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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast.

The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliot Danker.

In this week's episode, we discuss Malaysia’s worrying downward trend of the Malaysian ringgit and Indonesia’s surprise ban on palm oil exports. Also, could Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra be the next PM?

Produced by: Leslie Lopez ([email protected]) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team

Edited by: Nadhirah Kamarudin 

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To maintain stability and efficiency businesses must manage their financial infrastructure carefully. This includes managing their approach to tax compliance, allowing for flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions. This allows a company to thrive.

Sarita Singh, Revenue & Growth Lead for Southeast Asia, Stripe tells us more about how her company provides these opportunities for growth and expansion.

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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief we discuss Alphabet reporting a first-quarter revenue that fell short of analysts’ expectations, their announcement of a $70 billion share buyback program and Microsoft slightly outperforming as its shares still struggled to rise. 

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How will the global economy cope with the downward trend of the Malaysian ringgit and Indonesia’s surprise ban on palm oil exports? Also, could Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra be the next PM?

To give us an analysis of those headlines and more, we have Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times 

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