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NTUC opens career centre to aid PME job placement
NTUC opens career centre to aid PME job placement
The focus areas are career protection, progression, and placement.
Industrial prices mark first drop since 3Q20
Prices fell 0.2 QoQ.
Industrial occupancy dips to 88.7% in 1Q24
Occupancy fell 0.3 ppt from 4Q23.
Far East Orchard buys 49% stake in UK’s Homes For Students Limited
Homes For Students Limited is the largest independent PBSA operation in the UK.
Changi Airport surpasses 1Q19 passenger count by 0.5%
The airport handled 16.5 million passengers in 1Q24.
BMW Group Asia's Singapore Sales Surge in 1Q24
In 1Q24, the group's premium segment reported a 51.5% YoY increase in sales.
Sheng Siong net profit up 8.9% to $36.3m in 1Q24
The supermarket attributed the increase to better sales.
MapleTree Industrial Trust’s NPI rises 0.6% on new acquisitions, leases
Despite higher NPI, MIT saw a 1.0% YoY dip in DPU.
CLI reports lower revenue of $650m in 1Q24
Its real estate investment business (REIB) revenue fell 4% YoY.
9 of 10 companies made ransomware payments in 2023: ExtraHop
The average cost of ransomware payments was $4.49m (US$3.3m) per company last year.
Political risk tops list of concerns for local firms
Eight in 10 concerned elections will affect international trade and operations.
Changi Airport Group selects OUE for Hotel Indigo development
The hotel is set for completion by 2028.
MSIG Singapore to maintain footing from parent support: S&P Global
S&P Global Ratings said the insurer will remain highly strategic.
Expert forecasts continued rise in prime office rents
In 1Q24, Singapore recorded a 3.4% YoY uptick in occupancy cost.
Retail opportunities abound in 4 Orchard Shopping Belt sub-precincts
These sub-precincts will undergo redevelopment and have seen a growing presence of brands.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.16%; Top stock is DBS
DBS is the top with a 0.204% increase.
Singapore industrial rents rise 1.7% in Q1, prices dip for the first time in over three years
Price and rents expected to soften due to slow global growth and high supply.
Commentary
‘Tokenmaxxing’ – The wrong AI race to run in Singapore
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Why Singapore SMEs cannot wait for quantum cyber risk to arrive before securing data
Is Singapore's emphasis on long-term security and stability hindering purpose-driven employees?
When Singapore's agentic AI ‘chefs’ arrive, will the kitchen be ready for them?
What Singapore’s app store rules reveal about the future of online trust
Faster hiring alone will not fix construction’s productivity problem
Beyond policy: How Singapore's service sector can win at the frontline
Solving the production problem behind Singapore’s ‘pilot purgatory’
Transformation without disruption: Your Existing ERP is an accelerant to business innovation