Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

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.

While we remain understandably preoccupied with the Covid-19 crisis, the recurring threat of time spent on repetitive tasks is not something businesses can afford to continue putting off. Hidir Koh, Head of Process Automation, Paloe shares an overview of the rising trend towards business automation and the ways in which digital transformation through automation and AI can level the playing field for SMEs. 

Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of the commencement of the annual summit among ASEAN leaders, impact of Myanmar's absence from the meetings, Indonesia call for a broader reopening among ASEAN countries to spur regional travel, and more. 

According to the recently released Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2021, Singapore has still managed to maintain its 5th position in Asia and 17th position globally as a startup ecosystem, despite the impact caused by Covid-19 and the rapid developments of foreign startup ecosystems. Lim Qing Ru, Interim-CEO & Board Member, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE), shares about the report and what more can be done for Singapore to be at the forefront of the ecosystems.

China Perspective Ep 17: China's pilot schemes to tax residential and commercial property in cities 6:17 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Ryan Huang and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Value of heavily-indebted Evergrande's outstanding liabilities (0:33) China expanding pilot schemes to tax residential and commercial property in cities (2:00) Understanding the impact of China's latest Covid-19 alerts and its zero tolerance policy (4:16) 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 SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Tan Dawn Wei'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: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Washington Report Ep 20: Examining Biden’s pick for an ambassador to Singapore 11:23 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States. The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: What to expect from the new US ambassador to Singapore - entrepreneur and broadband Internet philanthropist Jonathan Eric Kaplan (2:50) Cuts from the original spending line-up of the US social spending bill (5:23) What is the official US stance on Taiwan? (8:00) How Beijing & Taiwan has responded to Joe Biden's comments (9:56) Produced by: 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/Ju4h  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://www.straitstimes.com/authors/nirmal-ghosh Asian Insider newsletter:  https://www.straitstimes.com/tags/asian-insider --- 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: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!