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The Ministry of Finance has launched the National Supply Chain Finance Platform, dubbed as "JanaNiaga", with an aim to assist SMEs in maintaining a healthy cash flow while also limiting credit risk to financiers or financial institutions in Malaysia.

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It’s what you’ve been waiting for. The robot cockroach episode. 3D-printed smart bridges, billionaires in space, innovative EV tech. Nothing can compete with the robot cockroach.

A centralised kitchen with shared services staff, dining and sales infrastructure so that vendors can focus solely on cooking delicious and nutritious food is what MOJOS Kitchen aspires to be. The co-founders, Gaurav Joshi and Sharayas Saranthan, discuss why they started MOJOS and how they plan to expand their food delivery service company.

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Covid-19 has changed the way many people work and one of the fields it has touched is that of a real estate negotiator. How have real estate negotiators and agents adapted to the pandemic and utilized digital means to showcase homes for potential buyers? Aaron Siow, Group Vice President of IQI Global, a real estate agency talks about being a real estate negotiator in these times and his thoughts on how the market has been doing.

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Bond markets have been volatile and the correlation between yields and inflation appears distorted. Edward Toh, Chief Investment Officer of Areca Capital explains why. He also gives his investment strategy and outlook for the Ringgit.

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The Public Accounts Committee, or PAC for short, which scrutinizes public spending and is supposed to improve accountability will reconvene on the 26th of July. Its chairman, Wong Kah Woh joins us on the Morning Run to talk about their plans during these 7 days.

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After months of uncertainty, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is finally here despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, and a state of emergency that runs until 22nd August. Malaysia is sending a contingent of 30 athletes to the Games, who will be looking for Olympic medals in the cycling, diving, and badminton events. Just before joining the Malaysian contingent in Tokyo, Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria, the President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia sits down with us on the Breakfast Grille to talk to us about all things sports, and the Olympics that nearly didn't happen.

A group of medical professionals has drafted a Health Emergency Action Plan (H.E.A.P), which was made public this week. It outlines several key areas and proposals for action to address the pandemic without resorting to lockdowns. We speak to one of its authors, Dato’ Dr. Amar-Singh HSS, Senior Consultant Paediatrician to find out more.

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As Disney Plus has tripled its user base y-o-y to 103 million in April, can Netflix still holds the lead in the streaming competition? We ask Geetha Ranganathan, Senior Media Analyst from Bloomberg Intelligence on the state of the movie industry.

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Recently emerging market currencies in Asia have depreciated against the US dollar. Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist at UBP explains why despite the twin deficits in the US.