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Dubai puts ports in a storm...interest in stevedoring and have no interest in returning to it," he said. Mr Little suggested either Singapore's PSA International or Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Ports could make an offer if the assets became available,... In this article: Dubai, Dubai World, PSA International, Paul Little, Australia, Toll Holdings, and US Secret Service |
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The Times of India - Business | 5 days ago
50% of FII investment comes from 'tax havens'
...with maximum investment of Rs 12,600 crore. The top four that year included Singapore, Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates - US was a distant fifth with Rs 3,300 crore in FII investments. However, government said earlier that it was not...
In this article: Tax, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates, UK, Switzerland, US, and Pranab Mukherjee
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The Australian | November 19, 2009
Australia ranks 47th for business tax
...reformed their corporate tax systems over the past year. Maldives, Qatar, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore were ranked as the easiest economies in which to pay tax. Australia ranked 48th in the same survey last year and...
In this article: Tax, Australia, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Iphone, Standard & Poor's, Moody's, World Bank, IBM, and Microsoft
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Corporate tax burden spurs call for action
...corporate tax systems over the past year. The Maldives, Qatar, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore were ranked as the easiest countries in which to pay tax, out of the 183 economies. Australia ranked 48th in the same survey...
In this article: Tax, Australia, World Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Hong Kong
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AP Online | 1 day ago
World stocks fall as dollar slides; gold at record
...tumbled over 8 percent - added to the dour mood and dragged down banking shares. Markets in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia also closed lower. As trading opened in Europe, benchmarks in Britain and Germany fell about 1.5...
In this article: Asia, Hong Kong, United States, Tokyo, Unemployment, Mizuho Securities, Nasdaq composite index, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Standard & Poor's 500
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 07, 2009
APEC summit sees US-China reversal
APEC comprises Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.
In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, United States, China, Barack Obama, Lee Hsien Loong, Asia, and Charles Morrison
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | 5 days ago
Kenichi Watanabe, President and CEO, Nomura Holdings
...to try to expand more to the Middle East. The areas where we want to try and expand going forward in Asia include China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea. The time of Asia has returned. How we...
In this article: Nomura Holdings, India, Asia, Nomura, Europe, Fiscal year, Nomura Securities, and Japan
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New Kerala | November 12, 2009
APEC warns of fragile recovery, sees unemployment as challenge
The forum consists of Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Peru, Russia, the US and Vietnam. The...
In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Unemployment, Sustainable development, Climate change, Facing the World, Barack Obama, US, Taiwan, and Japan
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MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse | 3 days ago
CapitaMall gains 5.7% in Singapore debut
CapitaMall gains 5.7% in Singapore debut HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- CapitaMalls Asia Ltd.'s stock enjoyed a strong debut in Singapore on Wednesday after its 2.8 billion Singapore dollar ($2.02 billion) initial public offering, the city...
In this article: MarketWatch and Hong Kong
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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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