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Daily Cuts - Grab-GoTo merger: Can they finally strike a deal in 2025?

Ride-hailing super apps Grab and GoTo are at it again -- according to chatter, the two companies are reviving talks to enter a merger, with Grab mulling a $7 billion takeover of its Indonesian rival. Andrea Heng and Elakeyaa Selvaraji determine how the two firms may have ironed out their differences, and how they might be able to meet regulatory requirements with Jianggan Li, Founder and CEO, Momentum Works

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Daily Cuts - Should some tuition centres avoid being so aggressive with advertising?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Victor Kwan, Deputy Director, SUSS Academy, about what separates some tuition centres' undesirable advertising practices from mere reactions to prime business opportunities.

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Daily Cuts - Meta to stop using third-party factcheckers: How it could impact Singapore

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Associate Professor Natalie Pang from the Department of Communications and New Media, NUS, about how Meta's decision to cease the use of third-party factcheckers could shake up Singapore's digital ecosystem.

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Daily Cuts - Eat, Drink, Singapore - Keeping it Authentic at KOKO

KOKO-nnichiwa! We’re bringing you to Japan today for some insight into Tras Street’s newest addition- KOKO, a Japanese cafe and patisserie that keeps their pastries and cakes authentic and reminiscent of your travels to Japan. Work It’s Tay Soo Sien speaks to  Chai Karim, Principal of GAIA Group F&B, which oversees Gyutan-tan chain and KOKO Cafe and Patisserie.

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Daily Cuts - Is choosing a preschool becoming too difficult, or are we overthinking it?

Choosing primary and secondary schools is tough enough – now parents are finding it a challenge to navigate preschool selection too. But does it have to be difficult? Andrea Heng speak with Roshni Mahtani, Group CEO and founder of The Parentinc for her views.

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Daily Cuts - Explainer: What’s in the Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act and why now?

Singapore’s parliament voted unanimously to pass the Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act, after an hours-long debate. An accompanying constitutional amendment to update the president’s powers in implementing the Act, meanwhile, was rejected by seven Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Workers’ Party. To unpack what went down, Andrea Heng spoke with Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law at SMU. 

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