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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How a life-threatening event birthed Yvon and Leon Bock's infant-care business

Yvon and Leon Bock are partners both in life and in business. They are the co-founders of Hegen, a Singapore brand of breastfeeding bottles and other mother/infant-care products. The couple reflect on the delivery of their fourth child that resulted in life-threatening complications for Yvon, and how it spurred them to embark on a journey to make a bigger difference in the lives of more families. Both Yvon and Leon also share the lessons they've learned from this journey, including why "being humble" doesn't mean limiting oneself, and the value of persistence.

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Daily Cuts - Budget 2025: Parents having their third child or more get further funding

For each third and subsequent child born from Tuesday (18 February), Singaporean parents will receive up to S$16,000 more in financial support under a new scheme for large families. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at the extent these measures will encourage parents to have more children.

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Daily Cuts - Trump tariffs make currency trading cool again after years of decline

Following U.S President Donald Trump’s return to office and his announcement of imposing tariffs, currency trading is back in the spotlight. It went largely out of style in 2008, after the global financial crisis when central banks began altering interest rates in sync. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at how Trump tariffs have driven up interest in currency trading again, and the currencies that stand to benefit.

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Daily Cuts - Budget 2025: How families could benefit

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander speaks with Chong Ee Jay, a working dad of 1 and Lydia Lim, a working mum of 2, about how certain Budget 2025 policies could support families with their expenses.

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Daily Cuts - Budget 2025: How local business transformation could benefit

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander speaks with Kok Ping Soon, CEO, Singapore Business Federation and Ang Yuit, President, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, about how Budget 2025 policies could benefit business transformation this year.

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Daily Cuts - Budget 2025: How our economy could benefit

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander speaks with Heron Lim, Assistant Director and Economist, Moody's Analytics and Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, SGX, about what the new Budget announcements could mean for Singapore's economic outlook in 2025.

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