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CNA938 Rewind - Flight to safety: Where Singaporeans are piling in their cash today

CNA938 Rewind

Singapore’s rising cash levels are driving demand for local bonds and fueling a surge into money market funds, even as T-bill yields ease, signalling a stronger shift toward safety and liquidity in the investment landscape. Andrea Heng and Genevieve Woo examine the thinking behind Singaporean investors in this environment with Abhilash Narayan, Investment Strategist, HSBC Private Bank and Premier Wealth

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CNA938 Rewind - 'Skibidi' and 'delulu’: What makes a word “worthy” for a dictionary?

Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including "skibidi", "delulu" and "tradwife" are among 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Assistant Professor Tamisha Tan, Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, School of Humanities, NTU, to understand the process behind words being included in dictionaries and the factors in deciding which words to be added.

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CNA938 Rewind - NDR 2025: Putting out the fire of vaping through stiffer penalties

In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Singapore will toughen its stance on vaping, treating it as a drug issue with harsher penalties including jail for sellers of vapes with harmful substances. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman spoke with Dr. Yvette van der Eijk, Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, to get an assessment of the measures to clamp down on the vaping scourge and discuss the support needed for addicts.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Intel’s twin lifeline, the bubble risk in tech

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Damian McIntyre, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions, Federated Hermes.

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CNA938 Rewind - Softbank, Trump administration: Twin lifeline for Intel?

The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company's Chips Act grants into equity. Additionally, the once iconic US chipmaker is getting a $2 billion capital injection from SoftBank Group. How far will all this support go in helping the struggling chipmaker? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Bob O'Donnell, President and Chief Analyst, TECHnalysis Research, to find out. 

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CNA938 Rewind - Singapore goes hard against kpods and vaping. What if you vape in the office?

Whenever we talk about vaping, the focus is usually on youths and health. But what about the workplace? What should you do if your boss or colleague vapes in the office? Daniel Martin and Justine Moss discuss with Singapore employment lawyer Jennifer Chih of PK Wong & Nair.

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