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Olam buys US almond manufacturer Hughson for $73.5m
Olam buys US almond manufacturer Hughson for $73.5m
Hughson is amongst the top five almond processors in California.
Ageism plagues Singapore's workplace equality status: report
A third said age could lower their chances of being hired.
CapitaLand Mall Trust NPI up 17.6% to $144.2m in Q3
Income was boosted by contributions from Funan and Westgate.
Zilingo to pump $136m into digitising US operations
The startup opened offices in New York and Los Angeles earlier in 2019.
ST Engineering bags $1.8b worth of contracts in Q3
About $1b of the deals were in the aerospace sector.
ST Engineering unveils new range of autonomous buses
The STROBO Series 12 bus is being tested out until early 2020.
OCBC joins Singtel's regional e-payment alliance
The bank’s customers will soon be able to pay using QR codes in Thailand and Japan.
Monthly transactions in PayNow cross $1b mark
Over 3 million in combined mobile and NRIC numbers are registered to the service.
Demand for data security experts up 32% in July
34% of vacancies came from government agencies.
Top utilities stocks averaged total return of 19.5% YTD
China Jinjiang Environment leads the pack with a total return of 28.3%.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.8%
Sembcorp led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 10.07% increase.
Chart of the Day: Retail space supply to shrink in 2020-2021
Supply in the pipeline will go below the three-year average of 1 million sqft.
Daily Briefing: No need for smaller HDB flats, says MND; Far East Hospitality launches The Clan Hotel brand
And PBT Engineering bags a contract to design railway noise barriers.
Singapore's retirement system is the best in Asia: report
The island topped the adequacy index in Asia.
M1 and StarHub may collaborate for 5G roll-out
This could bring capex down.
SPH, Bridge C set up $50m fund for aged care in Japan
Japan’s elderly population is sighted to grow 37% by 2025.
Singapore hailed best in Asia for IP rights protection: survey
It shares the top spots with Finland, Switzerland, and New Zealand as the best globally.
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