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Skilled talent crunch threatens Singapore’s booming finance sector
Skilled talent crunch threatens Singapore’s booming finance sector
The sector won’t survive without talent imports.
SGX stock trading volume tumbled for the 13th straight month in October
Average stock trading value dipped 7%.
LTA mulling new regulations for third-party taxi booking apps
These apps won’t solve peak-hour cab blues.
MND slashes BTO flat supply for 2015 on back of sluggish local demand
Surplus stock is building up.
SIA Engineering’s Q3 profit crashed 40.7% to $42.1m in Q3
Revenue also slipped 3%.
Golden Agri struggles as China operations sink into the red
Its plant may be shut down temporarily.
Singapore to adopt OECD rule against tax evasion
It’s easing up on bank secrecy.
GIC to let go of $120m stake in Malaysia’s Sunway
It’s giving everything away.
Three-year high: Singapore’s October PMI surged to 51.9
The electronics sector is expanding too.
MOM rolls out stricter rules for large worker dormitories
Hefty fines await erring operators.
Chart of the Day: See the slump in Singapore’s factory and warehouse leasing in 3Q
Tenants prefer to renew.
Daily Briefing: 3500 applicants barred after cancelling HDB booking; Average price difference between resale and BTO flats surged
And shisha tobacco soon to be banned in Singapore.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.3%
Expect another pullback today.
SMEs scramble to pay debts on time as creditors roll out tighter lending checks
Q3 was one of the fastest payment cycles in the last five years.
GIC-led group in talks to buy IndCor from Blackstone for over $10b
It’s seeking $6.5b in debt to fund the acquisition.
Local banks' loan growth came to a standstill in Q3
Blame it on the slowing Chinese economy.
$807m chemical production complex officially launched in Jurong Island
It will produce 200 new jobs for skilled workers.
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