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Daily Cuts - Tech layoffs 2025: Why companies like Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are cutting jobs

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The tech industry is undergoing another round of job cuts in 2025, with leading companies reducing their workforce to streamline operations and focus on strategic goals. This follows a trend of mass layoffs that began in 2022, with job losses continuing through 2023 and 2024. Andrea Heng and Elakeyaa Selvaraji speak with Florie Mae Salazar, Senior Manager, Tech & Transformation Division at Robert Walters Malaysia, for more.

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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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