BFM :: Today's BizTalk

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 relook at our poverty line and how we assess inequality and poverty.

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 home.

But can this successfully address the affordability issue?

The Morning Run team discuss this and more. 

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 coming out from the country’s top ministers.

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 from Great Eastern Life and we look into how the fund is used.

09:19 - Tan Sri Danny Tan is back at the helm of Tropicana Corporation Bhd as the Executive Vice-Chairman and he's big plans in store.

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 announced that the salary threshold for expats working in Malaysia, to allow for more employment opportunities for Malaysians.

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 element to her "Love My Palm Oil" campaign by bringing in the aviation industry to be a part of this as well.

04:17 - Tun Daim Zainuddin has come out to comment on the US-China trade war and its long-term impact on Malaysia. He has also discussed China's move into 5G and how that would impact us.

07:15 - Two stakeholders of M1 in Singapore, of which Axiata owns a 28.3% stake in, have announced that they will not increase their offer price to gain controlling stakes in the telco.

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” departments and units.

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.

04:49 - The new LRT3 contract is to be signed soon - according to MRCB-George Kent, before CNY.

09:04 - Today we're talking palm oil: MPOB projects CPO prices to breach RM2,500 this year and the B10 biodiesel programme rolls out today.

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 negatively affected carmakers’ plans to launch new models and this delay is expected to take a toll on the overall sales of new vehicles this year.

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 Sundaram, economist professor, has come out to say that regulating digital currencies will not be an easy feat. We look into why.

10:25 - Globalisation was the theme of the day at the World Bank Group's conference yesterday. BNM stated that the rapid tech advancement has made globalisation an increasingly double-edged phenomenon.