Interesting key features from Singapore Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam when presenting the 2007/2008 budget:

the plans to raise the country’s goods and services tax (GST) to 7% from 5% from July 1 and cut corporate tax by 2 percentage points to 18% next year.
the GST increase will be used to redistribute wealth to address dramatic […]

(A) News On Tower REIT
 
5.3 sen dividend for Tower REIT ( The Star 10/2/07)

GLM REIT Management Sdn Bhd, the manager of Tower Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), has declared a dividend income distribution of 5.3442 sen per unit for the year ended Dec 31, 2006, to be paid to unitholders on Feb 28. 
Net income after […]

Normally, a company can opt for one or more of the following strategies:

Product branding
Product-line branding
Product-range branding
Corporate branding

The characteristic of the various branding are discussed below.

Product branding:

This type of brand give each individual product an exclusive brand name and the company name being […]

There are many ways of assessing business risks.
Append below is one sample of a formal way of assessing business risk based on the value and weighing and adding together to get the results. The greater the rating, the higher the overall risk of that activity.
(Source:CIMA’s guideline on Internal Control)
INHERENT RISK

Factor
Values
Weight

A
Size of Unit:
In terms of operational […]

Managing brand(s) in reality is a process constantly requiring daily decision, hence some companies appoint brand manager to be responsible for the development and performance of the brand or a portfolio of brands.
 
This article is to briefly understand some of the major role played by a brand manager.
 
Essentially, the role involves the following:
 

Analyze the market […]