Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Kelvin Wong, Analyst, CMC Markets discusses what is the impact and potential risk of a failure to raise the US debt ceiling for markets.

Findings from the TCS 2021 Global Leadership Study revealed that 80 percent of top performing companies have been collaborating with competitors to remain competitive. Ameet Nivsarkar, Vice President & Country Manager, TCS Singapore, shares more about the study and why business leaders should recalibrate their organisational and digital strategies - even if it means being open to the idea of working with a competitor. 

China Perspective Ep 15: China's series of bold financial moves and economic adjustments 10:05 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China. Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow at Singapore Institute of International Affairs, stands in for The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei, who is on leave. He chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: All cryptocurrency transactions such as Bitcoin, are being banned in China (1:47) Huawei's executive Meng Wanzhou back in China - a hero's welcome (4:04) China faces a shortage of coal supply and tougher emission standards (5:58) Are investors comfortable with President Xi Jinping's philosophy of common prosperty? (8:01) 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: https://www.straitstimes.com/authors/tan-dawn-wei 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!

Gary Dugan, CEO, The Global CIO Office discusses how seriously to take the warnings from the full page ads run in the newspapers by a legendary Japanese investor about a market bubble, and how to position around technology equities and Chinese markets now.

Tessaract is a platform that helps companies track and manage various workflows, such as project tasks, sales leads, customer relationships, and accounting. They also offer TessaCloud, a document management system that provides optical character recognition and digital signature capabilities. Cherilyn Tan, CEO and Founder, Tessaract shares more about the importance of empowering SMEs across Asia Pacific as a no-code workflow automation platform provider and, the sectors that have benefited tremendously from Tessaract's platforms. 

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs gives an analysis of China's ban on all cryptocurrency-related transactions, the significance of Huawei Technologies’ executive Meng Wanzhou's release on Huawei's future, the implications of a shortage of coal supplies in China, and more. 

Japan’s growing vaccine rollout has set the stage for an economic recovery as the market warms up to inbound investments and business partnerships. Kotaro Tamura, Former Senator and Parliamentary Secretary in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Japan and Adjunct Professor (Executive Education) at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, shares more about the situation, changes in trade patterns, and potential opportunities for Singapore businesses to capitalise on. 

CNBC's Tanvir Gill discusses what's next for China Evergrande this week, China's ban on cryptocurrencies, and how markets in October are setting up.

Washington Report Ep 16: Challenges facing the passing of US' $1 trillion infrastructure bill 11:47 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 Adrian Abraham and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Analysing the recent Amtrak train crash in the US state of Montana on Sept 25 which killed at least three people (2:00) Challenges after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi set a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for Thursday this week (3:45) A requirement for New York City school teachers and staff to get vaccinated for Covid-19 was temporarily blocked by a US appeals court just days before it was to take effect this week, but the court has set a hearing on the matter this week (6:43) The US House of Representatives recently approved legislation  to protect abortion services against growing Republican-backed state restrictions, including a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, but the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate (9:37)  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!

The founders of Boxgreen got the idea for their business when they got hungry while working late nights. On a whim, they set up a snack subscription website featuring easy, accessible, low-cost snacks such as pretzel trail mixes and vegetable chips. Andrew Lim, Co-Founder, Boxgreen shares more about their inspiration to marry snack and health into the business, and how Xero's ecosystem has helped them to become digitally-enabled to streamline operations.