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Tony Nash, CEO, Complete Intelligence, talks about inflation's- and Omicron's role in US shares sinking, as fears spread over their non-transitory nature. Image credit: Unsplash.com

美、台发迹的 GPS 制造企业，至今以呼应各类户外活动场景的腕表引领风骚——Garmin 在腕表中融入自家深耕多年的强劲定位系统功能，让户外活动变得不再容易迷路。然而，一场冠病疫情将全人类锁进了防疫与隔离的牢笼里… 融合大自然各种地势的户外活动腕表，如今该如何突破「大自然」最大的界限，持续站稳市场呢？在严禁户外活动的锁国期间，来听听 Garmin 的那些严峻考验，在商界中也能有「锁」得。

An idea that formed in 2017, this year saw the debut-collab of heavyweights Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak with the full length "An Evening With Silk Sonic". A tribute to 70s soul-funk, we dive into the this much anticipated release. Grammy on the cards? 

By The Way is a rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This week, Live Nation has decided to make their next festival, Rolling Loud, an 18 and above event, following the AstroWorld disaster. Spotify is retiring the Car View feature in the US, Rihanna is hailed as a "national hero" after Barbados gained her independence, and British boy-band, Blue has announced a 20th anniversary comeback tour.

In the news this week, we make a little public service announcement to remind people to renew your road tax, driver's license or insurance coverage, as the license moratorium expires on 31st December 2021. We also discuss Nissan's target to have 50% of their global sales in 2030 be electrified vehicles, before finishing up on the extremely controversial BMW XM.

In Part 2, we go through the local car launches with the family-oriented Kia Carnival, the classy pickup truck in the Mazda BT-50, and the trackday enthusiast's dream car, the Porsche 911 GT3. We ride on the dream car theme in Part 3, as Daniel experiences Japan's most premium sports car offering: the Lexus LC500 Convertible. 

After months of delays, it’s finally here: the last of the Daniel Craig James Bonds! And it seems like Bond is… retired? But then, there’s a kidnapped scientist! A mysterious villain! Really, do we even need the plot? Directed by Cary Fukunaga and co-starring Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, and Lashana Lynch, this latest outing looks to be everything we’ve come to expect from Craig’s grittier, more grounded 007. We review it and discuss if it’s a fitting swan song.

When it comes to plastic and sustainability, one of the biggest buzzwords recently has been the circular economy, or the new plastic economy. But what would this look like in practice, and who are the stakeholders who need to get involved here? We explore this and more, in our seventh episode of One Goal At A Time. We speak to Wee Ching Yun, Chairman of the Sustainability Sub-Committee at the Malaysian Plastic Manufacturers Association.

Tonight, we look at an update on sexual harassment in schools, and Ain Husniza’s case. First, the teacher that Ain referenced in her initial video has filed a defamation suit against her and her father - we discuss the ramifications of this. And then, AWAM has just released a study looking into sexual harassment and period spot checks in schools, we find out more.

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The streaming platform is kicking 2022 off by removing some much-beloved fan favourites from their roster, such as How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, Grey’s Anatomy and Modern Family. We head to Twitter for reactions.

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星期一市场刚刚摆脱低谷后，昨天又突然急转直下，美股三大指数暴跌将近2%，主要还是因为Omicron有越来越多不确定性的问题。美联储主席鲍威尔昨天也特别警告，通膨风险进一步加剧，而美联储也忽视了供给端对通膨造成的问题

至于国内部分，物价陆续喊涨，在10月份通胀率攀至2.9%的4个月最高水平后，分析师预计，在更高食品和燃料价格等国内外因素推动下，未来数月的通胀率会持续高企， 明年通胀现象恐怕将更严重。明年通胀率料达2.5%，高于今年全年预测2.4%。

本周可谓一波未平一波又起，所以就让我们邀请马六甲证券研究主管刘礼誉，来到我们的节目聊聊本周股市动态。