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Since late November 2022, share prices of Wynn Macau, MGM China Holdings and Sands China have risen sharply due to the award of new licenses to the city’s existing casinos. This outperformance continued with China reopening its borders on January 8. But can the gaming industry reach pre-pandemic levels this year and what casino stocks should investors be focusing on - VIP or Mass? For insights, we speak to Angela Han Lee, Senior Equity Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence.

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The Bank of Japan took market by surprise with a shift to their monetary policy. What does this mean for the Yen?

Tony Nash, CEO of Complete Intelligence gives us his views whilst weighing in on the Fed fund rate after the slew of recent economic data.

By The Way is a rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This week, stories on the death of the only child of the King of Rock, Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk facing lawsuit again, Coachella renews license with Youtube and Apple axed iTunes for Windows.

This week, running you through some new releases for the first half of the year that you should lookout for in the coming weeks and months.

The Pulse brings you the latest news in the music world and fresh new music that might've missed your radar.

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Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - King Ding Love

Higher Brothers - Gong Xi Fa Cai

Sususu - 韩江花月夜

Jeremy Monteiro - Mei Gui, Mei Gui, Wo Ai Ni

This week's edition of Cruise Control returns with two launches, leads on Chinese electric vehicles, topped with a buyers guide to a slightly dated electric car.

Kia just unveiled an all-new look to their flagship SUV, the Sorento, which will be locally assembled. Elsewhere, Peugeot is set to launch their first pick-up truck in years, as the Landtrek prepares for a local release.

Our conversation goes into more electric vehicle territory, as Daniel predicts more EVs from China that's set to rock the local automotive scene. And rounding off with a used car guide if you're contemplating on a 2019 Nissan Leaf that's available in the second hand market.

A grizzled inspector played by Sam Rockwell, a host of suspects and a murder mystery set in 1950s London - what's not to love? Despite its stacked cast, including Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, and David Oyelowo, See How They Run flew under our collective radar and barely made a dent at the box-office. In this episode, we check out the stylised caper on streaming and decide for ourselves if it's worth the time and if it does justice to its ensemble cast.

We talk about better workplace policies. First, we look at why implementing the 45-hour work week has been so challenging, and what else needs to be done here. Then, we hear from you on what other changes you’d like to see in your workplace.

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On Twitter, a discussion on libraries is blooming. We talk about the larger role that libraries play in our society, and how best to utilise its space.

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