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We speak to Datuk Aishah Ahmad, President, Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) on how the industry is faring after 2 months of closure and how the recovery looks like as show rooms reopen for sales and production of motor vehicles resumes nationwide.

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The Jackson Hole Symposium meeting happened over the weekend, where prominent central bankers, finance ministers, academics, and financial market participants from around the world converged to discuss economic developments and policies albeit virtually. The highlight was the speech by Fed Chair, Jerome Powell. Prof. Hans Genberg, Professor of Economics at Asia School of Business weighs in on what was the key takeaways from this event.

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With ultra low interest rates, M&A deals are abundant even in Australia despite the lock downs and emergence of the Delta variant.

Kingsley Jones, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Jevons Global gives us an on the ground view of this plus weighing in on why US markets hit new highs.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s also shaped by global norms. This hour, journalist Elise Hu reflects on what's considered beautiful now, and how we’ll think about beauty in the future.

This week, Patrick Teoh takes you on another foot-stomping, hand-clapping ride down memory lane as he blows dust off his vinyl collection to bring you a selection of popular tunes from the 60s to 80s.

In this edition of A Bit of Culture, we have BFM producers Julian Yap and Michael Gong together with our host Kam Raslan. Beginning with the good old days, the trio analyzes a few different inventions in the yesteryear and try to decide its value today. Then, Kam steers the conversation back to the epoch of The Columbian Exchange, discussing the various contrasts in environmental turning points and cultural practices in the Old World to the New. Lastly, our trio ends with highlighting the advantages of being able to learn history through movies at present times - with that said, should a film always be historically accurate?
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00:56 - Topic 1 - The Good Old Days

10:15 - Topic 2 - The Columbian Exchange

18:42 - Topic 3 - Learning History Through Movies

Harry Kane stays at Spurs and scores a brace in the Europa Conference League Playoff. We discuss the Champions League draw looking at the groups Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City & Man Utd are in and also the midweek Carabao Cup Round 2 which threw up some big scorelines.

Main focus is on previewing the Premier League weekend including Man City v Arsenal & Liverpool v Chelsea.

Yesterday, there were attacks at Kabul Airport, which saw two suicide bombers and gunmen attacking crowds of people attempting to leave the country. We look into the impact of this on the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, and the efforts to evacuate people.

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We break down the newly announced Cabinet, looking specifically at what it will mean for governance and health. First, we examine the lineup and discuss what to expect from the new government. Then, we look at how Khairy Jamaluddin's appointment as Health Minister will affect our pandemic policies moving forward.

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The government of Ethiopia wants to develop its own social media platforms, as it thinks that existing giants like Facebook and Twitter are filtering content posted on them. Dhanya Nair tells us more.

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