Daily Debrief: What Happened Today

Published Fri, Apr 1, 2022 · 10:30 AM

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    Job vacancies hit all-time high in 2021, indicating recovery from Covid-19: MOM THE number of job vacancies hit an all-time high in 2021, with nearly half of them comprising newly created positions, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Friday (Apr 1).

    Court sanctions Cuscaden takeover scheme; SPH's last day of trading on Apr 7 CUSCADEN Peak's bid to acquire Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) via a scheme of arrangement was sanctioned in court on Friday (Apr 1).

    Singtel's ATN to acquire Australia telco infrastructure provider Axicom for A$3.6b SINGTEL unit Australia Tower Network (ATN) has proposed to acquire Axicom, a provider of telecommunications tower infrastructure in Australia, for A$3.6 billion (S$3.7 billion).

    UOB to issue US$2.1b worth of notes under US$30b global MTN programme UOB on Friday (Apr 1) announced it intends to issue 3 series of notes amounting to US$2.1 billion under its US$30 billion global medium term note (MTN) programme, each to be issued at 100 per cent of their principal amounts on Apr 7, 2022.

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    STI up 0.31%; regional indices close mixed

    THE Singapore market saw some gains on Friday (Apr 1) amid a mixed showing in regional markets.

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