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IMDA, Microsoft partner to advance AI safety and security
IMDA, Microsoft partner to advance AI safety and security
The collaboration will focus on AI evaluation, information sharing, and trusted access to frontier AI models.
Employment growth slows in Q1 as job vacancies dip
Retrenchments inched up but remained within non-recessionary norms, whilst unemployment stayed low.
Singapore to set up OTC gold clearing system by end-2026
This forms part of Singapore’s push to strengthen its role as a trusted gold trading and storage hub in Asia.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.02%; Top stock is Jardine Matheson
Jardine Matheson is the top stock with a 4.35% increase.
Cursor sets up Singapore base to match AI adoption pace in APAC
Cursor is hiring locally and partnering with universities as leaders admit AI adoption is still not moving fast enough.
Two HDB shophouses up for sale in Toa Payoh Central and Kovan
Both have commercial space on the first floor and living quarters upstairs.
Pints AI pushes auditable AI into core banking systems with $7.2m
AI banking onboarding dropped 70% across regulated systems.
Home care cost gap strains over two-thirds of caregivers: report
Residents put monthly expenses at $2,400, below actual charges of $3,500.
Peck Hay Road $542m bid hits post-2018 high despite global tension
Bidder turnout was thin, but the top price came in above CBRE’s forecast.
Annica wins Sarawak solar‑hydrogen project in regional expansion
The contract extends its footprint into hydrogen grid in rural Malaysia build.
Singapore US tariff hit could be cushioned by chip, pharma exemptions
Proposed levy’s impact on the existing 10% duty remains unclear.
COSCO advances Jurong Island logistics hub phase II works
Its structural works reached sixth and seventh floors.
Singapore's revised framework for Single Family Offices goes live
Existing SFOs in Singapore have a one-year transitional period to comply.
AcroMeta taps SSZT to scale AI trade platform in China
The platform, ZhiMao, onboarded 182 customers during its trial phase.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.76%; Top stock is Jardine Matheson
Jardine Matheson is the top stock with a 2.35% increase.
Income Insurance shareholders gain exit route via AltaX
Phillip Securities will handle share sales under the revived liquidity arrangement.
Monday Wrap: Property cooling, retail caution, and tariff risks
Hiring sentiment softens as financial resilience falls and AI reshapes labour demand.
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