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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 - Asia’s commercial real estate market to chart growth, but is there a catch?

From interest rates to Trump 2.0 and everything in between, Asia Pacific’s real estate landscape has a lot to contend with – but projections show growth in the region, although it’s expected to be uneven across the board. Andrea Heng spoke with Greg Hyland, Head of Capital Markets for APAC at CBRE, to get clarity on the outlook for 2025.  

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: Earth School's Cassandra Yip-Lee plants seeds in the young to care more about the environment

Cassandra Yip-Lee, founder and Executive Director of Earth School, spent much of her childhood "out at sea" with her diver-instructor parents, sparking her passion for nature. But for some time, she believed that a truly immersive experience of nature could only be had beyond Singapore's shores. That perception changed dramatically during a visit to one of Singapore's beaches. Cassandra vividly shares the biodiversity she encountered, and how that experience continues to fuel her drive to help others experience the richness of Singapore's flora and fauna through Earth School.

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How embracing her diverse heritage helped Darcel Al Anthony find her voice

Darcel Al Anthony's cultural background is perhaps a little more diverse than most Singaporeans'. A while back, she had authored a commentary for TODAYOnline entitled "As a Malay-speaking Indian girl of mixed heritage, here’s how I celebrate racial harmony every day". While growing up with a not-so-common cultural identity was sometimes challenging, Darcel eventually made an effort to learn more about her heritage and today celebrates it in all its multifaceted richness.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Do parents overstep boundaries with schools and teachers?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Esther Ng, Founder, Coalition Against Bullying For Children & Youth, about circumstances under which parents could overstep boundaries with schools in addressing instances of bullying.

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Daily Cuts - Open Luggage Edition - the pop-up luggage market @ NLB

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro finds out where Singaporeans can go to check out a unique marketplace where vendors from all walks of life sell their wares from suitcases. Called ‘Open Luggage Edition’, this unusual pop-up bazaar targets lovers of pre-loved-items, collectors of rare & vintage finds, and treasure hunters. Organised by event planning company Fyre Eventalist, business partners Tai and Shafyre will describe what else shoppers can expect and how they’re constantly improving their business operations.

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