Singapore

Over 4 in 5 employers willing to hire overseas returnees: report

Recruiters place high value on cross-cultural awareness.

Over 4 in 5 employers willing to hire overseas returnees: report

Recruiters place high value on cross-cultural awareness.

Condo rents up 0.8% in July

CCR led the price hike on monthly and yearly basis, boosted by supply and demand factors.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.68%

YZJ Shipbuilding led the declines amongst top active stock with a 17.31% crash.

Chart of the Day: New industrial supply to hit 18.8 million sqft in 2020

Almost half of it will be from multiple-user factories.

Daily Briefing: 50 firms raise retirement or re-employment ages; Moov seeks license to expand 1,000-bike fleet

And NUS researchers invent “smart” clothing that boosts bluetooth and wifi connectivity.

Sembcorp profits up 20% to $98m in Q2

However, revenue fell 33% due to lower turnovers from its energy and marine units.

Singapore ranks second in Asia where companies see the largest BRI opportunity: survey

Organisations also hailed Singapore as amongst the top governments to partner with.

OUE executive chairman buys Nassim Road GCB for $95m

The consideration is 10.1% higher than the property’s average market value of $86.25m.

CapitaLand to invest $5m to upskill workforce

Courses will be offered at the CapitaLand Institute of Management and Business.

First Resources profits down 54% to $40.54m in H1

Higher sales failed to fully offset the impact of weaker palm oil prices.

MAS slaps prohibition orders against three individuals for insider trading

They engaged in a 7-year front-running arrangement resulting in profits of $8.07m.

Golden Agri Resources' loss widens 70.7% to $64.45m in H1

Softer crude palm oil (CPO) prices continued to drag on earnings.

GIC and PE firm Silver Lake seek to extract $1.25b debt-funded payout from DNA analysis firm

If approved, it would be one of the year’s largest dividend funded by junk debt.

Manulife US REIT NPI up 30.8% to $72.46m in Q2

Contributions from acquisitions like Centerpointe and Penn and Phipps boosted income.

Why new insurers are growing rapidly in Singapore despite low-cost offerings

The market share of FWD and Budget Direct, which both entered the market in 2016, have grown 2,704% and 7,400% respectively.