News
Online hiring activity in Singapore up 3% in February
Online hiring activity in Singapore up 3% in February
Information technology and telecom sectors posted double-digit growth.
Aircraft movements at Changi Airport down 1.7% to 28,030
But passenger movements and cargo shipments both increased.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.85%
YTD performance now up 10.55%.
Daily Briefing: Singapore not ready for 'radical' IPOs; Home prices down 0.3% in February
And Singapore shares closed at their highest since August 2015.
Chart of the Day: Property prices down 7% from 2009-2013 median
Further curbs easing is possible if home prices keep falling.
Customer satisfaction in Singapore up at 71.8 points
Key drivers were the finance & insurance and healthcare sectors.
SingTel aggressively moves to be an integrated telecoms service provider
It’s sealing big deals with OTT, digital service providers.
Singapore CPI expected to climb 1.2% in 2017
Partly because of increased commodity prices.
2 in 3 financial services leaders get headaches from recruiting millennials
They say Gen Y lacks necessary skills.
Only 32% of Singaporean employees are willing to become entrepreneurs
Fear of failure holds them back.
Singapore's current account surplus projected to hit $80.3b in 2017
That’s equivalent to 19.2% of GDP.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.99%
YTD performance now hit +9.62%.
Daily Briefing: Not all HDBs are for SERS; Finance tips from Budget 2017
And find out more about Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Chart of the Day: Here's where our semiconductors go
Semiconductor exports in 2016 largely went into Chinese mid-tier phones.
Less than 2 in 5 Singaporean business leaders think their tech strategies are "mature"
These leaders also think their IT departments don’t listen to them.
Who are the winners and losers in Singapore's services sector?
The sector is forecast to grow 1.2% this year.
Construction activities in Singapore to grow 0.8% this year
It declined 2.8% last year.
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