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Online hiring for telecom and BPO roles up 39% in April
Online hiring for telecom and BPO roles up 39% in April
However, Singapore was outpaced by Malaysia with a 43% growth in online recruitment.
Singapore GDP to lag ASEAN peers in 2019: ICAEW
Economic growth is expected to decline to 1.9% from 3.1% in 2018.
Malaysia hospital developments could uplift IHH earnings
It is also beginning to reap better contributions from Fortis.
Keppel O&M associate to merge with European semi-submersible vessel operator
Prosafe will acquire all of the ordinary shares in the capital of Floatel based on a 55:45 exchange ratio.
Singapore Press Holdings arm secures $354.93m loan
It will be used to partially repay its borrowings for its UK student accommodation acquisitions.
Manufacturing PMI falls to 49.9 in May after 32-month expansion streak
New orders, new exports, factory output, inventory, and employment level all slowed down.
Wilmar to buy Chinese yeast and bakery business with UK's ABF
The firms will construct a new yeast plant in Qiqihar City.
Consumers hold grudges after getting bad customer service: report
About 47% displayed negative buying behaviour two years or more after going through a bad experience.
Share buybacks hit 9 month high of $131.1m in May
DBS led the buyback spree after re-purchasing $65.68m worth of their shares. Buyback considerations more than tripled to $133.1m in May from $35.1m the previous month with a total of 24 SGX-listed stocks reporting buybacks of about 39.1 million shares, according to SGX. The latest figure marks a nine-month high since August when total buybacks hit $245.4m. Also read: Share buybacks plummeted 69.23% to $36m in April
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.18%
Don’t expect gains today.
Chart of the Day: Industrial property supply to crash in 2022
The decline will be partially countered by the launch of data centres in the coming years.
Daily Briefing: Housing loans shrink for third straight month in April; Over 270 F&B outlets to phase out straws by July
And heavy demand met First Sponsor Group’s $147.6m rights issue.
Standard Chartered to launch FX e-trading and pricing in Singapore
It will allow FX e-trading of over 130 currencies.
Grade A office rents up 3.2% in Q1 as supply tapered off
Occupancy has recovered to a healthy 95.2%.
ST Engineering forms subsidiary in the US
The new unit will work on the upgrade and repair of drilling rigs, military, para-military and commercial ships.
Changi Airport Group forms six-party partnership with South Korean firms
Traffic rights will be given to three airlines to operate on the Singapore–Busan route.
High-priced industrial property transactions crashed 57% to $424.3m in Q1
The largest transaction was the $227.5m sale-and-leaseback deal with LTH Logistics.
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