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AI spending and higher-for-longer rates: What Asian investors should watch
Season 1 Episode 64
Asian tech stocks getting hammered, Brent crude above $111 and French 10-year yields hitting 5%. Is the debt-fueled AI expansion finally hitting a wa…
8 hours ago
Indonesia Signals Energy Export Review, Tibet Quake Kills at Least 16 and Typhoon Shuts Taiwan’s Market
Season 2 Episode 337
Headline news for October 23, 2026: Indonesia’s energy minister says Jakarta will review energy export contracts and could stop supplying countries t…
15 hours ago
Asean youth employment: Rebuilding the bargain with young workers
Season 1 Episode 5
How can young workers thrive when traditional career paths are changing and AI threatens entry-level jobs? On Simon Tay’s Political Café, Simon Tay s…
1 day, 1 hour ago
AI spending anxiety and escalating gulf tensions fuel regional tech selloff
Season 2 Episode 596
Market news for October 22 2026: Asian equities suffered a sharp tech-led selloff as soaring artificial intelligence capital expenditure concerns col…
1 day, 8 hours ago
Russia Agrees to Ukraine Peace Talks, US Pulls Diplomats From Saudi Arabia and Singapore Ranks 2nd in the World for Order and Security
Season 2 Episode 336
Headline news for October 22, 2026: Russia agrees in principle to resume trilateral peace talks with the US and Ukraine around November 10, releasing…
1 day, 15 hours ago
Climate finance: Why the money exists but is not reaching projects
Season 3 Episode 10
Climate change is hitting closer to home, from rising fuel prices to the return of the haze. But financing the climate transition remains a challenge…
2 days, 1 hour ago
Asian shares build on Wall Street gains as corporate earnings shine
Season 2 Episode 595
Market news for October 21 2026: Asian shares rebounded near post-selloff highs on Wall Street gains and corporate earnings optimism. Tesla-SpaceX me…
2 days, 8 hours ago
Malaysia Deregisters Its Main Opposition, South Korea Exports Surge 105% and Jio Platforms Opens India’s Biggest IPO
Season 2 Episode 335
Headline news for October 21, 2026: Malaysia’s Registrar of Societies deregisters Perikatan Nasional; the main opposition coalition as the Melaka sta…
2 days, 15 hours ago
Asian markets wobble ahead of big earnings
Season 2 Episode 594
Market news for October 20 2026: Asian stocks retreated and oil prices climbed as geopolitical tensions and rising energy costs rattled investor sent…
3 days, 8 hours ago
NEA Names Three More Haze Companies, Korea Pauses Rate Hikes and France Imposes Curfews After Weekend Riots
Season 2 Episode 334
Headline news for October 20, 2026: Singapore’s NEA issues preventive notices to three more Indonesian companies linked to the haze bringing the tota…
3 days, 15 hours ago