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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the fall of Wall Street's major averages as the US confirms their first known case of the Omicron variant, payment giant Square's corporate name change to Block, and more. 

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Regional Round-up Ep 26: Singapore-Malaysia land VTL plans for general travellers depend on measures in face of Omicron variant

09:58 mins

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 and Bharati Jagdish.

0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):

0:59 Singapore-Malaysia land VTL hopes to expand to general travellers in mid-December, despite the Omicron variant

4:21 Myanmar court has deferred the first verdict in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu-kyi

5:55 Boat carrying 228 Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar seized

7:00 Phillippines launches campaign to vaccinate 90 million people in three days, to reach 70% vaccinated rate

Produced by: Leslie Lopez ([email protected]), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Zhuwei WANG, Manager for Asia Oil Analytics, S&P Global Platts discusses what  OPEC members will be weighing as they decide what to do with its production plans in the coming months - whether to continue returning more supply to the market as planned - which might drag down prices, or cut back to keep prices stable.

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With technology taking over the retail industry, will we have the possibility of the extinction of physical stores? And are those in the retail sector seeing the importance of technology for their business success?

To answer these questions, Dr Kapil R. Tuli, Professor of Marketing and Director, Retail Centre of Excellence, Singapore Management University discusses the main challenges retailers have faced when going digital, and how consumer behaviour has evolved over the past few years.

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David Kuo, Co-Founder, The Smart Investor, shares what investors should be doing differently – with the new Omicron variant being potentially more transmissible – and November’s biggest winners/losers on the Straits Times Index.

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