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On SGExtra, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Dennis Tan, CEO, Prudential to find out why medical benefits and digitalization are important considerations for most SME employees.

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The Federal Reserve is about to deliver its biggest punch yet in the fight against surging inflation. Policymakers are widely expected to raise interest rates by half a percentage point, the largest rate hike in more than two decades.

On Market View, Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish spoke with Jeff Halley, Senior Market Analyst, APAC at OANDA to discuss all about rates and their impact. 

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Singapore enjoyed its first long weekend since the authorities eased Covid-19 restrictions. The buzz of activities comes as daily cases here continue to decline since peaking in February.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Associate Professor Alex Cook, vice-dean of research at NUS' Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, as he weighs in on this development.

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Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. The long-feared move marks a dramatic escalation of Moscow’s bid to weaken the collective resolve of Ukraine’s allies as they send more weapons to help Kyiv fight. But why does it matter? In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke to Pushan Dutt, Professor of Economics, INSEAD to find out. 

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The month of April ended with markets bracing for the Federal Reserve's early May decision where many expect officials to enact an outsized 50 basis point rate hike, that could boost the greenback's outlook. And while more ECB officials have been sounding out rate hikes that may end the decade-long negative rate regime in Europe - -what happened to the Ringgit in April? Peter Chia, Senior FX Strategist at UOB, joined us once again on Forex Fridays, to discuss.

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