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IHH could pay up to $1.47b for controlling stake in Fortis Healthcare
IHH could pay up to $1.47b for controlling stake in Fortis Healthcare
It was chosen as the bidder to buy the controlling stake at 31.1% to 57.1%.
Productivity cannot keep up with wage growth: Minister Koh Poh Koon
Real wages rose 1.9% whilst productivity grew only 1.1% in 2011-2017.
Oxley CEO buys 9.6m company shares for $3.19m
Deputy CEO Erik Low See earlier bought $873,000 of company shares.
GIC lauds China and India as growing areas of tech investment
Emerging markets are leapfrogging due to openness and less mature industries.
GIC's annualised returns beat global inflation by 3.4%
The state investor expressed volatility concerns for the year ahead.
Chart of the Day: Expected turnover rate in Singapore is the highest in Asia
About 46% expect to leave their companies in the next 12 months.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.12%
Expect muted gains today.
Daily Briefing: Professional conversion programmes reached to over 25,000 job seekers in 2017; Grab faces probe in Malaysia over Grab-Uber merger 'monopoly'
And a Singapore-based robo-advisory start-up Bambu secured US$3m in fresh funding.
DBS less likely to suffer slower loan growth from housing curbs
It has granted fewer housing loans compared to OCBC and UOB.
Liquidators call on depositors to submit claims against oBike
They have also partnered with the LTA for the removal of the bicycles.
Did the World Cup help kick ThaiBev's gloomy sales?
The company’s price has fallen down 20.7% YTD.
Weak outlook for H2 worsens over trade and production woes
Q2 GDP is forecast to dip to 4.2% from 4.4% in Q1.
Half of SMEs asked small accountants' help in importing
This helped them realise trading opportunities from free trade agreements, a study said.
Singapore retail sales in May inched up 0.1% to $3.8b
Sales in the furniture & household equipment industry led growth at 9.1%.
Singapore secured US$16m of healthtech investments in H1 2018
It ranked next to China and India as a hotspot for healthtech investments.
LTA to issue 27,683 COEs in August to October
There were only 24,606 COEs from May to July.
Homegrown F&B operator Koufu launched IPO at 63 cents each
It eyes proceeds of $45.5m and a market cap of $349.8m.
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