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Daily Briefing: MAS warns of market risks due to bloc fever; Samsung leak unveils new Galaxy smartphone
Daily Briefing: MAS warns of market risks due to bloc fever; Samsung leak unveils new Galaxy smartphone
And here are three firms that bought back their shares this week.
Chart of the Day: Mid-tier rental yields fell the hardest in Q3
It dropped from 3.35% last year to 3.1%.
Singapore business optimism for 2018 rises to two-year high
Optimism rose 26 ppt to 6%, whilst expected profitability rose 22 ppt to 2%.
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.
Chart of the Day: Data centres lead S-REITs' NPI growth
Their net property income grew 42.1% in Q3.
Daily Briefing: Jumbo beats No Signboard in IPO subscriptions; Bitcoin loses over 20% of its value
And here are two weak performers during the results season.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.16%
Expect some moderate gains today.
Singapore banks' average net profit growth hit 6% in the first nine months of 2017
Guess which bank had the highest income for the period.
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%.
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