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YouAdMe, an advertising media platform, allows different brands to build relationships with their consumers through word-of-mouth marketing. And as marketers find new ways to navigate the ongoing pandemic, could this be the solution for companies to grow faster? Chai Zhi Ying, Commercial Director, YouAdMe shares more about the platform and how the marketing landscape will change in a post covid-19 world. 

Kelvin Wong, Analyst, CMC Markets discusses how rising bond yields will set up the outlook for the third quarter earnings season, as well as how much of a lift Singapore's expanded Vaccinated Travel Lane arrangements will be for local stocks.

Speaking of Asia Ep 6: Europe will not be torpedo-ed from Asia  47:54 mins Synopsis: Join The Straits Times's associate editor Ravi Velloor, in this series of podcasts as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent. In this sixth episode, he has two special guests - the French ambassador to Singapore Marc Abensour and the newly arrived European Union ambassador, Iwona Piorko. They discuss the recent Australian decision to drop a contract with France to build diesel electric submarines in Adelaide. Australia chose to go for nuclear powered submarines from either the United States or the United Kingdom and the three nations also announced a new security formation, called Aukus which is described as an Enhanced Trilateral Security Partnership. The cancellation of the submarine contract greatly upset France, which withdrew its ambassadors to Washington and Canberra to show its displeasure. France's fellow European Union members in the European Union were taken aback, after they had released a major policy paper on the IndoPacific that deserves much more attention. Ambassador Abensour on why the breakdown of the deal with Australia is a breach of trust and consistency in this region? (3:25) Steps being taken to fix this breach of trust while maintaining important relationships with allies (5:27) Ambassador Abensour on the long-term French approach to the Indo-Pacific? (8:08) The EU's approach paper titled the EU Strategy For Cooperation In The Indo-Pacific: Ambassador Piorko on the EU’s approach, and how different it is from the US and Japanese approaches (13:15)  Can France pursue an Indo-Pacific strategy without close cooperation with the Aukus and Quad powers? (21:19) How Europe views Asean's efforts to cut a deal with China on a code of conduct for the South China Sea (34:50) Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani 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 Ravi Velloor's columns: https://www.straitstimes.com/authors/ravi-velloor Follow Ravi Velloor on Twitter. Discover the Asian Insider newsletter.  Discover Asian Insider Videos --- 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 Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Suresh Tantia, senior investment strategist, Credit Suisse discusses what's driving the wild swings in natural gas prices in Europe and what that means for global growth and equities.

The OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey 2019, revealed that Singaporean teachers were clocking in an average of 46 hours a week. But only 18 hours were spent on teaching, with the other hours going to administrative tasks and school activities. Yvonne Soh, Co-founder, Noodle Factory, shares the various factors contributing to why the teachers are 'overworked', as well as how AI and technology can help lighten the load.

While the business of pawnbroking has long been a fixture in the economy, more customers now seek incentives beyond financial services from pawnbrokers. Ng Kean Seen, Deputy CEO, Maxi-Cash, shares how the business was able to modernise the idea of pawnshops, why the shift proved to work, and how they will continue to reinforce their position as a strong lifestyle brand. 

Singapore’s Parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act, or Fica last Monday. It aims to tackle foreign meddling in domestic politics conducted through hostile information campaigns and the use of local proxies. But what does FICA really do? The Breakfast Huddle's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish get Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University to help us understand this.

Airports and air travel have always been at the forefront of technological advancement as the industry has always strived for perfection. Fabrice Godeau, Head of Asia Pacific, Vision-Box shares the type of solutions Vision-Box provides for airports and airlines, and how the best airports and airlines are preparing to handle passengers safely.

Around 70 percent of companies use social media scraping to learn more about job applicants, even though the process runs the risk of making discriminatory and potentially illegal judgements. Andrew How, Managing Partner, Kincentric, discusses the fairness of judging a job candidate based on their social media profile and how to minimise biasness when hiring. 

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, AMP Capital, discusses the investor takeaways from Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's final policy address.