Let's Talk, Singapore

Matthew Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting, discusses what to watch out for in the next round of US inflation data, as well as the data dump from China later in the week. 

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we breakdown Fed Chair Jerome Powell's vos to raise rates to fight inflation ‘until the job is done’, as well as India's tax on some rice exports to secure domestic supplies after planting shrank.

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Ken Peng, Head, Investment Strategy for Asia at Citi Global Wealth, discusses who will be the winners and losers in the market if the Fed drives a recession.

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we discuss the big announcements from Apple's product event "Far Out", where various iPhone 14 models were launched alongside a Satellite emergency service for iPhones, as well as updated Apple Watch models and AirPods.

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As countries across ASEAN reopen their borders and reinstate quarantine-free travel, business optimism among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is steadily growing.  

A survey conducted by UOB, Accenture and Dun & Bradstreet found that 55 percent of them are optimistic about business growth. 

We speak to Lawrence Loh, Head of Group Business Banking, UOB who shares more details of the findings from the survey and how UOB aims to help SMEs in their growth journey.

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Non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beverages are the 'in' thing right now with sales of these drinks increase by 8.1 percent with non-alcoholic one spiked by 33.2 percent.

It looks like the new generation of consumers are welcoming such beverages bringing along an estimate growth of over 3 percent yearly. But what does this mean for companies likes Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore? How do they keep up with trends and the changes in habits in the consumer market? 

Andy Hewson, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore shares more. 

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Singapore's Progressive Wage Model (PWM) has hit a major milestone on September 01 as it expands itself to the retail sector. But is the model progressing fast enough? Why are some sectors like F&B still being left out? 

Trevor Yu, Associate Professor, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University discusses with us. 

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Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distills his experience from four decades of covering the continent.

In this episode, he hosts Prof Ashutosh Varshney, Director of the Center for Contemporary South Asia and Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences at Brown University in the US.

They talk about India’s democratic experience through 75 years of existence as an independent nation. They also discuss past, and recent challenges to democracy, and ask the question: Can India turn authoritarian, or worse?

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:45 How appropriate is it to call India "the world’s biggest democracy"? 

6:53 Caste and politics, and elite circulation

13:59 A Sri Lankan path for India?

15:45 Could India lose democracy?

21:25 Indian secularism is an indigenous concept

Produced by: Ravi Velloor ([email protected]), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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Heng Koon How, Head of Markets Strategy at UOB discusses the implications of a stronger USD for Asia, as well as how a weaker Chinese RMB will affect the region. 

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After operating for more than 50 years, Jurong Bird Park is set to cease operations after January 3 next year as it prepares to move to Mandai.

Maggie Ang, Deputy Vice President, Park Operations, Mandai Wildlife Group shares her fondest memories of the attraction and Jurong Bird Park's closing campaign. 

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