[Post 1309] Is Saving SG$1M Enough For Retirement? Strategies To Inflation-proof Your Money | Money Mind

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Is Saving SG$1m Enough For Retirement? Strategies To Inflation-proof Your Money | Money Mind

Calculate how inflation will affect your retirement savings and strategies to inflation-proof your money.

[Post 1308] Are Expensive Eggs More Nutritious? | Talking Point | Full Episode

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Eggs are a must have in every kitchen but with so many options on the shelf today, choosing the right one can be confusing. Brown, white, enriched, first born – what’s the difference? In this episode of Talking Point, host Diana Ser, goes straight to the source to find out.

She also puts different varieties of eggs to the test to investigate what’s really inside each egg and heads to cooking school to find out what the most nutritious ways to cook eggs could be. Are the most expensive eggs really all they’re cracked up to be?

[Post 1307] Why Gen Z Fell In Love With Coach

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After a severe slump in the 2010s, Coach engineered a comeback by winning over Gen Z. In 2024, Coach surpassed Michael Kors to capture 2nd place in the U.S. luxury handbag market. It's bags the Tabby and the Brooklyn were some of the most wanted products that year, according to Lyst. In its most recent fiscal quarter, Q3 2025, more than two-thirds of the brand’s nearly 900,000 new customers in North America were Gen Z and millennials. And its success has boosted its parent company, Tapestry.

[Post 1306] How Amazon’s Broken Returns Process Is Driving Sellers To Leave Amazon

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Returns on Amazon are easy for shoppers, but they’re risky and expensive for sellers, driving some to exit the popular Fulfillment by Amazon program, while others want to leave Amazon altogether. Amidst a big rise in returns fraud, customers have received poopy diapers and a breastmilk chiller with someone else’s rotten breastmilk inside. But with Amazon charging some sellers a new returns fee and adding a warning label to frequently returned items, return rates are starting to drop. CNBC talked to seven Amazon sellers to find out how they’re handling the rising cost of returns.

[Post 1305] Why Americans Fell Out Of Love With The Hotel Minibar

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Once a symbol of luxury and late-night convenience, the hotel minibar has quietly faded into obsolescence. What began in 1974 at a Hilton Hotel in Hong Kong, where tiny liquor bottles boosted drink sales by 500%, soon became a global standard. But over time, the novelty wore off. Rising labor costs, food spoilage, theft, and changing guest preferences made the minibar a burden to guests and the hotel staff.

[Post 1304] I Left The U.S. For China — Here's How Much It Costs

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Aleese Lightyear, 35, traded a hectic NYC life for China and now lives large on $30K a year. She pays $278/month for her downtown apartment, she’s thriving in Chengdu, paid off her student loans and is now saving up to $1,000/month. She’s hoping to purchase a beach house in Mexico next. Here’s how she did it.

[Post 1303] Sri Lanka's Drawing More Tourists Again: Can Tourism Rescue Its Economy? | Insight

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Three years ago, Sri Lanka teetered on the edge of economic collapse. Three years on, the country appears to be on the road to recovery. Though the island nation still has many obstacles ahead, one bright spot is the revival of its tourism industry. Tourism has been a key source of foreign currency, and a way for the government to show that Sri Lanka is stable, investment-friendly destination. It hopes to attract 3 million visitors this year, an increase of about 30% from 2024 numbers.

Is it a sustainable pathway out of its economic doldrums? And, while most locals welcome the opportunities that tourism brings, in some pockets, friction with foreigners has left Sri Lankans feeling unwelcomed in their own homes.