Singapore
Daily Briefing: Gyms in Singapore are making clients pay more; Singapore one of world's weakest housing markets
And Asian cities take up half of top 10 costliest expat spots.
Daily Briefing: Gyms in Singapore are making clients pay more; Singapore one of world's weakest housing markets
And Asian cities take up half of top 10 costliest expat spots.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.8%
Traders are still edgy.
Midas Holdings clinches rail contracts worth $455.4m
Slated for delivery in 2016 and 2017.
Help SMEs cope with 'life-threatening' late payments, policymakers urged
Trade credit needs to be more sustainable.
Singapore investors drawn to Tokyo property market as yen hovers at 13-year low
SGD has appreciated over 35% against the yen.
Good time to worry about the next recession
It can be quite depressing to read recent job news surrounding Singapore. Here are a few headlines I’ve gathered:
Local manufacturing crippled by electronic cluster's structural demise
And volatile pharma can't pick up the slack.
Is a good boss an 'employee benefit'?
Singapore is one of the most competitive working environments in Asia, and is generally in a head-to-head battle with Hong Kong on wages, qualification status, c-suite positions available, and general employment prospects. But Singapore and Hong Kong share some less desirable traits: good people are hard to find, staff turn-over is high, and skilled labour shortages are affecting productivity.
Economists trim Singapore's growth prospects in latest MAS survey
Full-year GDP will clock in at 2.7%.
Customers disgruntled with local telcos’ complaint resolution methods
Fundamental issues are not being addressed.
Noble Group finally rises to the bait, locks horns with ex-Morgan Stanley CEO Michael Dee
It issued an open letter to refute the banker's allegations.
Keppel subsidiary bags 15-year seabed exploration contract
Ocean Mineral Singapore will team up with the International Seabed Authority.
ST Aerospace bags $134.8m contract with low-cost carrier Flybe
For aircraft component support.
Buyers flock back to old launches as new residential supply dwindles
But prices will not recover.
DBS unveils US$10b global covered bond programme
Singapore’s first covered bond offering.
Singapore’s non-oil exports widely misses forecasts with 0.2% dip in May
Due to a slip in electronic exports.
Wilmar under threat as El Nino gains strength
It will suffer from higher feedstock costs.