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

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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 - Personalise your perfume at Scentopia

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro chats with Neyha Rohilla, Assistant Events Manager at Scentopia, a fragrance retail store that specialises in providing customised perfumes and scents. Rohilla shares how Scentopia takes customers on a comprehensive and immersive experience to tailor-make their preferred scent. She also shares a bit about Scentopia’s perfume workshops for couples, families and corporates.

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Daily Cuts - Screaming for livestreamers: Behind the wild fandom

First, it was celebrities. Now, it’s social media influencers and livestreamers that teenagers and young adults in Singapore are going ga-ga for. But why is the fandom so much more intense and apparent today? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Natalie Pang, Senior Lecturer, School of Communications and New Media, NUS, to find out more.

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Daily Cuts - Explainer: What sparked Sudan’s civil war and humanitarian crisis

Two major wars — in the Middle East and Ukraine — remain front and centre of people’s minds today, but less so the civil war in Sudan that has led to an equally urgent humanitarian crisis. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Mark Massoud, Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, to gather the most crucial pieces of information from this war front.

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Daily Cuts - Flexible hours, shorter work weeks — but why aren’t companies listening?

A recent poll shows that nearly seven in 10 companies think it’s feasible to implement a four-day work week, which aligns with new guidelines for employers to roll out flexi-work arrangements come December. Yet companies like Amazon have u-turned on such policies with a return-to-office order. What’s behind the reluctance, and what risks are these firms taking by doing so? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Neil Dyball, Managing Director, Hudson Asia, to find out more.  

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Daily Cuts - Building a business from scratch early in one's career

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Guan Dian, Co-Founder and APAC General Manager, Patsnap, about setting up a business from scratch early in one's career.

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