Many businesses were heading towards bankruptcy during the MCO. Flour was one of them. With a new outlet set to open just before restrictions were set, founder Yogesh Upadhey had to figure out ways to keep the eatery afloat while planning for a future that was uncertain. We speak to Yogesh about how Flour pulled through, expansion plans, as well as what he has learned from this unprecedented time. 

This year marks the 19th EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Malaysia awards programme. We speak to EY Emerging Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Malaysia, Ko Chuan Zhen, Poh Tyng Huei and Ryan Oh, of Plus Solar Systems Sdn Bhd to learn how winning this award has changed and improved their business.

Education Malaysia Global Services is a one stop shop created by the government to accelerate the goal of 250,000 foreign students by 2025. But with Covid 19 and no new student visas being issued, is that target realistic? Mohd Radzlan Jalaludin, the newly appointed CEO tells us how he intends to overcome the challenges, his plans for promoting Malaysia as an education center and why was he appointed despite not coming from a related field

The government intends to set up a Special Council instead of a Parliamentary Select Committee (that Pakatan Harapan had mooted) to review the implementation of the Malaysia Agreement or MA63. James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania weighs in on how the government is approaching discussions, and in light of the upcoming Sabah state elections, what does he make of Datuk Seri Anifah Aman’s call for senior political leaders to pave the way for younger politicians.

US President Donald Trump has signed several executive orders in order to provide relief to American facing economic pressure due to Covid-19. The new measures have attracted criticism over how actionable they are, as well as for bypassing Congress, which is still deadlocked on a Covid-19 bill. So this morning, we speak to Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute to get more insight on the current stalemate, as well as on Democratic Nominee Joe Biden's choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate.

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Sim Wie Boon speaks to Nazri Othman, Director of Community Banking from Affin Bank Berhad, about the OH MY GOLD campaign, launched as an incentive for customers to save and deposit with Affin Bank by offering them the chance to win gold. Find out more about the campaign and how you can participate.

Aidonna Jan Ayub, Deputy Director of Research, Khazanah Research Institute reviews the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership) and compares it to RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). 

Find out more about trade issues in KRI's publication: Malaysia's Trade Governance at Crossroads

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With Gold seeing its biggest decline in 7 years and bond yields jumping, we reach out to Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst at OANDA for his insight into global market performance overnight. We cover some data expected out of the US, Singapore's latest GDP numbers, and the bright spots in the Australian economy.

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On today's episode we have Lesley Lim , Captain of the KL Barbarians, Klang Valley's first open corporate dragon boat team which has been around since 2011. Dragon boating is very much known as a very colourful and competitive summer event.During this pandemic season, some sports are allowed to resume while some remain shut for 2020. Unfortunately dragon boating business has come to a halt due to the pandemic. This podcast covers the struggles the Malaysian dragon boat team has to face to ensure the team’s fitness is maintained throughout the entire MCO period. 

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