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Chart Of The Day: PMETs account for 52.7% of job vacancies in 2018
Chart Of The Day: PMETs account for 52.7% of job vacancies in 2018
Overall, one in three vacancies were unfilled for six months or more.This chart from the Ministry of Manpower shows that professionals, managers, executives & technicians’ (PMET) share of all job vacancies trended higher in 2018 at 52.7% in 2018 from 48.5% in 2017.
Business expansion created 26,500 jobs in 2018
ICT roles such as chief information officers, database designers & administrators and IT security specialists were in hot demand.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.41%
Don’t expect gains today.
MAS slapped $16.8m in penalties on 42 financial firms in the last 18 months: report
Other enforcement actions included 19 prohibition orders, $698,000 in civil penalties and 223 warnings.
Only 2 in 5 firms in Singapore adhere to diversity and inclusion policies: report
The number of women in leadership teams also dipped from 30% to 29% in 2019.
Dairy Farm's profits may edge up 11% over the next three years: analyst
Growth could be driven by higher contributions from its health & beauty division and associates.
Tech luminary Darwin Thio talks about how companies can boost cost and time efficiency through technology
Thio has a knack to identify key risks and integrate the necessary controls into easy-to-understand workflows for business.
Inside Deliveroo's futuristic food market
The site features a fully-automated ordering experience and 40-seater dine-in space.
Oceanus Group acquires a majority stake in integrated marketing firm AP Media
20,425 ordinary shares were bought from AP Media.
Oxley terminates LOI for $950m sale of Mercure and Novotel hotels
Its purchaser Gracious Land failed to make its subsequent 4% consideration deposit of $38m.
CapitaLand sells Beijing unit for $4.2m
Beijing CapitaLand Property Management Co. has ceased to be a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.25%
Don't expect gains today.
Chart of the Day: Singapore's VC investments hit $6.65b in 2018
VC investment activity stands at $174.3b (US$129b) in Asia.
Two freehold redevelopment sites along Cavan Road launched for public tender
Indicative pricing for 2 Cavan Road is at $47.4m and $12.6m for 21 Cavan Road.
Daily Briefing: Casa Sophia relaunched for en bloc sale at lower price; Golden Gate Ventures targets US$200m fund to invest in tech start-ups
And here’s why GIC is eyeing assets in Brazil.
Grab ventures into SME lending and micro-insurance
One product is a post-paid and installment payment service called Pay Later.
Singapore firms with overseas ties could fall into global regulatory loopholes: Dow Jones
Despite a world-leading compliance regime, firms risk another 1MDB scandal by failing to assess malpractices of external links.
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