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    Mercedes Ruehl is the Financial Times' Singapore correspondent. 

    She was the Asia Technology correspondent based in Singapore, and previously led the FT's newsletters and audience engagement team in Asia. Prior to that she spent six years reporting in Australia on business, finance and politics for The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.

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