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Polytechnic students to score internships with financial sector heavyweights
Polytechnic students to score internships with financial sector heavyweights
Institutions like SGX and DBS are on board.
Singapore to step up investments in healthcare infrastructure and manpower: MTI
It plans to add 20,000 workers until 2020.
Should Singaporean households be terrified of rising interest rates?
Up to 10% of borrowers are overleveraged.
Asia’s largest trade shows won’t save Singapore’s struggling hoteliers in 2016
Room revenues will continue to drop.
Vard slapped with contract termination of two LPG carriers
They are the last two of eight for delivery.
Here’s a better barometer to NPL than interest rates
It’s a more sensitive indicator to non-performing loans.
Cosco’s share price crashes after much-awaited restructuring deal comes to nothing
It has resumed trading after four months of suspension.
Olam’s near-term outlook still grainy even after animal feeds industry entry
The El Niño phenomenon is drying up earnings.
Chart of the Day: Singapore’s services and manufacturing are taking completely opposite routes
Both sectors had their share of surprises.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.49%
Expect muted gains today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore may ease cooling measures in 2016; Health programme for security officers
And Singapore is among Asia’s most expensive cities for expats--again.
The drought is finally over for struggling palm oil planters
It’s reaping time for agri players.
REITs eye more equity fundraising deals as debt limits kick in
But good acquisitions are hard to come by.
UK transport operator Go-Ahead takes over Loyang Bus Depot
It can now start preparing for operations.
Challenger to shutter flagship megastore in Funan DigitaLife Mall
It will rely on e-commerce to boost sales.
CMT pins hopes on mall makeovers as retail outlook dims
It’s trying to be more relevant to customers.
Number of major LRT breakdowns spiked in 2015, reveals LTA
Blame it on the Bukit Panjang line.
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