflation. Singapore revised its inflation forecast for 2010 to a range of 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent, from an...
In this article: Inflation and Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Julius Baer hires 2 Merrill private bankers in S'pore
Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer <BAER.VX> has hired two private bankers in Singapore from Bank of America's Merrill Lynch <BAC.N> to focus on Southeast Asia as it grows its Asia business. Lawrence Lua, a former managing director at...
In this article: Julius Baer, Merrill Lynch, Asia, Southeast Asia, Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Bank of America
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Centre Daily Times | 2 days ago
Research and Markets: Singapore Tourism Report Q4 2009 Reveals Singapore's Tourism Industry Experienced a Difficult First Half in 2009
...analysts, tourism associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Singapore's tourism industry. Short-Term Outlook Negative Singapore's tourism industry experienced a...
In this article: Competitive intelligence, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, and Marina Bay
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Library of Congress: Upcoming Events | 3 days ago
Ambassador of Singapore to Deliver Lecture on Dec. 2
...of Congress Press contact: Audrey Fischer (202) 707-0022 Public contact: Anchi Hoh (202) 707-5673 November 16, 2009 Ambassador of Singapore to Discuss International Commerce and Cross-Border Economic Development Inaugural Program of...
In this article: Library of Congress, United States, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Friends Society, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and World Bank
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Singapore to sign tax deal with France, to meet OECD standard
...that had agreed to improve transparency but had not signed the necessary international accords, of which Singapore was one. Singapore endorsed the OECD standard for the exchange of information for tax purposes in March and has been...
In this article: Tax, France, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Credit Suisse, UBS, and Citigroup
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Description from Wikipedia:
Singapore (; Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர், Cingkappūr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying 137 km north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 710.2 km2, Singapore, a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia, is by orders of magnitude larger than Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and Vatican City, the only other surviving sovereign city-states.
Before European settlement, the island now known as Singapore was the site of a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Singapore River. Several hundred indigenous Orang Laut people also lived along the nearby coast, rivers and on smaller islands. In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route. Singapore became one of the most important commercial and military centres of the British Empire, and the hub of British power in Southeast Asia.
During the Second World War, the British colony was occupied by the Japanese after the Battle of Singapore, which Winston Churchill called "Britain's greatest defeat". Singapore reverted to British rule in 1945, immediately after the war. Eighteen years later, in 1963, the city, having achieved independence from Britain, merged with Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak to form Malaysia. However, the merger proved unsuccessful, and, less than two years later, it seceded from the federation and became an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations on August 9, 1965. Singapore was admitted to the United Nations on September 21 of that year.
- Name:
- Singapore
- Capital:
- City of Singapore
- Motto:
- "Onward, Singapore"
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature:
- Parliament
- Founding Date:
- September 16, 1963
- Formations:
- Merger with Malaysia
- Area:
- 710.2
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $238.755 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 4th
- GDP (nominal):
- $181.939 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 22nd
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $38,972
- Time Zone:
- SST
- Currency:
- Singapore dollar
- Demonym:
- Singaporean
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- SGD
- Country Calling Code:
- +65
- ccTLD:
- .sg
- Anthem:
- Majulah Singapura
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