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SIA begins employee retrenchments
SIA begins employee retrenchments
All affected staff will receive their salaries in lieu of their notice period.
UOB grants $272m sustainability-linked loan to Wilmar
ESG ratings provider Sustainalytics will measure Wilmar’s performance.
Google signs multi-year renewable energy deal with Sembcorp
This includes energy generated from 500 housing flats with rooftop solar installations.
Singapore firms lead digitisation efforts in APAC: survey
45% of corporates in the Lion City have a "well-defined strategy".
Singaporean home-buyers snub central region in favor of affordability
Areas such as Raffles Place, Cecil, and Marina saw a 12% drop in prices in Feb-July.
SingPost adjusts pricing structure for deliveries
It will discontinue SpeedPost Economy in Singapore starting 15 October.
CapitaLand prices $800m fixed rate senior notes at 2.9%
The notes are expected to be issued by 21 September.
Tencent picks Singapore for Asian hub: report
It is already hiring various positions for operations in the city.
SGTech sets up fund to boost 2,000 SMEs' digitalisation efforts
It has already pledged $660,000 for the fund.
Singapore, Japan mediation centres to launch expedited mediation process
The joint protocol is expected to be formally launched on 20 November.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.08%
Top Glove led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 10.08% expansion.
Total employment nosedives 103,500 in Q2
Overall unemployment rate rose to 2.8% in June.
Singlife, Aviva Singapore to merge
Singlife and its consortium will acquire a 75% stake in the latter.
Chart of the Day: New home sales surge to 11-month high in August
It also marked the highest number of purchases by Singaporeans since July 2018.
Temasek Financial raises medium term note programme limit to US$25b
The last programme limit increase took place in July 2018.
TikTok's parent mulls injecting billions into Singapore: report
It applied for a banking licence back in June.
Keppel REIT to buy an office park in Australia for $303.3m
It has a committed occupancy of 96.3% as of 30 June.
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