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Many businesses are started because there's a gap in the market, others might be started because there's a pain point to solve, and then there are businesses that are started out of passion. What started as a way to teach a child about responsibility, turned into a small business that for a while generated a decent income - now the struggle is to stay afloat. We catch up with the founder of Betta X Aquascapes, Edmund Kuah.

The lorry就是一家共享经济类型的企业，提供平台连接了消费者及罗里司机，从个人的搬家服务，到商家的商品运输，The lorry都有所涉猎。这家本土企业有上万辆罗里，生意甚至横跨马来西亚、新加坡、泰国及印尼。

本期节目，The Lorry的创始人吴志豪将与大家分享运输业的共享经济发展。

So should you opt-in for the loan moratorium? Roshan Kanesan explores this with Annie Hor, Licensed Financial Advisor with Harveston Financial Advisory. They’ll get into how to make this decision, how to utilize this moratorium, and what this could mean for your payments later on.

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> Emergency Cash: How Much and How To Keep It

> Wealth Protection, Accumulation, And Distribution: What, Why, And How?

>  3 Fixed Deposit Alternatives As Rates Stay Low

Emergency cash buffers are vital, but how much do you need to set aside and where should you keep the cash? Roshan Kanesan explores this with Annie Hor, Licensed Financial Advisor with Harveston Financial Advisory. They also get into differences between savings accounts, fixed deposits, and money market funds.

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Other episodes to check out:

> Loan Moratorium: Should You Opt-In?

> Wealth Protection, Accumulation, And Distribution: What, Why, And How?

>  3 Fixed Deposit Alternatives As Rates Stay Low

Why has the Malaysian equities market been one of the worst-performing in the region to date, and will fortunes change in the second half of the year? Koh Huat Soon, Head of Research at Kenanga Investment Bank gives us analysis and outlook for the remainder of the year, including his top sector picks.

With newly appointed deputy prime minister and senior minister, and UMNO withdrawing the party's support for Perikatan Nasional. We ask Dr. Hamidin Abd Hamid, Research Fellow, Ilham Centre what does Ismail Sabri's appointment means, and will we be seeing UMNO MPs leaving.

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Siobhan Das, CEO of AMCHAM gives her perspective on how significant the EMCO impact will have on Malaysia's global position in the supply chain as well as the trading and manufacturing hub.

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Munchy’s Food Industries is responsible for snacks like Lexus cream biscuits, Muzik bites, and Oat Krunch, brands that ring a bell with many Malaysians. From humble beginnings back in 1991, today they claim to be the number one homegrown biscuit brand in Malaysia, exporting its products to more than 50 countries, but has the pandemic thrown a spanner into the works?

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In the latest edition of the EIU’s Return to Normalcy Index, Malaysia ranks at the bottom of 50 countries after the government reimposed lockdowns across the nation. We discuss what needs to be done for Malaysia to achieve pre-pandemic normalcy sooner rather than later with Waqas Adenwala of EIU.

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The UAE is blocking an extension of the OPEC+ deal to gradually increase oil production until the end of 2022, arguing that its quota is unfair. As a result, oil prices have hovered at multi-year highs, but how sustainable is this trend? We discuss the outlook for oil markets and whether we’ll ever see a return to USD100 per barrel levels with Salih Yilmaz of Bloomberg Intelligence.

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