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CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: Do you even still go to Orchard Road?

CNA938 Rewind

Orchard Road is Singapore’s premier shopping district – the stretch where you’d find big name department stores, high-end boutiques and fancy dining joints. But when was the last time you actually spent time there? Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss with Dr Samer Hajjar, Senior Lecturer of Marketing, NUS Business School.

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CNA938 Rewind - How to maximise extra interest in your CPF

Central Provident Fund (CPF) members, both under and above the age of 55, will continue to earn extra interest in the second quarter of 2025. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at how members can maximise the extra interest, and what’s an adequate retirement sum. For that, they speak with Christopher Tan, CEO of Providend.

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CNA938 Rewind - Will Russia agree to a US-backed ceasefire following Ukraine’s acceptance?

The US agreed on March 11 to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after the latter said it would accept a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia. The offer is now off to Russia, so the ball is in Moscow’s court. How will Moscow respond and will the ceasefire hold? To find out, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Dr Alica Kizekova, Lecturer, School of Media, Creative Arts, and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University.

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CNA938 Rewind - Open for Business - Shipping firms pull out of Hong Kong to skirt US tariffs

Some companies have begun discreetly moving their operations out of Hong Kong amid concerns of their ships possibly being hit by US sanctions in a conflict between Beijing and Washington. For more insights on this move, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Andrew Leung, international and independent China Strategist based in Hong Kong.

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CNA938 Rewind - Open for Business - Trump’s nominee for US ambassador to Singapore; Trump’s tariffs take effect

President Donald Trump has made known his nominee for US ambassador to Singapore, posting only on his Truth Social platform. But without an official announcement and barely any information on the entrepreneur and orthopaedic surgeon, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Steven Okun, CEO of APAC Advisors to get his best guess on the mysterious Dr Anji Sinha. Plus, they also get a sense of Mr Trump’s thinking of tariffs, which are now in effect.

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CNA938 Rewind - TalkBack: Is it safe to put your money into cash management accounts?

Cash management account service provider Chocolate Finance recently rattled its customers by suspending instant fund withdrawals due to “high demand”. Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss with Alvin Chow, Co-Founder, Dr Wealth, about whether it's safe to put money into cash management accounts.

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