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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

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.

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.