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They say crisis is the mother of innovation, and when beauty and personal care outlets were closed throughout the pandemic, two university students stepped up to the challenge and created SweetPeachier, a personal care company whose star product is a hair removal device using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology. Co-founder Kon Fa Rong shares their experience in juggling student life and entrepreneurship, customer education on a new personal care device, and how they took a startup capital of RM5000 and made over RM1 million in sales in the span of a year.

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Over the last decade, Malaysia’s domestic capital market tripled to RM3.4 trillion. But it pales in comparison to the size of Singapore’s markets. What does this tell us about Malaysia’s underlying economy? Dr. Liew Chee Yoong, Research Fellow, Center for Market Education unpacks the Securities Commission’s Capital Market Masterplan 3 and what more could be done to broaden the market and deepen liquidity.

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We talk to Azrul Mohd Khalib from the Galen Centre about how the 12th Malaysia Plan should address and anticipate the current challenges in Malaysia's healthcare industry.

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Kedah-based cable and wire maker Southern Cable is graduating to the Main Market by the end of the year, with its post-pandemic recovery plans and new product lines squarely in focus, according to Group General Manager Ooi In Keong.

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In the early stages of the pandemic, the government implemented a freeze on hiring foreign workers, in part to curb the spread of Covid-19 but also to provide more job opportunities for locals. Recently, the Human Resources Ministry said that the freeze would be extended until the end of 2021 - but this has been met with dismay by employers groups, who say that the labour shortage will affect economic recovery. We discuss the impact of foreign worker shortages across different economic sectors with political economist Khor Yu Leng.

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Grant Wyeth helps us unpack Canada's recent election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as he tries to secure a majority following the last election in 2019 which resulted in a minority government.

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Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA discusses why US markets were whipsawing between positive and negative territory yesterday, and the more contagion effect of the Evengrande debt crisis.

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Fitness-junkies rejoice! Gyms in states under Phase 2 of the NRP are now allowed to run on 50 percent capacity and in a controlled environment for the fully vaccinated. But will things go back to the way they were - especially with virtual workouts being the pandemic status-quo? Founder of boutique fitness center DailyMuscle, Noel Chelliah joins us as he shares his reaction to the news and dissects the potential hybrid-future of the fitness industry.

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The King of Horror, one of the best selling and most adapted authors of all time, Stephen King is also a firm favourite in this book-loving corner of radio. Yet despite all this, he's always been something of an outlier in the literary world, with many critics not crediting his writing and influence. In this episode, we talk about why that is, along with the life and times of Stephen King, and the books we recommend. As always, in Footnotes, we pivot to discussing on-screen adaptations.

Fresh off a 20 nomination spree at the Emmys, and a sweep of the comedic acting categories, Ted Lasso is the show of the season, capturing hearts with its focus on well-written characters, strong performances and thoughtful storytelling. While it starts with the trials and travails of an American football coach, transplanted to the English Premier League, the show also expands to explore different stories and paths, including conversations about masculinity, mental health, kindness and positivity.