News
January PMI up 0.2 points to 50.2
January PMI up 0.2 points to 50.2
New orders, new exports, output, inventory and finished goods continued to improve.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.19%
DBS saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 1.85% fall.
Daily Briefing: Hotels with 2019-nCoV cases to get financial aid; MacPherson Road industrial building sold for $88m
And digital identity software provider GTRIIP bags Series B funding.
Chart of the Day: Construction sector headcounts rose by 12,800 in 2019
The figure reversed three years of decline.
Aqua Munda extends submission of bids for Hyflux's creditors to 22 February
The resignation of WongPartnership as Hyflux’s counsel prompted the extension.
Singaporeans show low level of enthusiasm at work
The city fell behind India, Thailand and Hong Kong in terms of employee engagement.
Business conditions in services sector to get worse in H1 2020: survey
Accommodation, retail and F&B industries are expecting lower demand.
Grab co-founder and SEA Group CEO appointed as EDB board members
Their appointment has been effective starting 1 February.
Coronavirus outbreak to drag on Singapore banks' loan growth and earnings
Asset quality could weaken if the outbreak would continue to persist in the coming months.
Ascendas REIT's NPI up 8.5% to $182.3m in Q3
Its logistics assets in the UK led has the most contributions.
Sembmarine unit's ex-president charged with money laundering in Brazil
This was related to drilling rig contracts entered with Sete Brasil in 2012.
49% of office workers say getting a pay rise is their top career goal for 2020
Upskilling and happiness at work rounded up the top three goals for Singaporeans.
Chart of the Day: Manufacturing sector headcounts dropped by 3,000 in 2019
Employment figures fell in tandem with the sector’s GDP.
Daily Briefing: SIA, Scoot to cut capacity on China-bound flights; Travel agencies suspend trips to China
And Singapore’s Professional Conversion programme extends training to 1,000 more PMETs.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.53%
Singtel saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 2.08% contraction.
Five healthcare firms join 100 most active stocks amidst nCov outbreak
Medtecs International Corporation’s rank skyrocketed from 268 in 2019 to 39 in 2020 YTD.
OUE C-REIT's NPI leapt 48.3% to $204.95m in 2019
The growth was mainly attributed to the company’s merger with OUE H-trust.
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