Daily Briefing: New questions appear in Employment Pass application forms; The bulls and bears of bitcoin

And here's how to score the best savings account for you.

From Human Resources Online:

In an unannounced change, a number of significant new questions have been added to the Employment Pass online application form by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM), found Berry Appleman & Leiden (BAL).

On Friday, 10 November, BAL noticed the additional questions under Section F – Job Advertisement Information of the Employment Pass Online application.

The questions seek greater details about the company’s hiring practices, efforts to hire local candidates for the job, and up to three reasons why the company decided not to hire a local candidate.

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From DollarsAndSense.sg via Yahoo! Finance:

Often touted as a #LifeHack in advertisements, media and even conversations we have with our colleagues, friends and family, high-interest rates savings accounts have become increasingly popular in Singapore.

It’s hard to see why anyone would pass over such a great deal. In many instances, these high-interest rate savings accounts claim to offer over 3% interest on your balances. This is astronomical compared to the 0.05% offered on many regular savings accounts.

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From The Motley Fool:

Bitcoin has surged more than 600% since the start of the year. Just last week, it breached the S$10,000 mark. This has been an amazing run, considering in 2011, someone reportedly used 10,000 Bitcoins to buy two pizzas. Sadly for the pizza buyer, those same 10,000 Bitcoins are now worth around S$90 million.

Despite the recent surge in price as more investors and traders turn to bitcoin as a store of value, many prominent financial experts are still at loggerheads about the true value of the digital currency.

In this article, I take a look at what some of the prominent people are saying about bitcoin.

Read more here.