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Singapore economy

Singapore rises in global ranking to 4th most expensive city for expats: Mercer

SINGAPORE (June 26): Singapore has moved up one place from last year to No.4 on the list of most expensive city for expatriate assignments, according to the latest findings from consulting firm Mercer’s 24th annual Cost of Living survey.

Management & Corporate Governance

Ageism, lack of disability support remain rampant in Singapore's workforce, finds study

SINGAPORE (Apr 18): Businesses in Singapore have much to catch up on in terms of workplace diversity, according a new report by Workday, a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources (HR).

Careers & Training

Strong hiring outlook in Singapore continues into 2Q18

SINGAPORE (Mar 13): Singapore’s employers are continuing to indicate a strong hiring outlook for 2Q18 with 16% intending to hire during the quarter ahead, according to data from workforce solutions company ManpowerGroup’s latest ManpowerGroup Employme

Broker's Calls

FY18 could be a turnaround year for Jubilee Industries, says CIMB

SINGAPORE (Mar 12): CIMB is starting coverage of post-restructured Jubilee Industries at “add” with a target of 5.1 cents.

Broker's Calls

China Sunsine initiated at 'buy' as the market consolidates in its favour

SINGAPORE (Jan 29): Phillip Capital is initiating coverage on China Sunsine, the largest producer of rubber accelerators in the world, with a “buy” call and target price of $1.60 or 10 times FY18 earnings.

Global Economy

Shape of world's future lies in the non-Western states

SINGAPORE (Jan 25): The fate of the world lies heavily in what happens in the 85% of the world's population that lives outside of North America and Europe, particularly Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

Singapore economy

DBS sees Singapore full-year GDP growth at 2.8% if global economy continues to improve

SINGAPORE (May 25): DBS senior economist Irvin Seah continues to see full-year GDP growth at 2.8% on the premise that global economic conditions continue to improve.

OUE Commercial REIT to raise $150 mil to pay down debt

SINGAPORE (March 9): OUE Commercial REIT has launched a placement exercise to issue 233.3 million units at 64.3 cents each to raise gross proceeds of $150 million.

Broker's Calls

ST Engineering gets a welcome reboot

SINGAPORE (Nov 14): UOB Kay Hian is maintaining its “buy” call on ST Engineering (STE) with a target price of $3.42 a it believes the worst is over for ST Marine which has cut its exposure to the offshore and marine sector with lower provisions likely
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