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Business conditions in services sector to get worse in H1 2020: survey
Business conditions in services sector to get worse in H1 2020: survey
Accommodation, retail and F&B industries are expecting lower demand.
Grab co-founder and SEA Group CEO appointed as EDB board members
Their appointment has been effective starting 1 February.
Coronavirus outbreak to drag on Singapore banks' loan growth and earnings
Asset quality could weaken if the outbreak would continue to persist in the coming months.
Ascendas REIT's NPI up 8.5% to $182.3m in Q3
Its logistics assets in the UK led has the most contributions.
Sembmarine unit's ex-president charged with money laundering in Brazil
This was related to drilling rig contracts entered with Sete Brasil in 2012.
49% of office workers say getting a pay rise is their top career goal for 2020
Upskilling and happiness at work rounded up the top three goals for Singaporeans.
Chart of the Day: Manufacturing sector headcounts dropped by 3,000 in 2019
Employment figures fell in tandem with the sector’s GDP.
Daily Briefing: SIA, Scoot to cut capacity on China-bound flights; Travel agencies suspend trips to China
And Singapore’s Professional Conversion programme extends training to 1,000 more PMETs.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.53%
Singtel saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 2.08% contraction.
Five healthcare firms join 100 most active stocks amidst nCov outbreak
Medtecs International Corporation’s rank skyrocketed from 268 in 2019 to 39 in 2020 YTD.
OUE C-REIT's NPI leapt 48.3% to $204.95m in 2019
The growth was mainly attributed to the company’s merger with OUE H-trust.
SIA and Japanese airline ANA ink JV deal
The team-up will focus on codeshare flights, mileage programmes and lounge access.
Hyflux appoints Clifford Chance and Cavenagh Law as legal advisors
The water treatment firm expressed loss of “confidence and trust” in WongPartnership.
Singapore's economy likely to be amongst the worst-hit by Wuhan virus
Tourism-related sectors will be the most affected.
Singapore wealth firm GIC buys 30% stake in Myanmar's Yoma Bank
GIC injected $88.7m in a latest funding round along with Norwegian private equity firm Norfund.
Daily Briefing: Businesses urged to make continuity plans over nCov spread; Deen Express ordered to explain price surge of masks
And US-based dating app The League enters Singapore. From Human Resources Online:
Chart of the Day: Multiple-user factory space prices jump 1.2% QoQ
Other regions recorded drop in prices.
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