By Gabriel Chen

THE axe has started falling in corporate Singapore with DBS Group Holdings announcing sharp job cuts yesterday that will see 900 workers - or 6 per cent of its staff - gone by Christmas.

Slightly over half will be from Singapore, the bank said.

The shock news came on a day when DBS reported its steepest profit fall in two years and amid controversy over investments it sold which are now worthless.

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