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Let's Talk, Singapore episodes

April 06, 2020 Preview of new Solidarity Budget to support economy
A third round of support measures will be announced by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat when Parliament sits today to help tide businesses, workers and households through the Covid-19 outbreak. Jeff Ng, Senior Treasury Strategist, HL Bank talks about what are the likely priorities and policies.
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10 min
April 06, 2020 Week Ahead with CNBC: 6 Apr 2020
Will Koulouris, CNBC reporter, discusses how markets are setting up for the week after a dismal NFP data of -701,000, and more jitters around the outlook for oil prices as OPEC+ deal gets more uncertain.
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10 min
April 05, 2020 Washington Report: 06 April 2020
US President Donald Trump has warned Americans to prepare for the "toughest week" of the coronavirus pandemic so far, predicting a surge in deaths. Straits Times US Bureau Chief, Nirmal Ghosh breaks down the latest on the COVID-19 situation in the US, including a potential second coronavirus task force, and how a delay in The Democratic Party announcing their Presidential nominee, could impact the election.
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8 min
April 03, 2020 Bigger Picture: Searching for income in a volatile environment
Subash Pillai, Franklin Templeton's Head of Investment Solutions APAC, shares his view on how to position investments as more companies, REITS and banks feel the pressure to cut back on dividends.
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10 min
April 03, 2020 Singapore government books hotel rooms for Stay-Home Notice persons
The government issued a notice that returning Singapore residents who have travelled to the UK and the US will have to be taken from the airport to hotels to serve out their 14-day stay-home notices. Arthur Kiong, 1st Vice-President, Singapore Hotel Association tells us how the hotels are handling the initiative.
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12 min
April 02, 2020 Bigger Picture: Banks dividends under pressure
Sani Hamid, Director of Wealth Management, Financial Alliance, gives his take on how banks will be affected by measures to allow SMEs to delay repaying their loans, and pressure on banks to preserve capital and cut dividends.
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9 min
April 02, 2020 FoodXervices overcome challenges to drive expansion
FoodXervices employs about 190 people and works with 5,000 customers, including the likes of hotel group Accor, Shake Shack and The Privé Group. Nichol Ng, Managing Director, FoodXervices shares how she managed to grow FoodXervices turnover by about five times to surpass S$60 million since taking over the business in 2007.
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14 min
April 02, 2020 How SMEs can chase for payments to survive COVID-19
A survey of 200 finance and business managers, conducted by RIABU, shows late payments are a growing problem. More than 82 percent of Singapore finance managers surveyed say late payments are an urgent issue for them, with 61 percent saying the situation is getting worse. Mark Laudi, Founder and Managing Partner, RIABU shares with us on what can be done by SMEs to quicken the process of them getting their payments.
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16 min
April 01, 2020 Top markets winners & losers from March
David Kuo, co-founder, The Smart Investor breaks down the latest on a single winner in the Singapore markets in March, the possibility of dividends being cut in the near future, and more.
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12 min
April 01, 2020 Regional Roundup: 01 April 2020
Straits Times Regional Correspondent, Leslie Lopez gives an analysis on the Indonesian government's plan to fill its fiscal gap, the implementation of the enhanced measures that will kick in during phase two of the movement control order and more.
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12 min