Bloomberg Singapore remains a competitive destination for businesses even though it’s raising taxes and maintaining some restrictions on foreign workers, Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran said. “When you take into account the whole scheme of taxes, including corporate tax regimes, personal tax regimes, I think Singapore still remains a competitive destination in relative terms,” Iswaran said. “We never ...

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. is working with Nomura Holdings Inc. as it makes early preparations for an initial public offering of its domestic telecom business that could raise more than 2 trillion yen ($19 billion), said people with knowledge of the matter. SoftBank is considering marketing most of the offering to Japanese individuals, said the people, who asked not to ...

Bloomberg In a sign of the times, the organisation that speaks for and champions India’s $167 billion IT services industry will soon get its first female head. Intel Corp. veteran Debjani Ghosh takes over as president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in April—three decades after its formation. After a two-decade career at the US chipmaker, ...