Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

As Singapore flits between living and following various Covid-19 restrictions, e-grocers now have a bigger part to play in showcasing how Singaporeans can live comfortable in a Covid-19 world. Richard Ruddy, Chief Retail Officer & Head of Grocery, Lazada Singapore, shares how Redmart – which was bought over by Lazada in 2016 – intends to meet the demands of Singapore’s rapidly changing consumer preferences and the role it plays in ensuring food security.

Bharati Jagdish and Ryan Huang spoke with Lee Nai Jia, Deputy Director, Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies (IREUS) on The Breakfast Huddle about the recently announced tighter buying and selling conditions under a new prime location public housing (PLH) model, and the impact on the property market here.

The Breakfast Huddle serves up what investors should be watching in the world of business and finance. 

Wai-Shin Chan, Global head of Climate Change Centre and ESG Research, HSBC, discusses the challenges in addressing climate change globally and how realistic it will be for COP26 to make progress. 

While the Covid-19 pandemic has opened our eyes to the benefits of a remote or hybrid workplace, it also raises the question - what’s left of the head office? Sujith Abraham, Senior Vice President and General Manager, ASEAN, Salesforce shares about the Digital HQ, a single platform that connects people, all while being easy and flexible, along with how it could possibly change Singapore's workforce.

VTL has been the buzzword since it started in early September and a lot of the coverage so far has been centred on the leisure front. Bertrand Saillet, Managing Director, FCM Travel Asia shares the importance of opening up our borders to specific countries and the effectiveness of Singapore's VTL in helping the corporate travel scene. 

The trillion-dollar-valuation club has a new member in Tesla, after reaching $1 trillion in market value recently. Tesla’s valuation milestone came as car-rental company Hertz placed an order for 100,000 of its vehicles -- that makes up 20% of its rental fleet. Walter Theseira, Associate Professor, Economics & Head, Master of Management (Urban Transportation) Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences shares what propelled Tesla successfully in the EV space and what has driven its valuation into the exclusive trillion-dollar club. 

The Breakfast Huddle serves up what investors should be watching in the world of business and finance

Regional Round-up Ep 21: Assessing the call for an Asean travel corridor in Covid era 10:44 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Ryan Huang and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Climate change - one of the main issues of the Asean summit (1:07) US President Joe Biden's US$100m initiative to strengthen ties with Asean (2:10) The impact of Myanmar's absence from the Asean summit (3:26) United Nations appoints Singaporean Noeleen Heyzer as new special envoy to  Myanmar (6:25) Indonesia's call for an Asean travel corridor during Covid era (7:55) Produced by: 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/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories. Asian Insider newsletter. --- 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 Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts:  http://bt.sg/podcasts Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Chris Brankin, CEO, TD Ameritrade Singapore talks about takeaways from the latest round of earnings from Alphabet, Microsoft and etc, plus whether he agrees with HSBC's contrarian call to go overweight on Chinese stocks.