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The Universal Periodic Review, or UPR, is a United Nations’ process where each member country’s performance on human rights is assessed by their peers. Every 5 years, the Human Rights Council assesses a country’s progress towards fulfilling their commitments to basic freedoms regardless of race, gender, and religion. Civil societies are encouraged to take part in the process and, in Malaysia, COMANGO, a coalition of Malaysian NGOs, has been involved since 2009. With two years to go before Malaysia’s next review, COMANGO’s spokesperson Jerald Joseph joins me in the studio to  explain COMANGO’s mid-term report for Malaysia.

Skill Bear integrates education and technology to make learning more accessible and affordable. It is a marketplace for learning that offers courses ranges from How to Look Good on TV to Learning Android App development. The founding team from Malaysia plans to dominate as Asia’s learning marketplace.

Huffington Post blogger Shirley Maya Tan is a Malaysian single mother who resides mostly in the Philippines. Through her personal blog, "The Art of Fearless Living", she writes about societal challenges, identity and much more. Beyond that, she is pursuing the path of a "Fearless Radical Optimist" by using her fearless voice to truly make a difference in the world. Currently, she is a Social Impact Investor at the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm and is the co-partner of five social enterprises. She has also adopted 10 boys at the farm. They are affectionately known as her "Spartan Sons". Together with her Spartan Family, they are re-defining the meaning of social entrepreneurship, experiential education from the ground up and new world success.

Citigroup has raised its oil price forecast to $65 per barrel but Michael Yoshikami doesn't agree with that view.

Petronas group profits declined 36% y.o.y to RM7 bill with both its upstream and downstream divisions reporting a 71% and 42% decrease respectively. Cashflows could also be strained and may be insufficient to cover 2015 capex and an upcoming dividend obligation of RM16 bill to the government. Despite a recovery in crude-oil prices, further capex cuts are still expected and will be a recurring theme in the sector.

Recently we spoke to Inmagine, the group that has 123rf.com as part of their assets talking about the stock images industry and another one of their asset that’s going places around the globe is Designs.net. Warren Leow, CEO designs.net talks about his plans moving the industry forward.

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. In the fourth and final episode, Shankar picks up where he left off last week about being reliable- how do you manage stress and remain reliable? And finally, how you can go about finding the mentor for you. 

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

- EPF braces itself for tough times ahead

- El Nino, La Nina affect palm oil yields

- Coke is not the real thing in Venezuela

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

- Heads are rolling as Singapore bangs BSI shut

- SWIFT-ly shoring up security after cyberthefts

- Smart criminals kamikaze Japan's ATMs

This is the Grille that ties up a series of previous grilles. UDA Holdings is a well known name. It has business relationships with previous firms that we've interviewed, including the Kg. Bharu Development Corp, MIDA, BBCC and more. Listen to Datuk Ahmad Ahmad Abu Bakar, CEO of UDA Holdings Berhad defend how this company helps the Bumiputra agenda of the country using property development as a tool of the New Economic Policy.