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Chart of the Day: Layoffs in manufacturing sector grew to 2,800 in 2019
Chart of the Day: Layoffs in manufacturing sector grew to 2,800 in 2019
All sectors’ retrenchments rose in Q4.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.55%
OCBC Bank saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 1.9% contraction.
PayPal refreshes its Singapore Innovation Lab with tech offerings
It has a facial recognition system to register guests to its in-house Augmented Reality-supported bar.
CHIL reduces prematurity risks through data analysis
The platform can monitor the early onset of morbidities of an infant.
Property rule easing may prompt regulatory shift: report
Analysts note that Singapore could be willing to address developers’ concerns.
CRCT sells interest in company holding CapitaMall Erqi for $165.2m
It would allow the company to avoid downtime from refurbishing the 15-year-old mall.
Government likely to allocate $700m in nCoV relief packages
The budget deficit could widen in FY 2020 along with increased government spending.
ST Engineering launches geospatial analytics platform
It is designed to provide immediate streaming access to satellite images.
Listed housing devs with ‘substantial connection to Singapore' to be exempted from QC
Changes will be implemented with immediate effect and reflected in legislation later this year.
Sungei Kadut to pioneer Singapore's manufacturing industry: Chan Chun Sing
The MTI minister plans to make the area more open to new industries and R&D centres.
Elite Commercial REIT joins the SGX Mainboard
It was listed under the stock code MXNU.
Singapore, US to support financial data cross-border transfer
It will be allowed as long as financial regulators have access to data.
Sembcorp Industries to record $245m material impairments in Q4 2019
It expects its energy business to see a net loss.
Frasers' subsidiary creates $186.1b multicurrency debt issuance programme
Net proceeds from the issued securities will be used to finance future acquisitions of the company.
SingPost profits slumped 39.3% to $30.49m in Q3
A decline in domestic letter mail volumes dragged down its revenue.
Chart of the Day: Foreigner-bought posh home sales held steady in 2018-19
The hiking of total buyer stamp duty did not seem to have fazed foreign buyers.
Daily Briefing: SSTL launches accelerator for space tech startups; Deep tech company Dathena eyes US expansion
And venture builder Antler has raked in $103.9m investments since September 2019.
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