Let's Talk, Singapore

In today's Breakfast Brief, we discuss Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party, vowing to press ahead with tax cuts and action to tackle a deepening energy and cost of living crisis.

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Chatbots has been known as a great assistant helping businesses with answering customer questions that require immediate and personalised interactions. Smart chatbots are expected to advise and transfer the conversations to a live agent when needed. Regardless of its useful features, not all brands are ready to adopt such methods. 

Simon Ma, Director and Regional Manager for ASEAN, Freshworks shares more. 

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Charu Chanana, Market Strategist, Saxo Singapore discusses the market sentiments around Europe with the upcoming ECB meeting, the European Union(EU)'s emergency meeting to address the energy crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine as well as the soon to be announced, new British Prime Minister. 

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Applied Materials has build an R&D centre in Singapore, to innovate and expand its capabilities in support of the supply and development of semiconductor chips globally. One of such capability is Advanced Packaging but how exactly can this benefit the semiconductor industry. 

Dr Arvind Sundarrajan, Managing Director, Applied Materials’ Advanced Packaging Development Center tells us more about their R&D plans.

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In the space of a week, 2 of the 3 expected retail digital banks have launched in Singapore: Trust Bank opened last Thursday, while GXS Bank made its services available to a select group within the Grab and Singtel ecosystem the day before. How do their products stack up against what’s already in the market and do they have what it takes to succeed.

Seth Wee, Founder of financial blog and YouTube channel, Sethisfy shares more.

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US President Joe Biden’s 'Soul of the Nation' speech addresses the Biden administration's plan to keep tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports. At the same time, he warns Americans on former President Donald Trump and his 'MAGA Republican' supporters who threaten the ability of the United States to remain a democratic republic.

We further analysis those headlines and more with Curtis Chin, Senior Asia Fellow, Milken Institute.

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we discuss the august job report which was “a Goldilocks report” as it was not “too hot” while showing the labor market remains “pretty strong”. The August report is particularly important because it’s one of the last major economic reports the Fed will weigh before it raises rates at its September meeting.

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Dong Chen, Head of Asia Macroeconomic Research, Pictet Wealth Management discusses what a fresh surge of COVID-19 cases in China mean for the economy and markets.

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In today's Breakfast Brief we talk about the rejig of the Straits Time Index, Chengdu's tightened restrictions and Twitter's new edi button.

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Have you ever wondered about the essential factors one have to consider when it comes to designing a toy for children? 

Donn Koh, Co-Founder and Principal Designer, STUCK DESIGN & Matterkids shares more. 

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