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On today's The Breakfast Brief, professional investors are scrambling to preempt losing out due to the soon-to-be released Federal Reserve rate hikes. Moreover, tech companies, such as Shopee, BlockFi and Tesla, may have been too optimistic about growth productions and now seem to be cutting jobs to make up for it. 

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast.

The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker.

An increase in cases makes China tighten up restrictions again, but how sustainable are these "flash lockdowns"? On the international front, despite the strong words directed toward the US during Minister Wei's speech during the Shangri-La Dialogue, his meeting with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of the summit could indicate that China does not want their relationship with the US to veer into conflict.

Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei ([email protected]) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team

Edited by: Nadhirah Kamarudin 

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Computer hackers are unauthorised users who break into computer systems in order to steal, change or destroy information, often by installing dangerous malware without your knowledge or consent. 

But what if we have a way to go around with handling these ‘bad hackers’, by getting the good hackers into the picture? 

Benjamin Harris, CEO & Founder, watchTowr shares his insights with us.

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Helping startups to garner support from founders, operators and VCs requires them to have good cash management and flexibility when it comes to dilution. ESOP is an employee benefit plan that gives workers ownership interest in the company in the form of stock. The website dothemath.tech, helps startups to navigate these schemes and provides tools to them, making growth and expansion easier.

Vardhan Kapoor, Head of Region APAC, Remitly tells us more about this.

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Suresh Tantia, Senior Investment Strategist, Credit Suisse talks about reports that the FOMC is mulling to frontload rate hikes even more with a 75 basis point hike in the June meeting, the prospects of a looming recession, and how investors should position themselves against this backdrop.

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