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India’s ‘City of Glass’ is under threat from Iran war

Workers at a glass factory in Firozabad, India, on April 21.

Singapore adds more jobs in Q1 of 2026 but fewer firms planning to hire, raise salaries

Total employment continued to grow for the 18th consecutive quarter since the last quarter of 2021.

JLL retrenches some Singapore staff following restructuring

JLL Singapore has two offices – at Paya Lebar Quarter and CapitaSpring.

Some S’pore firms freeze hiring, trim benefits as rising energy costs start to bite: Poll

Almost one in five companies polled reported significant cost increases exceeding 25 per cent.

Efforts stepped up to grow talent in S’pore’s semiconductor sector, which makes 10% of world’s chips

Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan speaking at the Semiconductor Business Connect 2026 event on April 16.

The tech jobs bust is real. Don’t blame AI (yet)

Union members protesting in New York against job cuts by Google's parent company Alphabet in 2023. The tech sector continues to shed jobs but AI is not entirely to blame, says the report.

1 in 5 S’pore workers overqualified for their jobs, but most are there by choice: Studies

Most overqualified workers in Singapore chose to be in less demanding roles for reasons like better work-life balance and personal interests.

Economists once dismissed the AI job threat, but not any more

Economists surveyed in a study found unlikely but plausible that millions of jobs could disappear in the next five and 25 years.

US registers strong job growth in March; unemployment rate at 4.3%

The unemployment rate dropped by 0.1 percentage-point to 4.3 per cent in March, the Labor Department said.

Dear graduates, education rewards individual brilliance – but fit is key to work success

Ultimately, fit is about creating conditions where competence and character reinforce each other, says the writer.

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