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Suresh Tantia, Senior Investment Strategist, Credit Suisse, lays out how markets will react to the upcoming FOMC policy meeting, a slew of big tech earnings, and whether the Chinese property woes have bottomed out.

Synopsis: Every month, The Straits Times Kuala Lumpur bureau analyses the latest issues making the headlines in Malaysia. This ST video livestream was hosted by Hairianto Diman on July 22. Malaysia's Finance Minister Zafrul Aziz will be appointed treasurer of Selangor Barisan Nasional at a ceremony graced by the Umno-led coalition’s top state leaders on Sunday (July 31), confirming months of rumours that he is being groomed to be among the next generation of leaders for Malaysia’s grand old party.  ST's Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh shares more about this development. Read more: https://str.sg/wEtL Produced by: ST Video Edited by: ST Video and Eden Soh Follow Across The Causeway Podcast regularly here: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Shannon Teoh's articles: https://str.sg/wzyK Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Melvados has been helping Singaporeans address their food needs since 2004 with their host of ready-to-eat meals and desserts. But just like any business, they were also hit by supply chain disruptions and of course Covid-19. So how have they pivoted to stay in the game?  Manmeet Singh, Co-Founder, Melvados shares his experience running a business amidst tough times over the years. 

On today's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss markets response after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline resumes pumping gas to Europe, strength in the Euro seemingly to have lost some steam and takeaways from ECB's recent actions. 

foodpanda, a name familiar to many of us, has just recently celebrated its 10th year anniversary. And to celebrate this milestone, the company has launched its new regional HQ in Singapore and PowerUp! Tech Academy.  Jakob Angele, CEO, foodpanda shares with us the company's plans to strengthen their commitment in Singapore and the region plus his vision for the company in the next decade. 

Businesses in Singapore especially the F&B sector, have been trying their best to pick up the pieces after Covid-19 hit them hard. But unfortunately, this sector has been a target of a new restaurant reservation scam. Anil Lalwani, Director, DL Law Corporation shares his views on how the F&B industry can safeguard themselves from falling prey to such scams. 

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is expecting four to six million visitors to arrive in Singapore this year with the sector returning to pre Covid-19 levels “by the mid-2020s”. With the uncertainties the world is facing right now, is this a realistic forecast?  Paul Kent, Partner, Advisory, KPMG in Singapore shares his views. 

Metaverse allows you to be transported anywhere in the world and anytime with just a headset, which will soon be the future. But with its arrival, comes many legal implications such as intellectual property issues that arise or will arise given the unexplored legal terrain of the technology. This leaves us to wonder who or what should be governing the metaverse. Nathanael Lim, Co-Founder, Avium explores with us on the future of metaverse.

On today's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the latest earnings headlines from a few companies like Tesla and the possibility of the first rate hike in more than a decade at ECB's policy meeting with Charu Chanana, Markets Strategist, Saxo Singapore. 

As countries strive towards digitalising their economies, the facilitation of safe cross-border data flows has never been more important. While concerns over security and privacy are no doubt valid, asserting control or restricting the movement of data is not the best way forward.  Does this mean that encouraging free-flow data is a must when trying to achieve a more digital economy?  Anand Ramamoorthy, Head of Data Governance & Data Privacy, Informatica gives his thoughts on this.