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The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- 1MDB's domino effect on our economy

- Jaya Grocer: Sold! For a hefty price tag

- Power purchase deals for Sarawak Energy

- The Musk Doctrine: Failed management or brilliant strategy?

Think you're ready for that promotion? Great. Not quite sure how to get there? Not to worry. Lace up and get ready to make that climb to the corner office with Shankar Santhiram of EQTD Consulting, who shares 5 keys to get you on that path to a promotion. This week, we look at what it means to create the kind of value that will make you indispensable to your boss, team and organization. 

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- All eyes on Saudi Arabia's oil output

- No Robin Hood redemption for hackers

It’s not easy to run your own business and neither is raising your family. Our guest today is Majorie Cheng who left her job as VP at Citibank Malaysia and entered motherhood. With the goal of spending more quality time with her daughter, she set up Haha No Yume. It is a risky business because it’s an e-commerce site that sells baby kimono rompers. But Majorie plans to go global with her business.

Last month, a school was temporarily shut down amid a case of mass hysteria. Possessed by spirits? The wandering uterus? Since ancient times, many cultures offered explanations to the medical curiosity. But why does it seem to affect mainly females? And what does modern medicine actually know about this intriguing phenomenon? Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Philip George, unravels the mystery.

"The rule is to carry as little as possible" said philosopher Henry D. Thoreau and Claire Sancelot has taken heed. Together with her family, she attempts to lead a sustainable, zero-waste way of life, through simple and minimalistic living. Claire, who maintains the zerowastehongkong.com blog and Zero Waste Kuala Lumpur Facebook page, joins us to share how she does this and to discuss why we should all start taking steps to simplify our lives.

U Mobile is the smallest of the four mobile telco players and positions itself as a “challenger” to the Big Three incumbents - Maxis, Celcom and Digi. Can they keep this position amidst talk there could be a new entrant to the market? Wong Heang Tuck, the CEO of U Mobile joins us on the Breakfast Grille to discuss this and more.

The recent abductions of four Malaysians off Sabah's East Coast by the Abu Sayyaf group has led several countries to issue travel advisories against all non-essential travel to the state. The advisory warns of a threat of kidnapping and criminality on the eastern coast of Sabah, particularly on the islands close to the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines. Today on BFM, we explore how Sabah's state government reacted to the incident, as well as what can be done to ensure the state's security and public safety.

This is a report by Jason Lim and Sonia Naidu.

Zack Yusof gives you an interesting selection of music and his insights on the style, the singers and the stories behind the songs.

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0:08 - Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies

6:14 - The Big Moon - Cupid

9:53 - Partybaby - I Don’t Wanna Wait

13:27 - The Chemical Brothers feat Noel Gallagher - Setting Sun

20:05 - RM Hubbert with Marnie - Sweet Dreams

23:51 - Tiny Ruins - Dream Wave

28:19 - Death In Vegas - Aisha

33:02 - Trevor Sensor - Judas Said To Be A Man

35:32 - Devo - Satisfaction

38:49 - Big Deal - Avalanche

41:59 - Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

47:05 - Can - I Want More

When Soo Wincci came to our office, we had no idea who the older gentleman with her was until she revealed that he was her pick for News From Page 2, which was her dad! Throughout the interview, we talked a lot about breaking into China’s competitive entertainment industry, but her dad had even more info because he used to work in a textile company that deals with China. Talk about connections and free labour, eh?

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