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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: Norhuda Rabani's recipe for overcoming setbacks, leadership, and family

When she first started her food business in her home kitchen in 2004, Norhuda Rabani, went door-to-door to sell her homemade rempah (food pastes). Today, Asyura Pastes is a thriving business run from an industrial kitchen, has a wide distribution network, and it's something of a household name particularly in the Malay community. Norhuda shares how, despite facing significant adversity — including the emotional weight of having been given up for adoption as a child, and an earlier failed business — she has grown to consider herself fortunate.

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Daily Cuts - Concerns around Singapore's core inflation rising a second straight month

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Barnabas Gan, Acting Group Chief Economist, RHB Bank, about concerns around Singapore's core inflation rising for a second straight month.

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Daily Cuts - Threats posed by websites that could be used in hostile information campaigns

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Shashi Jayakumar, Executive Director, SJK Geostrategic Advisory, about the potential threat posed by websites that could be used in hostile information campaigns.

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Daily Cuts - Ian Jeevan reveals what to expect on the trek up Mount Rinjani

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Ian Jeevan, content creator for travel Telegram channel, 'Ian Jeevan Travels'. Jeevan shares insights into his outdoor adventures and how he summitted Mount Rinjani in Indonesia.

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Daily Cuts - Affordable Art Fair 2024: making art accessible to art lovers

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Alan Koh, Fair Director of Affordable Art Fair Singapore and Seah Yu Ying, Director of White Space Art Asia. The pair reveal what’s new at Affordable Art Fair 2024, which celebrates its 15th anniversary in Singapore and its 25th anniversary globally. Koh discusses the milestones and challenges growing the fair since it started and what’s new for the 2024 edition. Seah talks about the local gallery’s involvement at this year’s fair.

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Daily Cuts - Can the US dollar lose its dominance as a global benchmark currency?

While Russia battles to control parts of Ukraine, its leader Vladimir Putin is fighting another war in a different space — he’s called for the end of the US dollar dominance. Is there a case to be made for his demand? What would it take for a downfall of the greenback? And which currency has the most potential to replace it? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Ben Charoenwong, Associate Professor of Finance, INSEAD, to find out more. 

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