Singapore
SATS to acquire Thai firm Food City for $21m
SATS to acquire Thai firm Food City for $21m
The acquisition is expected to reduce food waste and increase productivity..
Keppel suffers $318m impairment in H1 due to KrisEnergy exposure
KrisEnergy recently submitted a winding-up petition.
Sembcorp Marine flags hiring challenges, project delays
Sembcorp Marine said Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) restrictions would impact its operations.
Schneider Electric Innovation Day 2021: Uncover the Power of Digitization in Driving Sustainability
The event brings together thought leaders to speak about how digitization is critical in driving business growth and operational stability with sustainability, featuring conservationist and polar adventurer Robert Swan, digital analyst and anthropologist Brian Solis among others.
Market Update: STI down 0.27%
Jardine Matheson saw the sharpest decline during Tuesday's trading, with a 1.27% drop.
Talent shortage hits 15-year high with 64% of employers struggling to hire help
Singaporean employers are expected to hire more workers in the third quarter.
Electric vehicle sales boom imminent in Singapore: Fitch
EV sales are predicted to surge by 170% in 2021.
3 in 5 Singaporeans face workplace discrimination: PwC
More than 60% of Singaporeans say they faced workplace discrimination due to their age, ethnicity or gender.
DBS Securities gets green light to operate in China
DBS Securities, a DBS majority-owned joint venture, is the first Sino-Singapore securities joint venture.
Debt saddled KrisEnergy pushes for liquidation
The oil and gas company has submitted a winding up petition.
Government to assist 40,000 cleaners with training, wage assistance
Cleaners will receive sustained wage increases for a six-year period starting July 2023.
Over 2 million web threats in SG detected in Q1: report
This is an increase of 262.5% year-on-year from 632,000.
Cromwell European Reit procures $16.4m Czech asset
The acquisition will increase CEREIT's exposure to logistics.
ComfortDelGro forms umbrella division for its transport and lifestyle businesses
Private Mobility Group, a new division under ComfortDelGro, will handle the group’s taxi, private vehicle rental and lifestyle businesses.
Singapore on the forefront of Southeast Asia’s recovery: report
GDP in the region is expected to rebound to 4.8% in 2021, from a 4.1% contraction last year.
Market Update: STI up 0.79%
Thai Beverage Public Company Limited saw the sharpest decline during Monday's trading, with a 1.45% drop.
SGX-listed Credit Bureau Asia added to two FTSE indices
Credit Bureau Asia has been included to the FTSE Global Micro-Cap and FTSE Global Total Cap indices.
Commentary
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When Singapore's agentic AI ‘chefs’ arrive, will the kitchen be ready for them?
What Singapore’s app store rules reveal about the future of online trust
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Beyond policy: How Singapore's service sector can win at the frontline
Solving the production problem behind Singapore’s ‘pilot purgatory’
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