Summary: Since 2006‚ American gradually comes into being a crisis called ’’sub-prime mortgage crisis’’. This crisis becomes more and more serious in the following year‚ now it is becoming a finance storm that is sweeping over the world like EU‚ Japan and such main financial markets. The storm had first destroyed the Wall Street and some important global financial Institutions; it also results in the bankruptcies of sub-prime mortgage institutions‚ the closures of investment funds under compulsion and
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Introduction The reason behind choosing Singapore as my country of interest mainly was that I did my Co-Op there in Fall of 2011. Personally I loved the country as a work place. Also I noticed during my stay there the amount of awareness they had about green technologies and environmental issues. Singapore is like the best of both worlds. Culturally and climate wise similar to Asia and rules‚ regulations and policies of those like any western country. Singapore has a mixed racial population. There are
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Issue | Impact on Business | Political | * To facilitate the take-off of e-commerce in Singapore‚ the Government has been putting in place a supportive legal and policy framework. For example‚ the Electronic Transaction Act‚ passed in Jul 98‚ provides a favourable legal environment for safe and secure e-transactions. * The government provides direct subsidies and fiscal incentives to support companies embarking on e-commerce initiatives. One example of a direct subsidy program introduced
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of the following; McDonald’s‚ Pizza Hut‚ or KFC. This case study will analyze customers‚ competitors and communication of McDonald’s because it is one of the most well known brands worldwide. CUSTOMERS McDonald’s opened the first restaurant in Singapore at Liat Towers on Orchard road in October 1979. Its aim is to offer friendly fast food in a fun environment for everyone to enjoy. Its target markets are families‚ because children want to visit McDonald’s as it is a fun place to eat‚ working people
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more specialization and demand for quality healthcare). How to meet healthcare cost given limited resources. Health care provided by individual (own-self or insurance) and employer (through insurance or government taxes) 2.1 Healthcare in Singapore in 1960s Reasons: Public health poor due to rapid population increase‚ insufficient hospitals & clinic‚ public places unhygienic due to littering and dumping. Solutions: Building programme of hospitals and clinics. Island wide copulation (injection)
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This essay aims to compare the industrial relations in both Singapore and Japan. It will first indentify both countries industrial relation system‚ whether it is unitarist‚ pluralist or radical. It will then touch on the various aspects in the industrial relation system: trade unions‚ system to resolving industrial conflicts‚ wages related policies and discrimination at work. In addition‚ it will look at the policy of lifetime employment and seniority in wages‚ policies which Japan companies have
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Question 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION It is undeniable that the service sector in Singapore‚ predominantly the businesses specializing in Accommodation & Food Services‚ Information & Communications‚ Business Services Recreation‚ Community & Personal Services; is the heart of Singapore’s economy (Singapore Department of Statistics 2013). This ‘‘verity’’ is perpetuated by the high value adding quality of the industry as well as the high job creation turnover to the Singaporean economy. These insights seemed
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practices on diverse national systems of labor legislations?(Royle‚ Towers 2002) This essay shall discuss about the similarities and differences between work and employment relations in the fast food industries. The country that will be discussed is Singapore‚ Germany and the United States. The discussion shall first begin with information about the fast food industry after which‚ I shall explore the similarities and also the differences between the work and employment relations of the three countries
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singapore 2013 Cost of Living in Singapore in 2013 (http://www.gatewaysingapore.com/2012/06/cost-of-living-in-singapore/#lightbox/0/) The cost of living in Singapore has been highlighted as one of the highest in the world today. The high costs are largely attributable to the large influx of foreign skilled workers and foreign direct investment into Singapore. Infrastructure‚ education and technology in Singapore are world-class her so you get much in return for the high cost. High Cost of Living
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Singapore Corporate Tax Guide Singapore is often cited as the leading example of countries that continues to reduce corporate income tax rates and introduce various tax incentives to attract and keep global investments. Singapore has a single-tier territorial based flat-rate corporate income tax system. Effective tax rates as one of the lowest in the world and the general “business friendliness” of Singapore are the two important factors contributing to the economic growth and foreign investment
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