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Tanuki Raw, a popular American-Japanese restaurant and bar first launched its outlet at Orchard Central in 2012. And a decade later, the restaurant is continuing to incubate a forward-thinking concept that anticipates how customers may want to spend their time now when they decide to head out of their homes. Howard Lo, Founder, Tanuki Raw shares some of the milestones Tanuki Raw have achieved over the past 10 years and how they have been able to continue innovating and strategically extending its markets presence with outlets designed to cater to the broadening needs of its fans.

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It looks like ‘corporate purpose’ is set to be one of the buzzwords for 2022. Recognizing this, Singapore is expected to announce its National Framework and Blueprint on Corporate Purpose by the end of the year, and has been holding dialogues with business leaders on the issue. Elisa Mallis, Managing Director and Vice President, APAC, Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) shares how corporate purpose drives top-line growth in the long-term and how to successfully implement purpose into a business. 

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In this morning’s The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the US inflation data which revealed a surge in inflation rate to a 40-year high, Citi economists anticipation of a 50-basis-point interest rate hike in March, and more.

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The rising number of scams happening in Singapore has made headlines all over the news. With the latest being young women being targeted in ‘leaked photo’ scams, it seems like just about everyone and anyone could fall prey to scams. Dr Annabelle Chow, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Annabelle Psychology shares how one can avoid such instances from happening and how you can prepare yourself psychologically from becoming a scam victim. 

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Synopsis: Join The Straits Times's associate editor Ravi Velloor, in this series of podcasts as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent.

In this episode, he hosts Vitaly Yermakov, who is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies to discuss the Arctic Route and what it implies, especially for the energy business.

Highlights (click/tap above):

02:34 Why is Russia so keen on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)?

04:50 The realistic possibilities for the NSR to develop into a major trade artery to Asia

08:06 The implications for the energy industry if oil and gas supplies could be shipped from Russia to Asia through the Arctic Route

10:47 The geopolitics between Russia and China

13:40 Potential opportunities that could be exploited from the opening of the Arctic Route, which could have implications for Asian port cities such as Singapore and Colombo.

Produced by: Ravi Velloor ([email protected]), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim, Teo Tong Kai and Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai & Fa'izah Sani

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