News
Women and older worker labour participation soared in 2015
Women and older worker labour participation soared in 2015
Flexible working arrangements led to better work-life integration.
Singapore stocks might be too cheap, analysts say
Low prices are not justified.
Construction sector confidence drops as growth prospects dim
It's one of the most pessimistic sectors in Singapore.
Cash incentives for firms that hire seniors extended until 2017
Over 49,000 employers received $22m already.
Labour woes, rising costs dethroned as local businesses’ biggest fears
Over half of firms are worried about just one thing.
Bad debts cast a pall over Singapore's business-to-business payment scene
Invoices are usually 40 days overdue.
Business optimism crashes to all-time low as economic jitters escalate
Firms are extremely pessimistic about their prospects.
Transport operators go full speed ahead towards bright 2016
Thanks to a quickening pace of reforms.
GrabTaxi, Hailo clinch permits to operate in Singapore
UberTAXI and others are still pending.
Android users under threat from new mobile banking malware, warns industry watchdog
It’s masquerading as a WhatsApp update.
UOB launches systemised payroll solution for small firms
To help them deal with Employment Act amendments.
Slugfest continues as Marco Polo takes rig fiasco with SembMarine to mediation stage
More cracks had allegedly been found.
Small-caps rescue Singapore’s struggling stock market
Catalist listings raised $237m this year.
Singapore has Asia’s worst-performing prime office market: report
Rents dipped 2% in Q3.
Dismal biomedical subsector pulls the chair from under Singapore’s industrial production
Adding to a worsening manufacturing landscape.
SGX unveils new thematic equity indices
It’s focused on 5 key sectors.
Newcomers spice up bus industry as incumbents lose out to foreigners on tenders
Incumbents are up for long term challenges.
Commentary
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