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ITE and BDx sign Singapore AI data centre training pact
ITE and BDx sign Singapore AI data centre training pact
MoU targets the job pipeline across all three colleges.
Singapore gaming app retention rises as acquisition costs surge
Installs convert better, but marketers face steeper ad prices.
Singapore workers spend more time in office than at home, survey finds
Workers want slightly more office time.
Analysts see MAS tightening after mixed February CPI print
War-driven import risks cloud inflation outlook.
How Singapore’s safe-haven status offsets Middle East war
Maybank expects H1 gains for Banks, REITs, and Tech if conflict is short.
Singapore’s cost pressures force QSR brands to slow expansion
Beyond rent, operators flagged structural challenges that complicate execution.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.44%; Top stock is DFI Retail
DFI Retail Group is the top stock with a 4.29% increase.
HSBC Life pushes preventive care shift with new programme
It combines workplace programmes, insurance expansion, education and community initiatives.
Retrenchments stable despite hitting 3,690 in Q4 2025
MOM reports retrenchment figures fluctuating less than 5% since Q4 2024.
Former OCBC CEO Helen Wong took $12m in final year
Bonus and deferred shares made up most of 2025 pay.
MariBank rolls out S$1 equity fund at invite-only phase
Full public access via the MariBank app starts in April 2026, according to a press release.
Safe bets are losing bets for the future of QSR brands
Simple categories like sauces are being reimagined as strategic growth levers.
APAC QSR leaders shift focus to culture and collaboration in 2026
Growth ranked as the top priority for only a small fraction of leaders.
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT eyes $900m boost through equity fundraising
The equity issuance includes placement and preferential offering.
LREIT amends $120m facility into green revolving credit line
Its trustee signs an agreement to revise the multi-currency revolving facility.
CLAR to invest $1.4b in Singapore assets, Japan data centre stake
The REIT enters Greater Osaka with a $620.7 m deal for a 49% stake in the centre.
Ransomware groups surge as July attacks hit Singapore
ThreatBook 2025 report shows tech and finance hit hardest in mid-year breach wave.
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