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The Business Times Podcasts
The Business Times Podcast Channel presents diverse perspectives, in-depth analysis and news covering career, business, markets, investing, current affairs and tech. Powered by the Journalism of The Business Times and Tech in Asia. Available on all your favourite audio and video content apps an...
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S2E488: Gulf truce crumbles: oil jumps past $96, Asia slides on renewed war risk
Market news for April 9, 2026: Oil prices surged above $96 as Israel's attack on Lebanon cast doubt on the fragile Middle East ceasefire, reminding i...
S2E204: Ceasefire Fractures as Israel's Strikes on Lebanon Kill More Than 250
Headline news for April 9, 2026: The ceasefire is fraying. Israel's deadliest strikes on Lebanon kill 254. Iran calls talks unreasonable. Hormuz trans...
S2E487: Oil slides, dollar tumbles as Hormuz ceasefire caps two weeks of turmoil
Market news for April 8, 2026: The two-week Middle East conflict closed with a sudden ceasefire, sending oil and the safe-haven dollar sliding. Stocks...
S2E203: Asian Markets Surge as Trump Suspends Bombing of Iran
Headline news for April 8, 2026: A two-week pause in the Iran war. Singapore unveils a billion-dollar relief package. Asian markets surge. Oil plunges...
S2E486: Oil climbs amid conflict fears; Samsung boosts Asia sentiment
Market news for April 7, 2026: Global stocks wavered as Middle East war risks hiked oil above $110, fuelling stagflation fears and halting Fed rate cu...
S2E202: Iran's Counter-Offer, Trump's Ultimatum, and Tightening Fuel
Headline news for April 7, 2026: Iran rejects Trump's ceasefire and demands a permanent end to the war hours before his deadline. Asian airlines cut f...
S2E485: Oil, stocks mixed as Trump's 'hell' threat vs. ceasefire hope roils markets
Market news for April 6, 2026: Oil and stocks were mixed as President Trump's "hell" threat against Iran's Strait of Hormuz closure clashed with cease...
S2E201: As Deadline Looms, Oil Climbs and Civilian Deaths Mount in Lebanon
Headline news for April 6, 2026: President Trump's deadline for Iran expires tonight. Oil climbs past $110. Civilian casualties mount in Lebanon. Viet...
S2E484: Protracted war fears fuel global sell-off; oil nears $110
Market news for April 2, 2026: Protracted war fears over Iran triggered a global sell-off today. Stocks tumbled, driving oil near $110 per barrel, whi...
S2E200: Oil Below $101, Chinese Tech Slumps, and a War That May Be Ending
Headline news for April 2, 2026: President Trump declares the war's goals near completion and threatens to quit NATO. Oil dips. Chinese tech profits h...
S2E483: Iran de-escalation hopes lift Asian stocks, Korean exports smash forecasts
Market news for April 1, 2026: Iran de-escalation hopes fuelled a rally in Asian stocks today, snapping a four-day slide. South Korea's Kospi surged a...
S2E199: Five Weeks of War: A Record Oil Surge, and No Deal Yet
Headline news for April 1, 2026: A record month for oil, cracks in the Western alliance over Iran, and rising cooking gas costs in Singapore.
Sy...
S2E482: Energy crisis, Asia's steepest fall since 2022 as war rages
Market news for March 31, 2026: Energy crisis grips Asia as Mideast war drives oil to record highs and fears of inflation and recession mount. Asian s...
S2E198: 82nd Airborne Lands as the War Enters a Dangerous New Phase
Headline news for March 31, 2026: US paratroopers land in the Middle East. President Trump renews threats against Iran. Oil heads for a record monthly...
S1E1: Building for scale in South-east Asia’s new economy
Scaling a high-growth company internationally brings formidable challenges: global payroll, FX risk, and treasury management. How do you maintain agil...
S2E481: Oil's record surge, inflation spike and recession risk grip globe
Market news for March 30, 2026: Stock markets slid as a protracted Gulf conflict drove oil prices to a record monthly rise, fuelling a global inflatio...
S2E197: A New Front Opens as the Houthis Strike Israel for the First Time
Headline news for March 30, 2026: Houthis widen the war with first strikes on Israel. Oil heads for a record monthly rise. Asian markets slump. Pakist...
S2E37: Quarter-end gloom: Mispriced assets, gold's stumble and Asia's energy reckoning
Global conflict. Closed shipping lanes. Oil surged, gold stumbled. As the Middle East crisis whipsaws markets, where is the mispricing? Syfe's Ritesh...
S2E196: US Extends Pause on Iran Strikes, but Tehran Calls Peace Plan Unfair
Headline news for March 27, 2026: President Trump extends his pause on Iran energy strikes to April. Tehran calls the US peace plan unfair. Oil dips b...
S1E1: AI ready: How Singapore SMEs are turning anxiety into advantage
The AI future is here, but for many SMEs, adoption feels overwhelming. Discover how UOB FinLab's 'AI Ready' programme transformed this anxiety into co...
S2E480: Mideast turmoil: stocks fall, oil spikes, gold defies safe-haven status
Market news for March 26, 2026: Mideast turmoil sees Asian stocks slide, oil spike 2 per cent on Strait of Hormuz closure fears, while gold reverses c...
S2E195: Mixed Signals on Peace as Oil Climbs and Gold Steadies
Headline news for March 26, 2026: Iran reviews America's peace plan but refuses talks. President Trump reschedules his China summit. Oil climbs on con...
S2E479: Oil falls and stocks rise on possible ceasefire
Market news for March 25, 2026: Stocks rise and oil retreats on possible ceasefire, driven by reports of a US 15-point peace plan for Iran. Crude pric...
S2E194: A Peace Plan, a Strait That May Reopen, and Oil Below $100
Headline news for March 25, 2026: The US sends Iran a fifteen-point peace plan. Tehran opens Hormuz to non-hostile vessels. Oil drops six per cent. Ti...
S2E478: Yen intervention looms; oil soars as Middle East war rages
Market news for March 24, 2026: Stocks were volatile and oil rose as the Middle East conflict raged, while Japan's low inflation complicated BOJ rate...
S2E193: Relief Rally as Iran Strike Threat Is Delayed
Headline news for March 24, 2026: Markets rebound after Trump delays threatened strikes on Iran, easing energy fears, as Tehran denies talks and Itali...
S1E53: China's real estate market: A rebound in sight?
Examine the state of play with Chinese consumers, retailers, mall owners and tourists.
Host Leslie Yee chats with seasoned China hand Cecilia Ta...
S2E477: Inflation fears mount; stocks, bonds, yen plunge; oil choppy
Market news for March 23, 2026: Inflation fears mounted as global stocks and bonds plunged, while US bond yields hit eight-month peaks. Escalating Mid...
S2E192: Infrastructure Threats, Sliding Markets, and Gold's Worst Week in Forty Years
Headline news for March 23, 2026: The US and Iran threaten each other's civilian infrastructure. Asian markets slide. Gold posts its worst week since...
S2E36: Oil shock's rate repricing: G4 holds, gold bullish, dollar firms
Oil shock, rate repricing, and a hawkish dilemma. The Middle East conflict has thrown global markets into turmoil, sparking rate hike speculation even...
S2E191: Energy Strikes, Arms Sales, and Central Banks on Alert
Headline news for March 20, 2026: Trump orders Israel to halt strikes on Iranian energy sites as tit-for-tat attacks on Gulf infrastructure send oil t...
S2E476: War rages, oil soars, yen wobbles: stagflation fears mount
Market news for March 19, 2026: Stocks slid and oil prices rose sharply today after a major escalation in the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran rattled...
S2E190: Oil at $107, a Hawkish Fed, and a War That's Widening
Headline news for March 19, 2026: Israel strikes Iran's South Pars gas field, triggering retaliatory attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure. Oil surges...
S2E475: Asia rallies, oil prices ease, war clouds remain
Market news for March 18, 2026: Asian shares rallied as oil prices eased on an Iraq-Turkey deal, shifting focus to the Fed's balance of growth and inf...
S2E189: Tehran Loses Its Strongman as Trump Turns on NATO
Headline news for March 18, 2026: Iran confirms the killing of security chief Ali Larijani as its new supreme leader rejects peace overtures. Trump cl...
S2E474: Asian stocks climb on rate hopes despite Middle East conflict
Market news for March 17, 2026: Stocks climbed on rate hopes despite Middle East conflict, led by Asia-Pacific gains. Australia hiked rates amid stick...
S2E188: Hormuz Standoff, AI Rally and Singapore's Export Slowdown
Headline news for March 17, 2026: War in the Gulf reshapes global energy as allies rebuff Trump's call for warships. AI drives Wall Street higher amid...
S2E473: Asian markets wary, oil high, rates on pause
Market news for March 16, 2026: Asian markets were wary as Gulf tensions kept oil high, complicating inflation outlooks and leading central banks to p...
S2E187: War, Oil and the Waterway the World Depends On
Headline news for March 16, 2026: The US-Israeli war on Iran, now in its third week, has largely choked the Strait of Hormuz, rattling global energy m...
S2E35: Oil shock stalls stocks: Geopolitical risk trumps fundamentals
Oil shock stalls stocks—but is this market panic justified? As crude prices soar towards $100, the narrative of a massive sell-off should be challenge...