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HR Briefing: How shifting careers amidst the pandemic works

HR Briefing: How shifting careers amidst the pandemic works

Transferring from the aviation to the logistics sector wasn’t as tough as expected.

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Digitalisation to drive SME revenue rise: UOB

The push to digitalisation will help SMEs in the long run.

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NODX to stay positive in 2021: analysts

Analysts expect the full-year non-oil domestic exports to grow by 1%-2% in 2021.

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Labour market to make uneven recovery

OCBC bank said the labour market has improved, but not out of the woods yet.

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Singaporeans less willing to work abroad: Jobstreet

Only 44% of Singaporeans are willing to work abroad.

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Vaccine rollout may stimulate property buying frenzy: analysts

Lack of new launches is said to cause slowdown of property sales in February.

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Jardine Matheson posts US$394m net loss for FY2020

Its revenue for the year is US$32.65b.

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Jardine Matheson to restructure via US$5.5b cash acquisition

It will acquire 15% issued share capital of Jardine Strategic Holdings.

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Singapore retail sales hit 24th month of contraction

This is amidst the 6.1% decline to $3.8b in January 2021.

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Number of women in senior leadership roles increasing: report

But Asia Pacific trails behind other regions.

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Singapore named 8th most attractive destination for global talent: Boston Consulting Group

The Lion City is Southeast Asia’s most favoured destination for remote work.

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Energy firm ExxonMobil to slash 300 jobs in Singapore arm

It’s offering transitional support to those impacted.

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Ultra wealthy population in APAC to rise 33% in 2025

This is higher than the global average of 27% rise in ultra wealthy population.

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Electronics sector boosts Singapore's industrial production: Moody's Analytics

But HSBC Global Research has a different take on the drivers for growing industrial production.

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Services revenue continue decline: Business Reciepts Index

The 7.9% decline recorded in Q4, 2020 continued from Q3’s decrease of 10.2%.

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HR Briefing: Working arrangements before the 'new normal'

Flexible working options are likely to be implemented for the long term, even as vaccination programmes help to speed up recovery from the pandemic.

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Inflation hits positive once more; here's what you need to know

Banks take a look at the first positive inflation rate since the pandemic.

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