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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - Who Pays for AI? Where Companies Find the Budget for Innovation 

As companies race to invest in AI, many are not opening entirely new budgets, but reallocating money from existing technology to spend. Cheryl Goh speaks with Michael Perica, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rimini Street to look at where that funding is really coming from; the trade-offs businesses face between maintaining legacy systems and backing innovation, and what those choices could mean for margins, growth, and competitiveness across APAC.

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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - What finding the right mentor really looks like from both sides 

Through the story of woodworker Ahmad Alhabshee and his mentee Yee Chien Ping, we get a glimpse of how mentorship can take shape in real life — not just through encouragement, but through standards, tough conversations, persistence and a willingness to learn on both sides. Cheryl Goh speaks to Ho Pei Ning, Producer of CNA Podcasts to find out more about Ahmad and Chien Ping's story.

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CNA938 Rewind - Singapore blocks websites set up by foreign actors over hostile information threat

Singapore has blocked a new batch of websites suspected of being linked to foreign actors for what they could do. Authorities warn these sites mimic legitimate news platforms and could be used to spread disinformation, undermine trust, or influence public opinion. How serious is the threat of hostile information campaigns? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Dymples Leong, Associate Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for National Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, to unpack the risks, trade-offs, and bigger implications.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock Take Today: Oil pressure builds, AI dominates markets

On today's (Apr 24) markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global.

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CNA938 Rewind - What happens if ships have to pay to pass through the Malacca Strait?

Indonesia says there will be no tariffs on vessels passing through the Malacca Strait after its Finance Minister earlier floated the idea. But with trillions in global trade flowing through the Malacca Strait each year, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out what this could have meant for shipping costs, regional cooperation, and the global economy? For that, they speak with Toby Stephens, Head of the Asia-Pacific Global Crisis Management team, HFW.

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