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Youth employment rate falls to 34.1% in June

Youth employment rate falls to 34.1% in June

Declines are set to continue in the future as they are postponing work for further studies.

Olam bags $148.26m from farmland sale

It sold 5,100 acres of a Californian farmland.

Keppel Infrastructure and Chinese engineering firm win $5.3b waste treatment contract

Keppel's share of the contract is at $1.95b for operation and maintenance.

URA launches four sites for sale

They can yield over 1,720 residential units.

Funds raised by IPOs double to $4.6b

This year's 19 IPOs hit $8.3b market cap.

Crystal Tower sold en bloc for $180.65m

Owners are expected to receive at least $6m.

Royalville sold en bloc for $477.94m

It attracted a total of nine bids which surpassed the $368m asking price.

Online hiring amongst banks jumped 17%

Hiring in the government and PSU sector dipped the most.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.16%

Expect some moderate gains today.

SGX to change securities settlements process

It will shorten the cycle to two days instead of three days.

Singapore's import and export price indices up in October

Import prices rose 3.2%, whilst export prices grew 1.1%.

Chart of the Day: See how an upcoming GST hike affects retail sales

In 2007, retail sales spiked following the announcement of a GST hike. Will 2018 follow the same trend?