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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the possibility of Meta shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it can’t keep transferring user data back to the U.S., Australia's reopening of its borders to tourists and visa holders that have been vaccinated at least twice, a collaboration between ex-Manchester United Players and rich Singaporeans to form a sports venture, and more

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

Steve Okun, senior advisor, McLarty Associates, stands in for The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh who is on leave, and he chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points:

Highlights (click/tap above):

00:50 Democratic Representative Grace Meng of New York introducing a bill to push for Lunar New Year to become the US' 12th federal holiday

02:12 The Republican National Committee's censure of GOP Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for probing the "legitimate political discourse" of the January 6 insurrection enshrined that principle in the party's policy dogma

04:15 US podcaster Joe Rogan apologises for using racial slurs and if the public is viewing Spotify - which pays Rogan - as a publisher or simply just a platform

06:19 Latest analysis of Russia-Ukraine tensions

Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh ([email protected]), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Pan Jingyi, Economics Associate Director, IHS Markit discusses how much the latest January reading of 467,000 jobs created in January, above consensus forecast of 150,000 - will move the needle in rate hike expectations this year.

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According to real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Centre Market Comparison report, Singapore scored highly on key criteria such as market size, fibre connectivity and availability of cloud services. But while we are ranked second, Singapore has paused new data centre development since 2019. Darren Hawkins, CEO, SpaceDC shares why companies are building data centres in other markets despite Singapore's high-speed internet connectivity, and the pros and cons behind Singapore's decision to lift its moratorium on new data centre projects. 

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According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), small farmers produce a third of the world’s food. But despite that, farmers are still finding it difficulties to sell their crops. Shaad Hamid, General Manager, GrowthOps Singapore shares why agritech companies are facing challenges in the marketing front and the role GrowthOps have in helping a business through complex challenges.

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