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Daily Cuts - New app lists unsold food at big discount, helps cut food waste

A new mobile phone application Yindii allows diners to buy unsold food from eateries at up to 80 per cent off the retail price before closing time. Launched in Singapore in August, it aims to beef up efforts to reduce food waste by eateries. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng speak to Louis-Alban Batard-Dupre, co-founder and CEO, Yindii, to find out the logistical arrangements behind coordinating the sale of these leftover food and how the businesses’ revenues may be affected given the big discounts offered.

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Daily Cuts - New 2-year credit counselling pilot programme to help those in debt

According to Credit Counselling Singapore (CCS), there was an 18 percent increase in the number of requests for credit debt in the first half of 2024, compared to the last six months of 2023. To help deal with the rising numbers, CCS will be rolling out a new two-year pilot programme. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Tan Huey Min, General Manager, Credit Counselling Singapore, to understand what credit counselling entails and the cases the agency has handled.

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Daily Cuts - 7-Eleven takeover – what is its impact?

7-Eleven parent company, Seven & i, is planning on splitting its business into two, in its bid to attract more inventors. This comes amid the backdrop of its core business 7-Eleven weakening. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Roy Larke, Professor and Co-Founder, Japanconsuming.com, to examine the implications of this divestment.

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Daily Cuts - Despite Hamas leader Sinwar’s death, Mideast peace may still be elusive

The killing of Yahya Sinwar – the mastermind behind the Oct 7 attack which sparked the Middle East conflict – could be the key to ending the bloodshed. However, violence continues to escalate, worsened now by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to take revenge after there was an assassination attempt on him. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics, University of San Francisco to find out if the situation in the Middle East has finally reached a point of no return.

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Daily Cuts - Tech Talk: Bowers & Wilkins' new earbud models Pi6 and Pi8

In this edition of Tech Talk, Daniel Martin spoke with Christian Honegger, CEO, TC Acoustic Pte Ltd, about Bowers & Wilkins' new earbud models Pi6 and Pi8.

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Daily Cuts - Noise-induced deafness: Singapore's top occupational disease

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Tay Soo Sien speak with Alicia Tay, Clinical Audiologist, The Listening Lab, about why noise-induced deafness has become Singapore’s top occupational disease.

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