Advertisement
Singapore markets close in 44 minutes
  • Straits Times Index

    3,277.60
    -10.15 (-0.31%)
     
  • Nikkei

    37,934.76
    +306.28 (+0.81%)
     
  • Hang Seng

    17,675.82
    +391.28 (+2.26%)
     
  • FTSE 100

    8,119.88
    +41.02 (+0.51%)
     
  • Bitcoin USD

    64,395.44
    +326.04 (+0.51%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,387.77
    -8.76 (-0.63%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,048.42
    -23.21 (-0.46%)
     
  • Dow

    38,085.80
    -375.12 (-0.98%)
     
  • Nasdaq

    15,611.76
    -100.99 (-0.64%)
     
  • Gold

    2,357.60
    +15.10 (+0.64%)
     
  • Crude Oil

    84.03
    +0.46 (+0.55%)
     
  • 10-Yr Bond

    4.7060
    +0.0540 (+1.16%)
     
  • FTSE Bursa Malaysia

    1,573.61
    +4.36 (+0.28%)
     
  • Jakarta Composite Index

    7,064.24
    -91.06 (-1.27%)
     
  • PSE Index

    6,628.75
    +53.87 (+0.82%)
     

Will sugar tax sour business?

2016 could be the year of the sugar tax, as several large nations consider levies on sweetened food and drinks to battle obesity and fatten government coffers. As Ivor Bennett reports, it could be bad news for business.