Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

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. Highlights (click/tap above): 00:38 National Bureau of Statistics releases latest GDP numbers 02:32 Beijing’s first locally-transmitted Omicron infection case 05:00 Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for improved regulation and governance of China's digital economy Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: 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/ Website: 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 more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

While many industries and sectors have seen their growth hindered by the pandemic, geospatial and location intelligence technologies have seen widespread deployment by governments and public health authorities in combating Covid-19. Rupert Owen, Co-Founder, Geo Connect Asia shares how the geospatial technology has been helping countries combat Covid-19 and if it is time for the world to realise the importance of investing in such technology. 

While most of the attention and headlines focus on initiatives from large multinationals and industry leaders, SMEs are only sporadically recognised and often neglected as major drivers of economic activity, as well as social and environmental progress around the world. Dr Rashimah Rajah, Lecturer, NUS Business School shares more about the new World Economic Forum report, which defines the future readiness of SMEs and highlights some of the best practices that help SMEs to be future-ready. 

in this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)'s latest announcement to crypto service providers, bank SMS phishing scams in Singapore, what to expect from the Bank of Japan's meeting, and more. 

It has been a busy week for the country with their National Bureau of Statistics releasing their latest GDP numbers, to Beijing’s first locally transmitted Omicron infection case and lastly Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for improved regulation and governance of China's digital economy. Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times gives an analysis of it all. 

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast.  The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Highlights (click/tap above): 00:40 US Supreme Court blocks US President Joe Biden's rule requiring large companies to have a vaccine, mask or testing mandate 02:42 Students in Boston and Chicago demand remote learning due to surge in Omicron-related cases 04:55 US bipartisan piece of legislation forces defence contractors to stop buying rare earths from China by 2026 07:10 A rabbi and several others taken hostage in synagogue have been rescued 09:03 Former US President Donald Trump holds a rally in Arizona Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: 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/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Nirmal Ghosh's stories: https://str.sg/JbxG Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Phan Vee Leung, CIO, Trackrecord Asia, discusses how cryptocurrencies will perform against a backdrop of tightening Central Bank policies.

Due to Covid-19 the search for vaccines and therapies has been the most urgent and widespread the world has ever seen. The biopharma industry specifically has a good couple of years after finding itself at the centre of global attention from the pandemic’s outset. Stewart Campbell, Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, West Pharmaceutical Services shares how the company fit in the whole healthcare industry ecosystem and why they view APAC as an active, dynamic and promising region. 

Marketing is constantly evolving, and, with so much change in the past year alone, moving forward, what are the winning tools and strategies that will help organisations fire up their marketing initiatives in 2022? Ksenia Newton, Marketing Content Specialist, Brandwatch shares why marketers have an issue with understanding who their customer is and what knowledge and resource gaps require bridging in the marketing scene. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the market’s focus toward fourth-quarter earnings, China's release of its its fourth quarter and 2021 full year GDP data, Singapore's first SPAC listing, and more.