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

- Insurance merger wars: ensuring consumer protection

- Is Deutsche Bank the next Lehman Brothers?

- No Exit on Brexit

If you’re not careful with hiring the right talent in the midst of rapid expansion, you will face the danger in sustaining your company. Founders of Property Pricetag have experimented multiple strategies but still face talent issues. John Kam from D’Jungle People provides some of the common mistakes done by company founders.   

According to Kim Iskyan, Brexit will trigger a reversal of globalisation which is bad for Asian markets and economies. The troubles at Deutsche Bank also highlights the extreme risks in markets right now which makes gold a good investment according to him.

Indonesia recently revealed that it is working towards imposing a rule which will require its maids working abroad to live separately from their employers, work regular hours, get public holidays and off-days. Its Ministry of Manpower says it will stop sending new live-in maids to foreign countries in phases, beginning next year. The move is part of Jakarta's plan to professionalise the informal employment sector, and protect its citizens from being exploited. Today, BFM explores the practicality of this move and how it will affect the domestic workers market in Malaysia.

This is a report by Shawn Tanis.

“Enough should be the central concept in economics,” wrote Herman Daly, one of the founders of ecological economics. The world's economy, as it is currently run, is causing long-term environmental, societal and economic damage. Author and economist Rob Dietz, who co-authored the book “Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources” joins us to discuss how he thinks we can reverse this and how we can challenge the dominant "growth at any cost" thesis of contemporary economics.

Joyce Goh, Associate Editor on the Corporate & Capital Markets desk at The Edge Media Group discusses how AirAsia has grown its ancillary income, and its plans to move into the F&B space.

Nuren Group launched the first Malaysian Venture Capital Quality Equity Crowd Funding (ECF) offer recently. Within the first few seconds of the launching, Nuren Group has received overwhelming response and has raised almost RM300,000. Petrina Goh and Kelvin Leow, founders of Nuren Group share their experience during the ECF campaign.

Asia has never failed to deliver when it comes to surprises. Join Asia Calling this week as they attended a poetry festival for children in India, and the annual ASEAN Literary Festival in Jakarta, among other interesting places across the region. Brought to you by our friend from Kantor Berita Radio 68H.

Here are the segments of the episode:

0:38 - Asia Calling 1 - Pakistan abuses its capital punishment law

7:43 - Asia Calling 2 - Poetry festival for children in India

15:00 - Asia Calling 3 - Islamophobia in Thailand

22:39 - Asia Calling 4 - Taboo topics at Asean Literary Festival 2016

30:05 - Asia Calling 5 - An unconventional model trying her luck in South Korea

With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavours from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked selections from all across Asia. This week, a mix of jazz-leaning easy listening tunes from veterans like Zain Azman, Saloma, Alfonso Soliano and many more. 

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0:25 - Ahmad Shariff - Dari Hati Ke Hati

5:48 - Bing Slamet- Bayangan

8:38 - Taib Osman- Gadis Kota

12:41 - Saloma - Kenangan Rindu

16:20 - Zain Azman - Kasih Sayang

18:28 - Zain Azman - Memujuk Cinta

21:31 - Alfonso Soliano - Ku Kan Kembali

24:03 - Alfonso Soliano - Bergotong Royong

28:08 - Sharifah Aini - Hanya Engkau

32:37 - Jimmy boyle - Jauh Jauh

36:39 - Alina Rahman - Putera Puteri

41:23 - Ahmad Daud - Senyummu

This week, Patrick Teoh takes you on another foot stomping, hand clapping ride down memory lane as he blows dust off his vinyl collection to bring you the top 30 songs of the year 1970. Featuring Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat, Deep Purple, DJ Dave, and many more.