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Episodes
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Ready to Lyft Off
00:25 - AliBaba working together with Office Depot in the US 01:47 - Lyft files for IPO
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Palm Oil Export Agreement Adds to Good News on Trade
0:30 - MITI stated that Malaysia’s trade in January 2019 expanded to reach just over RM159 billion from last year. 05:04 - Malaysia and China signed a deal for the export of 1.6 million tonnes of palm oil worth RM3.6 billion. 07:27 - “Belanjawanku: Expenditure Guide for Malaysian Individuals and...
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Construction Sector Leads With Biz Confidence Crumble
00:25 - Department of Statistics, has no confidence Malaysian business 05:00 - FGV lost RM 1 billion, plantation bearing no fruit. A sign of poor management of yesteryear. 06:43 - CIMB targets higher loan growth. Joining ranks with Maybank. Does the GDP relflect the same confidence held by the...
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Uber, Lyft Dangle IPO Options to Drivers Ahead of Debuts
The Morning Run discuss how two of the world's largest ride-hailing services are dangling sweeteners to their drivers ahead of their 2019 IPOs
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Banking On Record Earnings
Latest banking earnings revealed RHB Bank posting record numbers with net profit increasing 18% year-on-year to RM2.3 billion for the 2018 financial year. This follows Maybank - Malaysia’s biggest bank - that reported record earnings as well earlier this week. Maybank's net profit for 2018 grew...
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Withstanding Headwinds for the Aviation Industry
00:11 - The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM), may potentially be disbanded as part of the government’s move to control cost and regain control over key decisions in the aviation industry. The functions are expected to be returned to the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). 02:17 -...
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Avoiding The N-Word
The Morning Run crew brings you today's business headlines: 00:13 - The MySalam scheme has some updates and we’re here to bring them to you. We also discuss the scheme itself. Can financial contributions from insurance companies which will come up to billions be used more effectively to manage...
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It’s No Longer Just About The 5G
Huawei just announced its latest foldable model, the Mate X not long after Samsung announced its Galaxy Fold less than a week ago. Phone manufacturers are finding new ways to convince consumers to upgrade their devices. We spoke to Darwin Sucipto, the Managing Editor at techENT.tv on his thoughts...
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Tolls: What’s a Fair Deal For Gamuda?
00:15 - Gamuda stocks took a hit yesterday following the government’s announcement that they’re looking to takeover some Gamuda related highways. We continue the conversation with an analyst from Alliance DBS about the impact this might have on Gamuda. 07:22 - There’s a new substantial…
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Australia Out In The Coal, Berkshire's Historic Loss and Uber Eats Out
The Morning Run crew brings you their take on today's business headlines: 00:09 - Breaking news from the Wall Street Journal, Trump said he would delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods. 00:59 - Berkshire reported a net loss of USD 25.4 billion in the 4th quarter one of the largest…
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Of Toll Abolishment, Foreign Worker Levies and Deflation
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:09 - Government tweaks promise to abolish tolls. 04:51 - January deflation only temporary says economists. 07:46 - Foreign workers to have reduced extension levy fees from March onwards.
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March 29th - Deal or No Deal
With 10 MPs leaving their respective parties to take a stance against Brexit, UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans seems to be in shambles. We speak to Simon Baptist of The Economist Intelligence Unit to discuss what led to this situation and what is next for the UK.
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Shaking the Apple Tree
Apple seems to be gearing up for life after the iPhone based on recent leadership changes as Apple aims to reduce its reliance on iPhone for its revenue. Apple has also trimmed 200 staffers from its autonomous-vehicle project, and redirecting much of their resources in its services business into...
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Property Market Bottoming Out?
We discuss with Sulaiman his outlook on the property sector. The company launched their new property market research report and they foresee more stagnation this year, but they’re hoping for improvements to the market with the introduction of the new housing policy and alternative financing. Are...
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ECRL Moving From Its Stop
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on ECRL, seeing that Malaysia may be making progress in talks with China to revive the project.
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China Bolsters Tech Powerhouse Status With New Silicon Valley
China is consolidating its position as a tech powerhouse to rival the US with the creation of the " The Greater Bay Area" which promises to herald a new era of opening up. With trillions of dollars in GDP value, this might just be a tad more successful than Malaysia's MSC. Meanwhile, India sells…
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Key Takeaways From Singapore Budget 2019
Singapore unveiled its Budget 2019 outlining a strategic plan to "to build a strong, united Singapore”. We speak to Selena to get her analysis on it. Listen in.
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EPF to Disrupt Lucrative Unit Trust Commissions?
The Morning Run crew brings you today's business headlines: 00:09 - There has been a lot of talk about EPF's recent dividend rates. We take a look into how EPF has managed to give out these rates. 08:26 - China's Ambassador to Malaysia has floated the idea of issuing Panda bonds to Malaysia to…
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Shahril Sets New Direction For Khazanah
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:08 - The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend rate of 6.15% for conventional savings and 5.9% percent for shariah savings. 04:47 - We discuss the new mandate Khazanah managing director Datuk Shahril…
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GDP prospects to continuously grow?
The morning crew brings today's business headlines: 03:40 - Bank Negara expects economy to grow 08:45 - Khazanah unveiling plan to deliver more cash
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Between a bad bet and mismanagement
Airbus calls it quits for the A380 which often couldn’t get enough passengers to fill it. GE Power on the other hand got too many orders but not enough profits.
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Rising Tensions Down Under With China?
The morning crew brings you today's business headline: 01:16 - Richard McGregor gives us his view and insight on the chilly relationship between ina showdown of Aussie-Kiwi-China 09:55 - The prospect of growth or decline on Malaysia GDP
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Chinese Economy Expectations, SoftBank Extends Reach
The Morning Run crew brings you today's business headlines: 00:09 - Rajiv gives us his expectations and impressions from this week's China economic data. 03:25 - SoftBank has invested more into Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup working on self-delivering vehicles. How does this play into the rest of...
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DBKL and Plot Ratios: Should Approvals in Principle Be Withdrawn?
The Morning Run team discuss: 00:48 - December‘s IPI printed a positive blip after recent negative numbers from PMI and consumer sentiment as well trade tensions on the external front. Will The formation of the Economic Action Council put the nation on the right track? 02:50 - The Securities...
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Chinese CNY Spending Growth Slows, Indonesia Eyes Lucrative Halal Pie
The Morning Run crew discusses: 01:58 - Data showed that people in China spending some 149 billion Dollars over the the Lunar New Year week-long holiday. That was 8.5% higher when compared to festive period last year but the slowest increase since at least 2011. 04:54 - We discuss with Bharat...
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Income In Overseas Accounts - Taxable?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on top business news of the day, here and abroad. 00:11 - The 1MDB Saga continues as Najib’s SRC trial is set to kick off on Tuesday at the KL High Court. We discuss his impending trial. 02:11 - Finance minister Lim Guan Eng stated taxpayers who do not…
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Axiata Faces Extra Charges in Nepal
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 0.12 - Axiata faces a tax bill of over RM 2 billion in Nepal. We take a deep dive into the details. 5.59 - Online fashion retailer Zalora Group is reportedly mulling a listing on Bursa Malaysia in an effort to fund its…
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Council Of Eminent Business People?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 01:04 - We take a look at US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s vow that the US and China will reach a trade deal by March as well as recent earnings from US companies. 09:49 - Closer to home, we look at the responses so…
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KLCC Attempting A Marie Kondo?
The Morning Run crew brings you their take on today's business headlines: 00:57 - Change in consumer trend- After 2 decades, it looks like Parkson is moving out of KLCC due to changing market dynamics 12:05 - EPF playing peacemaker - EPF, a shareholder of both AirAsia and MAHB, has called for the...
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Grand Plan In Need Of Humble Execution
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: As exports achieve record levels, a paper for a new direction will soon provide possible answers to fix the challenged local economy. But the devil as they say is always in the details. And the execution. The fining by SC of...
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Will Cheaper Loans Help Affordable Housing?
The Morning Run crew brings you their take on today's business headlines: 00:57 - We're talking housing policy today - BNM launched their RM1billion fund to kickstart home ownership here. 09:03 - Is Malaysia really at a 0.4% poverty rate now? According to Professor Martin Ravallion, we need to...
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The Affordability Conundrum In The Property Pie
Property affordability is a hot potato issue here and the government is hoping that its newly announced National Affordable Housing Policy will help address it. This is the first policy announcement by the Pakatan Harapan government and it outlines what requirements for what makes an affordable...
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Things We Did Not Know We Could Afford - Homes, Broadband And The ECRL?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's headlines: 01:47 - Will the The National Affordable Housing Policy (NAHP) make home affordable for the B40? 09:23 - Can TNB be a last-mile connectivity solution? 12:41 - To build or not to build the ECRL? Conflicting statements on ECRL are…
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The Tricky Business Of Propping Up The Economy
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:12 - Miti is looking to reduce excise taxes - and subsequently car prices - to increase sales volume. 03:51 - The B40 Healthcare Fund has been launched yesterday. The mySalam fund had received a RM2 billion contribution...
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Legal Tussles Continue - From Airports to Theme Parks
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:38 - AirAsia is bringing their own suit against MAHB worth RM400 million. 05:45 - Next, we also have Fox counter-suing Genting on the basis of a separate Memorandum of Agreement. 09:44 - The Human Resources Minister just...
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Trump's Trade War - Good For Malaysia?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:12 - The third National Car Project has been announced to be an EEV, rather than an EV and the first model will be available in the second half of 2020. 02:12 - Primary Industries Minister, Teresa Kok has added another...
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Of Tax & Job Uncertainties
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:11 - First, we discuss the government's tax collection for 2018. 06:16 - Media Prima has announced plans to reduce staff numbers at its television stations via a mutual separation scheme for employees in “selected”...
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LRT & Proton: Contracts Off Track?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:13 - MITI replies to MAA's claims that MITI's delay is part of the reason why 2019's TIV will slow down. 02:39 - Proton is facing a half a billion lawsuit from their former Chinese partner, Goldstar Heavy Industrial.…
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Auto Sales To Shift To Lower Gear?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: Joyce, Chuang and Sharidz discuss the possibility of car sales dropping this year. According to Malaysian Automotive Association President, Datuk Aishah Ahmad, the government’s delay in approving new car models’ pricing has...
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A Time of Self-Reflection For Tabung Haji?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:11 - Tabung Haji is looking to reorientate their asset strategy and declares they are not a fund manager. 03:28 - Meanwhile Proton wets its feet in the export market in Pakistan and the Middle East. 06:20 - Dr Jomo Kwame...
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Under The Spotlight - Digital Assets & Income
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 0:11 - We discuss the new law governing digital currencies and assets - the Capital Markets and Services (Prescription of Securities) (Digital Currency and Digital Token) Order 2019 - that comes into force today. 04:22 - IRB...
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Hotel Owners In Selling Mode?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:10 - EPF is expected to announce their dividend payouts next month and according to a report in the Malaysian Reserve, it is not going to look good. 04:12 - W Hotel is reportedly up for sale, according to StarBiz’s…
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LGE v Nomura: What’s The Fuss?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 0:09 - Following from Nomura’s downgrade of Malaysian stocks yesterday, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has come out to dismiss their report - saying that the government is confident in achieving their targets for 2018 and…
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Trouble for Tax, Tourism & Triple-A Ratings?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:13 - The IRB is estimating to collect about RM10 billion through their Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (SVDP). We look into this projection and also the estimated revenue from tax collection as a whole this year....
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Najib Denies Chinese Bailout Claims
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:10 - Corruption probe: MACC has arrested a former Malaysian Tourism official. 01:46 - 1MDB Update: Najib and the Chinese embassy has come out to deny WSJ’s claims in their exposé, with the government expressing intentions...
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WSJ Exposé: China Offered To Bail Out 1MDB In Exchange For Deals
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:56 - We discuss The Wall Stress Journal's latest expose the senior Chinese leaders had apparently offered to help bail out 1MDB in 2016 and in return, Malaysia offered lucrative stakes in railway and pipeline projects for...
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Perodua-Proton: Battle of the Local SUVs?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 0:11 - The KVDT Phase 2 is back on track, according to Starbiz’s sources. 02:40 - Perodua and Proton’s SUV race is underway as we look into Proton’s X70 order numbers and Perodua’s Aruz’s projected numbers. 05:03 - The Edge...
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MRB Land Sale - Invisible Hands At Play?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:12 - The dubious sale from MRB to MoF and then to EPF is splashed across headlines in the papers today. We dive into the details of this reveal. 04:32 - The government reportedly spent RM4.9 billion on fuel subsidies from...
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Small Boosts Amid The Weak Sentiment
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:12 - Based on the Nikkei Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), Malaysia’s manufacturing sector output dropped to a 6 and ½ year low. What does this mean for our economy? 02:43 - The banking sector is...
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Do Our Cars Need an End-Of-Life Policy?
The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:16 - Singapore reported an economic growth above 3% for a 2nd year. We see what that means for us back here. 05:34 - Banks and Casinos will have to comply with Bank Negara’s new threshold on daily cash threshold report...
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