Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Jeff Halley, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA, discusses how sustainable to market rebound will be in view of escalating tensions and sanctions around Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Advanced Human Imaging (AHI) have created an algorithm that allows users to take a few quick scans on a smartphone to create a human avatar of themselves that can calculate risk for certain diseases and help diagnose conditions earlier, while also saving money. Vlado Bosanac, Co-Founder & Head of Strategy and Revenue Growth, Advanced Human Imaging talks about the smartphone technology behind AHI's tech and how selfies can be taken with their technology to potentially save someone’s life.

David Kuo, Co-Founder, The Smart Investor shares if the recent Russia-Ukraine crisis should change the way we invest, the impact on growth outlook in view of pain and blowback from sanctions imposed on Russia, and some of February's top winners and losers. 

Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times gives us an analysis of China's stand on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the possibility of China diffuse the situation given their ‘best friends’ status, and what to expect from China’s annual parliamentary meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).  Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter.   Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss President Vladimir Putin's countermeasures against countries imposing sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, the possibility of China’s central bank being financial lifeline to Russia, the end of Dream Cruises' vessel World Dream after it declared that it no longer has the financial capacity to keep it going.

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast.  Steve Okun, senior advisor, McLarty Associates, stands in for The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh who is on leave, and he chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:04 US President Joe Biden instructed to release an additional US$350 milllion worth of weapons to Ukraine to repulse Russian invasion 03:19 Impact on Russia: The European Union's sanctions and those of some other countries, such as cutting off bank communications 05:48 Former US President Donald Trump's condemnation of Russia’s invasion despite initial praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin 07:26 Implications of the US Supreme Court's hearing environmental regulation case on the Biden's administration fight against climate change 08:38 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first black woman in the Supreme Court Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Nirmal Ghosh's stories: https://str.sg/JbxG Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Shekhar Jaiswal, Head of Equities Research, RHB Bank Singapore discusses which will be the companies most affected, and where investors can turn to instead 

E-vehicles will soon be the ‘in demand’ thing in Singapore, with more of such vehicles expected to take over our roads in the near future. Singapore made a great push for EV adoption last year, with the Government unveiling several schemes to encourage consumers to make the switch. Yeung Kin Bond Sydney, Group CEO, Executive Director, GSS Energy shares the key growth drivers for GSS in the next year and how he ensure that GSS' venture into the e-vehicle scene is different from its competitors. 

From the US's announcement of its third authorisation for weapons shipments to Ukraine, former President Donald Trump's condemnation of Russia’s invasion despite an initial praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin and finally, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as President Joe Biden's pick for the Supreme Court, Steve Okun, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates gives an analysis of it all. Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter.   Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on global markets, energy prices and commodities, a new law regulating the use of algorithms in China, and what to expect from the decision by OPEC on production boosts.