Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

At the age of 19, Mandy Chan founded her company. And within just three days on Kickstarter, she managed to fully fund the company’s first product, the Quiver Bag. Now, after overcoming waves of obstacles, her company is worth millions. Mandy Chan, Founder, The Bold Company shares more about her experience in building the company and her plans for the months to come.

Market research reports have shown that offline retail will be the dominant channel of retail sales in the foreseeable future. But as mall operators struggle to track daily sales or provide retail rebates and tenant support in response to Covid-19 events and lockdowns, business decisions only prove harder to navigate on a daily basis. Jun Ting, Chief Executive Officer, Aimazing, shares about his company's solution that could possibly improve the brick and mortar retail scene, as well as aid both tenants and landlords. 

Lee Kian Soon, CEO, Astral Asset Management, discusses where the value plays are amid the jitters around China with the regulatory clampdown and Evergrande contagion fears.

Your next plate of chicken could be more expensive as chicken prices are set to increase, driven by the higher cost of raw materials, such as corn and soybean — the main ingredients in poultry feed. The Breakfast Huddle's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish chat with Song Seng Wun, Economist, CIMB Private Bank about how will this increase impact F&B establishments that rely on chicken. 

Power Play Ep 5: Politics now hampering US-China climate cooperation 10:03 mins Synopsis: On the third Friday of every month, The Straits Times examines various facets of the US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia.  Join Charissa Yong and Danson Cheong - ST’s US and China correspondents respectively based in Washington DC and Beijing - as they chat about the following: US' special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry facing icy reception at Tianjin (0:32) China's mistrust due to America over-promising and under-delivering (2:37) Why US-China climate cooperation is like an 'oasis' surrounded by a desert (5:40) Cooperation seems unlikely at the UN COP26 climate summit in November (7:17) China's plans to build another 200 gigawatts of coal power would affect the world's climate efforts severely (8:20)  Follow ST's Power Play articles: https://www.straitstimes.com/tags/st-power-play Produced by: Charissa Yong (charyong@sph.com.sg), Danson Cheong (dansonc@sph.com.sg), Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh Follow our Asian Insider Podcast channel every week here and rate us: 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 Charissa Yong's stories: https://str.sg/3xRa Read Danson Cheong's stories: https://str.sg/3xR2 Follow Danson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dansoncj Read ST's Power Play articles: https://str.sg/3xRE Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa 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

Sani Hamid, Director of Wealth Management, Financial Alliance, discusses how China is cracking down on the "seven deadly sins" and reports about Temasek and GIC planning to invest more in the local stock markets.

As part of a pilot travel scheme to allow travelers vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter Singapore without quarantine, many saw the first flight under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) to Frankfurt, Germany took off recently. Aaron Wong, Founder, The MileLion shares more about his experiences as one of the first few people to fly out of the country and potential problems with the SG-Germany VTL. 

Due to the changing landscape around attracting and retaining talent, many businesses find themselves desperately trying to recruit from the outside to fill a growing skills gap. Yet at times, the solution could be to turn to the resources that exist within one's own workforce. Sandeep Sharma, President of Asia, Workday shares how business leaders can approach the ‘war for talent’ strategically and the common mistakes that local businesses are making in their digital transformation journey.

Real estate group City Developments is divesting its majority stake in Chongqing Sincere Yuanchuang Industry, in the wake of the Chinese developer’s cash troubles. CDL acquired a majority stake in Sincere last April, but the pandemic and China’s “three red lines” policy increased liquidity constraints at the unit. Vijay Natarajan, Analyst, RHB Group shares the possible risk exposures that CDL needs to pay attention to in China's real estate sector and their funds reallocation after writing down almost all of its S$1.92 billion investment in Chongqing Sincere. 

Regional Round-up Ep 15: Najib Razak's advisory role in Malaysian Parliament 11:46 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Malaysia's 14th Parliament signs memorandum of understanding for transformation and political stability (2:22) Former Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak's role as an advisor for the government (6:29) Philippines set to reopen despite increase in Covid-19 cases (8:08) Bali eased travel restrictions but stricter measures for international tourists (10:00) Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, 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/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories. Asian Insider newsletter. --- 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 Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts:  http://bt.sg/podcasts Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!