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Hewlett-Packard approves 26-week paid leave for new parents

They will be allowed to work part time for up to 36 months.

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.

Singapore's retirement system is the best in Asia: report

The island topped the adequacy index in Asia.