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Chart of the Day: Labour supply shock to put a floor under wage cost
Chart of the Day: Labour supply shock to put a floor under wage cost
As the government continues to streamline foreign workers.
Daily Briefing: Construction firms worst debtors in Q4; More COEs available from Feb to April
Yishun site attracts $185.09m top bid.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.5%
Another pullback is expected today.
Fight or flight: More investors jittery over sustained SGD weakness
They’re moving away from SGD share classes.
Wobbly SGX undermined by weak securities volume
But strong derivatives business provides a crutch.
Wary investors dodge Singaporean assets as SGX weakness intensifies
They’re picking Asian regional assets instead.
Retail investor confidence crashes to two-year low on back of weak economic outlook
Over 20% of investors expect the STI to decline this year.
Multinational manufacturers to put up fewer factories here as ASEAN integration gains steam
Indonesia and Myanmar are the new production stars.
HDB rents slipped 2.1% in December
Large flats led the decline.
Sluggish private consumption to worsen as property prices slip further
The economy is in for a rough year.
Private rents declined across all sectors in 2014: SRX
What could break the ongoing fall?
Shipping firms’ debt payment speed deteriorates on back of oil price rout
Smaller players are much more vulnerable.
How can retail investors benefit from smaller board lots?
The SGX is launching a public campaign.
First GLS tender of the year garners lukewarm response from cautious developers
There were only five bidders for the site.
SPH’s net profit slipped 21.9% on back of lacklustre print revenue
It raked in $69.4m for the first quarter.
Daily Briefing: URA may rezone part of Geylang; Nature sites to be enhanced
And Singapore consortium to build Indian city.
Chart of the Day: Headline productivity growth continues to languish
Productivity gain to register a 0.8% decline in 2014.
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