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

- ICPT rebate on electricity remains static

- EPF to partner Eco World on three projects

A dozen tux-clad, undergraduates from Harvard University came to town to sing a capella, with proceeds going to Dialogue in the Dark Malaysia, a social enterprise whose aim is to build empathy with those who are visually impaired. For the first time in their 70 year history, the Harvard Krokodiloes performed in the dark, and they shared their experience rehearsing sans visual cues, and their favourite moments of their World Tour so far.

Malaysia is ranked 46th in its Female Entrepreneurship Index (FEI) out of 77 countries, higher than China and India. This could possibly indicate that the country is better at pursuing dynamic ways of promoting female entrepreneurship compared to those markets.

A recent study conducted by RinggitPlus and backed by research data from Google Malaysia charts out the main trends in online financial search behavior on google.com.my. The research shows how increasingly mobile and digital savvy Malaysians currently are. Hann Liew, CFO of RinggitPlus and Chuah Jia Wen, Head of Sales Finance at Google Malaysia talks about the survey and how the increase in mobile financial searches effect the banking sector’s marketing strategies.

U.S first quarter GDP figure surpassed expectations. While there seems to be a latent resiliency in the growth story, recent macro issues like Brexit may contribute higher risks to the U.S economy. Listen to Michael Yoshikami, CEO of Destination Wealth as he dissects the outlook for the second quarter of this year

Do institutions like Khazanah and EPF pad the market in seismic events like the Brexit or the global financial crisis? Is the defensiveness of the Malaysian market due to the GLIC effect or fundamentals?

It's the last episode of this month's series where we're looking at career and work life from the perspective of Gen Y's, as well as people within industries that hold insight to what Gen Y's are after. Today we've got two of BFM's interns with us- Dina who is studying journalism, and Nigel, a psychology major. We loo kat ways to create the right kind of opportunities to get us on the path to a career that we'll love. Derek Toh, the founder of WOBB, is also here to share his experience and advice.

The Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) aims to nurture a vibrant entrepreneurial hub in Malaysia, while creating an ecosystem that provides the necessary support for the development of entrepreneurs. We ask MaGIC's new CEO Ashran Ghazi how he plans to achieve this.

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

- MITI fishing for more investment

- Eco World unfazed by Brexit effect

- Going into Debt for Education

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