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Singapore, Japan mediation centres to launch expedited mediation process
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.
Mapletree Industrial Trust to acquire US data centre for up to $356.6m
The property valuation is up to 2.2% higher than the purchase considerations.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.08%
Top Glove led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 21.13% expansion.
Sembcorp signs MOU to develop renewable energy solutions for data centres in China
It is not expected to have a material impact on Sembcorp’s EPS.
Ascendas REIT prices $300m green issuance at 3% per annum
The orderbook was in excess of $725m across 57 accounts.
Chart of the Day: Singapore's top 10 fintech deals raised $259m in H1
This makes up 73.8% of all investments in the country during the period.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.29%
AEM saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 11.32% contraction.
Daily Briefing: Sirius Venture leads $1.37m funding in Aerospring; InfoCorp rolls out Sentinel Chain
And around $40m awarded to 9 farms to increase local food production.
SIA cuts 4,300 jobs
The group has begun discussion with its Singapore-based unions.
Temasek invests in $137m water impact fund
It will invest in early to expansion stage companies in the water space.
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