Let's Talk, Singapore

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs gives an analysis of China's ban on all cryptocurrency-related transactions, the significance of Huawei Technologies’ executive Meng Wanzhou's release on Huawei's future, the implications of a shortage of coal supplies in China, and more. 

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Japan’s growing vaccine rollout has set the stage for an economic recovery as the market warms up to inbound investments and business partnerships. Kotaro Tamura, Former Senator and Parliamentary Secretary in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Japan and Adjunct Professor (Executive Education) at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, shares more about the situation, changes in trade patterns, and potential opportunities for Singapore businesses to capitalise on. 

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CNBC's Tanvir Gill discusses what's next for China Evergrande this week, China's ban on cryptocurrencies, and how markets in October are setting up.

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Washington Report Ep 16: Challenges facing the passing of US' $1 trillion infrastructure bill

11:47 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States.

The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Adrian Abraham and Bharati Jagdish about the following points:

1. Analysing the recent Amtrak train crash in the US state of Montana on Sept 25 which killed at least three people (2:00)

2. Challenges after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi set a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for Thursday this week (3:45)

3. A requirement for New York City school teachers and staff to get vaccinated for Covid-19 was temporarily blocked by a US appeals court just days before it was to take effect this week, but the court has set a hearing on the matter this week (6:43)
4. The US House of Representatives recently approved legislation  to protect abortion services against growing Republican-backed state restrictions, including a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, but the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate (9:37) 

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Edited by: Dan Koh

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The founders of Boxgreen got the idea for their business when they got hungry while working late nights. On a whim, they set up a snack subscription website featuring easy, accessible, low-cost snacks such as pretzel trail mixes and vegetable chips. Andrew Lim, Co-Founder, Boxgreen shares more about their inspiration to marry snack and health into the business, and how Xero's ecosystem has helped them to become digitally-enabled to streamline operations. 

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