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We recap some of the most interesting conversations we’ve had on the show, including a series on money and relationships, scams, personal loans and how to cope with your finances when everything is getting more expensive. 

Featured interviews include:

Dating And Money, What To Look Out For And What To Say

The Financial Conversations To Have Before Marriage

Money And Marriage: How To Make It Work

The Cost of A Divorce

Don't Be A Fool For Scams

Personal Loans: When To Take It And When Not To

 What To Do When Everything Is Getting Expensive?

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The implementation of the amended Employment Act 1955 will come into effect on January 1, 2023 after a postponement from September this year. Chin Chee Seong, National Secretary General of the SME Association of Malaysia tells us why their organisation is advocating for a delay of this legislation and their reasons for it whilst giving us an outlook for 2023.

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AC Ventures is a leading Southeast Asian venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups focused on Indonesia and ASEAN. We ask Ng Yi Chung, partner at AC Ventures Malaysia on the landscape of venture capital in Malaysia, and is tech still the darling?

The oil and gas sector has been one of the better performing sectors this year, despite volatility in demand due to geopolitical tensions and China’s zero Covid policy. And while demand uncertainty will carry on into the first half of 2023, analysts are largely upbeat about the prospects for oil and gas in the new year, specially on the back of Petronas’ recently released activity outlook for 2023 to 2025. TJ Liaw of Maybank Investment Bank gives us the key takeaways.

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The Jakarta Composite Index is still up by 3.6% year-to-date and remains one of the few Asia markets still in positive territory. The economy appears to be on a stronger footing and inflation more contained and the November print coming in at 5.4%. Meanwhile, Bank Indonesia expects GDP for 2023 to expand from 4.5% to 5.3%. What does all this mean for Indonesia equities going in 2023 and which sectors should investors be focusing on? For answers, we speak to Jerry Goh, ASEAN Equities, Investment Manager, ABRDN.

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Will 2023 be another year of volatile oil prices as the US and Europe face a cold winter? Tony Nash, CEO of Complete Intelligence tells us his thoughts while we discuss the recently released US macro data on housing sales and consumer confidence.

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By The Way is a rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This week, stories on the death of Terry Hall and Martin Duffy, Bad Bunny tickets oversold & rapper posed for album cover at the 6th Jan Capitol Riot sentenced to jail.

It's that time again where the Pulse team rounds off the year with a list of some personal favorite tracks released this year.

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Syd, Smino - Right Track

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Blue Lab Beats - Motherland Journey

Steve Lacy - Sunshine (feat. Foushee)

Nxworries - Where I Go (ft HER)

Pachyman - All Night Long (feat. Winter)

The Frightnrs - 30-56

KOKOROKO - Age Of Ascent

Nilüfer Yanya - the dealer

DOMi & JD BECK - PiLOT (feat. Anderson. Paak, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes)

The much anticipated follow up to James Cameron's Avatar (still the highest-grossing movie of all time), Avatar: The Way of Water picks up the story more than a decade later, and boasts technology that aims to create a more immersive Pandora than ever. We discuss whether this sequel holds water (sorry), and the experience of watching it on the big screen. 

New York Magazine has recently published an article on how nepotism runs rampant in every corner of Hollywood, and people on Twitter are sharing their thoughts on this. We discuss what it means to use family connections to get a job, and the kind of impact it has.

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