Messi or Ronaldo? Most fans think it's simply about football. But a study of more than 10,000 people across 26 countries suggests your favourite player may reveal far more than your sporting preferences. Lynlee Foo speaks to Associate Professor Saifuddin Ahmed from NTU's Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information about what the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry can tell us about our values, personalities, social media habits and identity.

 

Messi or Ronaldo? Most fans think it's simply about football. But a study of more than 10,000 people across 26 countries suggests your favourite player may reveal far more than your sporting preferences. Lynlee Foo speaks to Associate Professor Saifuddin Ahmed from NTU's Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information about what the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry can tell us about our values, personalities, social media habits and identity.
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Take a step back, refocus, and Reset with Lynlee.

Every weekday, Lynlee Foo speaks with the people behind the biggest stories in business, technology and society to help you understand not just what's happening—but why it matters and what's coming next.

From AI and consumer behaviour to leadership, geopolitics and the economy, Reset cuts through the headlines with intelligent, engaging conversations that help you make sense of a rapidly changing world.

Featuring Viewpoint, Industry Insight and Suite Talk, each episode offers practical insights, fresh perspectives and meaningful conversations with experts, business leaders and decision-makers.

Take a step back, refocus, and Reset with Lynlee.
Every weekday, Lynlee Foo speaks with the people behind the biggest stories in business, technology and society to help you understand not just what's happening&mdash;but why it matters and what's coming next.
From AI and consumer behaviour to leadership, geopolitics and the economy, Reset cuts through the headlines with intelligent, engaging conversations that help you make sense of a rapidly changing world.
Featuring Viewpoint, Industry Insight and Suite Talk, each episode offers practical insights, fresh perspectives and meaningful conversations with experts, business leaders and decision-makers.

Reset with Lynlee

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.

In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore&rsquo;s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.
In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station.

MONEY FM 89.3

Take a step back, refocus, and Reset with Lynlee.

Take a step back, refocus, and Reset with Lynlee.

Airing weekdays from 1pm to 4pm, the show brings clarity to the stories shaping Singapore and the world — from current affairs and global developments to business trends and industry shifts. Through insightful conversations and fresh perspectives, Lynlee explores what’s driving the headlines and where things are heading next.

Featuring segments like Viewpoint, Industry Insight and Suite Talk, Reset goes beyond the noise to offer thoughtful analysis, real-world context and ideas that help you recalibrate for the rest of your day.

Take a step back, refocus, and Reset with Lynlee.
Airing weekdays from 1pm to 4pm, the show brings clarity to the stories shaping Singapore and the world &mdash; from current affairs and global developments to business trends and industry shifts. Through insightful conversations and fresh perspectives, Lynlee explores what&rsquo;s driving the headlines and where things are heading next.
Featuring segments like Viewpoint, Industry Insight and Suite Talk, Reset goes beyond the noise to offer thoughtful analysis, real-world context and ideas that help you recalibrate for the rest of your day.

Reset with Lynlee (1pm – 4pm)

Viewpoint: Messi or Ronaldo? What your choice says about you

Rising oil prices and changing expectations for global interest rates have raised fresh doubts about whether borrowing will continue getting cheaper. Even if the immediate geopolitical shock passes, could heavier government borrowing, AI investment and a more volatile global economy keep borrowing costs higher for longer?

On Viewpoint, Lynlee Foo speaks with Vishnu Varathan, head of macro strategy for APAC (ex Japan) at Mizuho Bank, about what this means for home loans and businesses in Singapore, how much protection a stronger Singapore dollar provides, and what borrowers should consider when making long-term financial decisions.

Rising oil prices and changing expectations for global interest rates have raised fresh doubts about whether borrowing will continue getting cheaper. Even if the immediate geopolitical shock passes, could heavier government borrowing, AI investment and a more volatile global economy keep borrowing costs higher for longer?
On Viewpoint, Lynlee Foo speaks with&nbsp;Vishnu Varathan, head of macro strategy for APAC (ex Japan) at Mizuho Bank, about what this means for home loans and businesses in Singapore, how much protection a stronger Singapore dollar provides, and what borrowers should consider when making long-term financial decisions.

Viewpoint: Can we still expect interest rates to keep falling?

For most of us, catching someone else’s yawn is almost automatic. But why does it happen, and why can we sometimes yawn just from hearing one, reading about it or even thinking about it?

On Is It Just Me?, Lynlee Foo and producer Alexandra Parada unpacks why yawns are contagious, how the behaviour may help us synchronise with those around us, and what it can tell us about the way humans and other social animals interact. Featuring insights from Elisabetta Palagi, Associate Professor of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa.

For most of us, catching someone else&rsquo;s yawn is almost automatic. But why does it happen, and why can we sometimes yawn just from hearing one, reading about it or even thinking about it?
On Is It Just Me?, Lynlee Foo and producer Alexandra Parada unpacks why yawns are contagious, how the behaviour may help us synchronise with those around us, and what it can tell us about the way humans and other social animals interact. Featuring insights from Elisabetta Palagi, Associate Professor of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa.

Is It Just Me? : Why are yawns contagious?

Eunice Chua has built a career around other people’s disagreements from working in the courts to teaching law, practising mediation and eventually leading Singapore’s financial dispute-resolution centre.

On Suite Talk, Lynlee Foo sits down with the CEO of the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC) and Research Fellow at SMU School of Law to talk about the unexpected turns that shaped her career, what years of working with people in conflict have taught her about human nature, the career decisions that tested her most, and how those experiences changed her understanding of leadership.

Eunice Chua has built a career around other people&rsquo;s disagreements from working in the courts to teaching law, practising mediation and eventually leading Singapore&rsquo;s financial dispute-resolution centre.
On Suite Talk, Lynlee Foo sits down with the CEO of the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC) and Research Fellow at SMU School of Law to talk about the unexpected turns that shaped her career, what years of working with people in conflict have taught her about human nature, the career decisions that tested her most, and how those experiences changed her understanding of leadership.

Viewpoint: Messi or Ronaldo? What your choice says about you

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