News
Crystal Tower sold en bloc for $180.65m
Owners are expected to receive at least $6m.
Royalville sold en bloc for $477.94m
It attracted a total of nine bids which surpassed the $368m asking price.
Online hiring amongst banks jumped 17%
Hiring in the government and PSU sector dipped the most.
Chart of the Day: Data centres lead S-REITs' NPI growth
Their net property income grew 42.1% in Q3.
Daily Briefing: Jumbo beats No Signboard in IPO subscriptions; Bitcoin loses over 20% of its value
And here are two weak performers during the results season.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.16%
Expect some moderate gains today.
Singapore banks' average net profit growth hit 6% in the first nine months of 2017
Guess which bank had the highest income for the period.
SGX to change securities settlements process
It will shorten the cycle to two days instead of three days.
Singapore's import and export price indices up in October
Import prices rose 3.2%, whilst export prices grew 1.1%.
Daily Briefing: Choosing between HDB and bank loans; UOB launches internal digital skills training
And here are some reasons why most employees quit.
Chart of the Day: See how an upcoming GST hike affects retail sales
In 2007, retail sales spiked following the announcement of a GST hike. Will 2018 follow the same trend?
Singapore's manufactured products price index up 2.1% in October
The price of oil jumped 12.9%.
Domestic supply price index up 3.5% in October
The price index of manufactured goods led growth at 5.8%.
Noble Group to sell four vessels for $127.92m
The sale is part of its ongoing restructuring to clear debt and lift the business.
CPF-related funds grew 2.7% in Q3
Current volatility remains low but headwinds are expected.
CapitaLand buys Guangzhou shopping mall owner for $688.9m
It will jointly acquire the firm with CapitaLand Retail China Trust.
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