The Afternoon Update with Lynlee Foo
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SEP 1, 2022
01/09/22 - Money in the Market: Trust Bank - banking made transparent, easy and rewarding with user's trustSingapore’s first digital bank, Trust Bank, is officially in business! Backed by Standard Chartered and Fairprice Group, Trust Bank launched with savings accounts and credit card offerings for retail customers. On Money in the Market, Finance Producer Hongbin Jeong speaks to Trust Bank’s CEO Dwaipayan Sadhu to find out more about this new digital bank and what it aims to offer to consumers.
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AUG 31, 2022
31/08/22 - Your Health: Proper posture helps prevent a real pain in the neckMore than 1 in 10 people worldwide suffer from some form of lower back pain. And the number is only set to increase with an ageing and growing population. On Your Health, Melissa Hyak speaks to Dr Colum Nolan, Senior Consultant and Neurosurgeon from Oxford Spine to find out what you can do to prevent lower back pain.
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AUG 31, 2022
31/08/22 - Money in the Market: Can the yen hit the 140-level as soon as next week?On Money in the Market, Hongbin Jeong is joined by Philip Wee, Senior Currency Economist at DBS Bank to discuss the current currency market amid markets negatively affected by US Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech last Friday, where he warned there would be no respite from interest rate hikes. With expectations of further rate hikes in the US, the US dollar strengthened to a fresh 20 year high earlier this week. Philip gives more details on the effect of the US dollar on the SingDollar, the Japanese yen, the euro, and the Chinese yuan.
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AUG 30, 2022
30/08/22 - Money in the Market: Can we see palm oil prices hit levels reached during the start of the Russia-Ukraine war?Palm oil prices have seen significant declines seen in July and early-August, but in a recent report, Fitch Solutions sees a slight recovery in the prices going forward. On Money in the Market, finance producer Hongbin Jeong speaks to Sabrin Chowdhury, Head of Commodities at Fitch Solutionsto talk about the outlook for palm oil prices.
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AUG 29, 2022
29/08/22 - What's Trending: How SMEs can build resiliency against inflation and economic crisisConsumer prices in Singapore hit a 13-year high in July - up 4.8% on year - that’s the highest level since November 2008 when it peaked at 5.5%. With prices of commodities and fuel on an upward trend businesses too are feeling the heat - As inflation bites into business costs. On What’s Trending, Melissa Hyak speaks to Lindsay Brown, Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan at GoTo to find out what SMEs can do to build resiliency against inflation and economic crisis.
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AUG 29, 2022
29/08/22 - Money in the Market: Is Grab performing poorly compared to other ride-hailing companies in the region?Shares of Grab Holdings tumbled last week after it reported a wider loss than analysts had estimated. The firm says its net loss for the second quarter was about $547 million, contracting almost 30% from a year earlier. But, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, that's was more than the $335 million loss analysts had projected. On Money in the Market, Olivia Poh, Reporter at Bloomberg News tells us more about Grab shares and its competition.
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AUG 27, 2022
27/08/22 - The View: Seeing clearly and founding a sunglass brandRachel Kelly speaks to Grace Ng, founder of Lenicc about the journey to founding her own sunglass brand and challenges she has faced along the way.
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AUG 27, 2022
27/08/22 - What's Trending: Grab vs GoToRachel Kelly speaks to Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, Head of Consumer Sector Equity Research, Tellimer for his perspective on the latest earnings numbers from Grab and his position on GoTo.
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AUG 26, 2022
26/08/22 - Money in the Market: What do Singapore's low growth in industrial production mean for markets?On Money in the Market, Geoff Howie, Market Strategist at the SGX, joins us to give us a market wrap of the week, with focus on STI's performance, Singapore's inflation numbers, industrial production figures, and a look ahead of US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech later in the evening.
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AUG 25, 2022
25/08/22 - Sustainable Singapore: Mapping out a sustainable future for the regionRachel Kelly speaks to Kavita Prakash-Mani, CEO of Mandai Nature about an open source mapping tool that is being developed to seek out areas in the region that can sequester carbon and tackle climate issues.
01:40: What are nature based solutions and how can they tackle climate change?
03:32: How can technology support nature based solutions?
08:32: Are best practices being developed to help guide nature based solutions?
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