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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopezchats with Money FM's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. In this week's episode, they analyse how a heavy downpour that caused flash floods in several places in Kuala Lumpur earlier this week and the reopening of Malaysia's international checkpoints without quarantine for vaccinated travellers from 1st April 2022. Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Dan Koh Follow Regional Round-up Podcast every Wednesday on our Asian Insider Podcast channel: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Websites: https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories: https://str.sg/3xRX Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Manpreet Gill, Head of FICC Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Private Bank discusses the impact of the US ban on Russian fossil fuels, as well as the significance of  the spike in Nickel prices to a record high of over $100,000 per tonne which forced the LME to suspend trading.

Health tech has developed significantly since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need for better resource allocation and resource usage has led to significant interest in sustainable development among startups. Michael Kim, Head of Google for Startups (APAC), Google shares the outline of the top startup trends for APAC in 2022 and how the APAC region can continue to be a hub for startups and businesses. 

As Covid-19 and the Omicron variant outbreak continue to impact our lives, healthcare systems across the globe will have to urgently adapt and strengthen their research and human resource capabilities. Against this backdrop, healthtech startups will now play an increasingly pivotal role in supporting our healthcare systems and healthcare professionals. Aneesh Sathe, CEO and Co-Founder, Qritive shares more about Qritive's unique composite algorithm and the pivotal role of healthtech moving forward in the healthcare scene. 

From a heavy downpour that caused flash floods in several places in Kuala Lumpur earlier this week, to the reopening of Malaysia's international checkpoints without quarantine for vaccinated travelers from 1st April 2022, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times gives us an analysis of all that's happening in the region.  Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter.   Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss how markets responded to the latest move by the US and UK to ban Russian oil imports just yesterday, the suspension of nickel trading on the London Metal Exchange after prices soar past US$100,000, an attack on the leader of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party ahead of the country's presidential election, and more. 

So Sin Ting, Chief Client Officer, Endowus, discusses how much truth there is to popular notions that female investors are more risk averse, as well as which gender is more successful in investing. 

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. In this week's episode, they analyse China's role in promoting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and its rationale behind the urgency and need to call out to Asean to resist external influences. Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Dan Koh  Follow China Perspective Podcast every Tuesday on our Asian Insider Podcast channel: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Websites:  https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Tan Dawn Wei's stories: https://str.sg/3xR7 Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Semiconductor company, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has recently announced their financial results for last year and they saw an outstanding year for the company with record annual revenue and profitability. Peter Chambers, Managing Director (Sales), AMD Asia Pacific & Japan shares some of the factors contributing to AMD’s outstanding performance in 2021 and what future plans AMD have in the works. 

Despite the championing of Meta's Sheryl Sandberg and YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki, women still face barriers when it comes to entering and succeeding in the world of technology. Data obtained by London Tech Week finds that 68 percent of respondents believe that gender perception is the biggest obstacle to women entering the tech industry. Jade Francine, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, WeMaintain shares more about her personal journey venturing into the tech scene and the difference women can make in male dominated sectors.