Yellen pushes countries to ‘give up the game’ on corporate taxes

WASHINGTON: Raising US corporate taxes could spur similar moves by other countries and hasten the establishment of a global minimum corporate tax, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden last week unveiled a US$2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan paid for in part by an increase in the domestic corporate tax […]

Singapore becomes a global cruise leader, for now

Singapore’s ’round trips’ have no port of call and last only a few days. (AP pic) SINGAPORE: Singapore currently accounts for a third of the world’s cruises its tourism body said on Wednesday, owing to the roaring success of its “cruises to nowhere” at a time of crisis in the industry globally. Cruises have yet […]