Hong Kong banks to see wealth ‘windfall’ as fees jump: report
Risk appetite also remains “firm” thanks to expectations of further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve through the year Hong Kong banks, led by HSBC Holdings and Bank of…
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Vietnam to Scrap Business Licence Fees for Enterprises, Households from 2026
Taxpayers in Vietnam will no longer be required to declare or pay business license fees from January 1, 2026, following a new directive aimed at easing costs and supporting the growth of…
Thousands of travelers may have to pay extra fees at the airport next week
Traveling soon? If you’re planning on flying domestically, starting February 1, which is next Sunday, you may have to pay an extra fee at airports across the U.S. if you haven’t yet gotten…
Grab, ComfortDelGro Taxi to raise platform fees from Jan 1
Taxi operator ComfortDelGro and ride-hailing firm Grab will be increasing their platform fees from Jan 1, 2026. ComfortDelGro will increase the range of its platform fees from S$1 to…
Apple loses contempt ruling appeal, but could revisit iPhone app fees
A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides…
WongPartnership issues payment demand to United Food for S$358,000 in unpaid professional fees
United Food announced on Friday (Dec 5) that it received two letters of demand dated Dec 3 from WongPartnership, on behalf of the firm with respect of professional fees previously rendered…
WongPartnership issues payment demand to United Food for S$358,000 in unpaid fees
United Food announced on Friday (Dec 5) that it received two letters of demand dated Dec 3 from WongPartnership, on behalf of the firm with respect of professional fees previously rendered…
Amazon cuts seller fees in Europe in Shein, Temu price war
Amazon is cutting the fees it charges sellers in Europe as it responds to competition from marketplaces such as Shein and Temu that sell clothes, homeware and gadgets at rock-bottom…
Visa, Mastercard to cut fees, let retailers reject certain cards
VISA and Mastercard reached a deal with retailers to reduce some of their fees and give merchants more leeway to reject customers who use certain credit cards, including the premium ones…
Disclosures of directors’ fees shot up after change in listing rules: SID report
The number of listcos with independent directors serving more than nine years has fallen to 3.2% The number of listed companies disclosing the remuneration of their board directors has…
Singapore registry adds 94 ships in September, bucks declining trend since 2016 amid US-China port fees
Shipowners reflagging their fleet to the Republic in an attempt to navigate geopolitical tensions The ship registry of Singapore saw a spike in the number of vessels registered in…
Singapore registry adds 94 ships in September, bucks declining trend since 2016, as US and China tussle over port fees
Shipowners reflagging their fleet to the Republic in an attempt to navigate geopolitical tensions The ship registry of Singapore saw a spike in the number of vessels it administered in…
Hong Kong won’t impose special port fees despite US-China spat
Hong Kong will not start imposing port fees targeting individual countries, despite China and the US charging special levies aimed at one another’s ships. The Hong Kong Special…
ASL Marine soars up to 9.3% on share placement; Yangzijiang Shipbuilding falls as much as 3.7% on port fees
Shares of ASL Marine surged as much as 9.3 per cent on Tuesday (Oct 14), while those of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding tumbled up to 3.7 per cent as investors took contrasting views of their…
In bid to save shipyards, US set to charge fees on Chinese ships
According to the USTR, the port fee will be charged for each visit to America, a maximum of five times per ship per year An escalating trade war between China and the United States faces…
Shippers not expected to pay higher freight rates because of US port fees: Bimco
Shippers are not expected to pay higher freight rates when the United States port fees targeting Chinese-related ships kick in, even though 35 per cent of the combined bulk, crude tanker,…
Silicon Valley is reeling from Trump’s new H-1B visa fees
The Trump administration’s hefty new visa fees for H-1B workers have prompted high-level talks inside companies in Silicon Valley and beyond on the possibility of moving more jobs overseas…
India expresses concern about Trump plan to hike fees on H-1B visas that bring tech workers to U.S.
The Indian government expressed concern Saturday about President Trump's latest push to upend American immigration policy, dramatically raising the fee for visas that bring tech workers…
What Trump’s new ‘gold card’ and $100,000 H-1B visa fees could mean for U.S. businesses
President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled a brand-new “gold card” visa scheme, offering a fast track to residency for people willing to pay $1 million. But that wasn’t the only change to…
Citigroup sees investment-banking fees, markets up mid-single digits
Volatility has whipsawed global markets since US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on trading partners around the world Citigroup said that its third-quarter investment-banking fees…
Cosco Shipping Holdings and Orient Overseas (International) could be hit by over US$2.1 billion in US port fees: HSBC
This could erode 74% and 65% of consensus Ebit margin forecast for FY2026 for Cosco Shipping Holdings and Orient Overseas (International), respectively Chinese lines Cosco Shipping…
Reit managers should stop charging fees for property transactions.
Want to raise money easily? Be a listed real estate investment trust (Reit) with a large asset portfolio, ample trading liquidity, good institutional investor following, an established…
Chinese shipyards’ market share falls to 52% amid US port fees concerns, says Bimco
The market share of Chinese shipyards dropped by almost a third from January to June this year amid concerns about upcoming fees on Chinese ships entering US ports, shipping trade body…
London's Heathrow eyes higher fees for £10b upgrade
It will add another 10 million passengers per year by 2031 at Europe’s busiest airport London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday (Jul 11) said it plans to invest £10 billion (S$17.2…