0:30 - MITI stated that Malaysia’s trade in January 2019 expanded to reach just over RM159 billion from last year. 05:04 - Malaysia and China signed a deal for the export of 1.6 million tonnes of palm oil worth RM3.6 billion. 07:27 - “Belanjawanku: Expenditure Guide for Malaysian Individuals and Families”, a report based on a survey commissioned by the EPF. The report outlined how much individuals and families would need a month to support cost of living. 10:08 - More updates on the late...

00:25 - AliBaba working together with Office Depot in the US 01:47 - Lyft files for IPO

The Morning Run discuss how two of the world's largest ride-hailing services are dangling sweeteners to their drivers ahead of their 2019 IPOs

00:25 - Department of Statistics, has no confidence Malaysian business 05:00 - FGV lost RM 1 billion, plantation bearing no fruit. A sign of poor management of yesteryear. 06:43 - CIMB targets higher loan growth. Joining ranks with Maybank. Does the GDP relflect the same confidence held by the banks?

Latest banking earnings revealed RHB Bank posting record numbers with net profit increasing 18% year-on-year to RM2.3 billion for the 2018 financial year. This follows Maybank - Malaysia’s biggest bank - that reported record earnings as well earlier this week. Maybank's net profit for 2018 grew about 8% to RM8.1 billion. Meanwhile, EPF and PNB are expected to net dividend close to RM5 billion from their stake in top four banks in Malaysia.

00:11 - The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM), may potentially be disbanded as part of the government’s move to control cost and regain control over key decisions in the aviation industry. The functions are expected to be returned to the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). 02:17 - AirAsia has seen better days and posted a net loss of close to RM395 million as a result of higher fuel prices and operating lease expenses. 04:51 - Malaysia’s tourist arrivals did not meet its...

The Morning Run crew brings you today's business headlines: 00:13 - The MySalam scheme has some updates and we’re here to bring them to you. We also discuss the scheme itself. Can financial contributions from insurance companies which will come up to billions be used more effectively to manage national healthcare costs beyond insurance schemes? 07:12 - Because of its negative connotations, the government definitely wants to avoid making the toll road acquisitions feel like what amounts to...

Huawei just announced its latest foldable model, the Mate X not long after Samsung announced its Galaxy Fold less than a week ago. Phone manufacturers are finding new ways to convince consumers to upgrade their devices. We spoke to Darwin Sucipto, the Managing Editor at techENT.tv on his thoughts on how Huawei's advancement in tech will be difficult for the US to ignore. Jeremy Fleming, director of UK’s cybersecurity agency, called for Western states to understand threats and opportunities...

00:15 - Gamuda stocks took a hit yesterday following the government’s announcement that they’re looking to takeover some Gamuda related highways. We continue the conversation with an analyst from Alliance DBS about the impact this might have on Gamuda. 07:22 - There’s a new substantial shareholder at Media Prima, we dig in to find out a little more here and take a look at the media scene in general.

The Morning Run crew brings you their take on today's business headlines: 00:09 - Breaking news from the Wall Street Journal, Trump said he would delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods. 00:59 - Berkshire reported a net loss of USD 25.4 billion in the 4th quarter one of the largest quarterly losses in its history. 04:23 - China had imposed an import ban on Australian coal which sent the Australian dollar tumbling. We speak to Jeffrey Halley to make sense of this. 08:12 - Uber Eats...

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 00:09 - Government tweaks promise to abolish tolls. 04:51 - January deflation only temporary says economists. 07:46 - Foreign workers to have reduced extension levy fees from March onwards.

With 10 MPs leaving their respective parties to take a stance against Brexit, UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans seems to be in shambles. We speak to Simon Baptist of The Economist Intelligence Unit to discuss what led to this situation and what is next for the UK.

Apple seems to be gearing up for life after the iPhone based on recent leadership changes as Apple aims to reduce its reliance on iPhone for its revenue. Apple has also trimmed 200 staffers from its autonomous-vehicle project, and redirecting much of their resources in its services business into efforts around Hollywood programming. We speak to Daniel Ives, Managing Director of Equity Research from Wedbush Securities on the leadership shake-up in Apple's future and whether they can...

We discuss with Sulaiman his outlook on the property sector. The company launched their new property market research report and they foresee more stagnation this year, but they’re hoping for improvements to the market with the introduction of the new housing policy and alternative financing. Are things bottoming out in the industry? Listen in.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on ECRL, seeing that Malaysia may be making progress in talks with China to revive the project. 

China is consolidating its position as a tech powerhouse to rival the US with the creation of the " The Greater Bay Area" which promises to herald a new era of opening up. With trillions of dollars in GDP value, this might just be a tad more successful than Malaysia's MSC. Meanwhile, India sells an airline for a penny.

The Morning Run crew brings you today's business headlines:  00:09 - There has been a lot of talk about EPF's recent dividend rates. We take a look into how EPF has managed to give out these rates. 08:26 - China's Ambassador to Malaysia has floated the idea of issuing Panda bonds to Malaysia to help aid our financial situation. 11:45 - It looks like Khazanah is going down a divestment route. What is Khazanah's role moving forward? We speak to P. Gunasegaran to get an insight into this.

Singapore unveiled its Budget 2019 outlining a strategic plan to "to build a strong, united Singapore”. We speak to Selena to get her analysis on it. Listen in.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:  00:08 - The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend rate of 6.15% for conventional savings and 5.9% percent for shariah savings. 04:47 - We discuss the new mandate Khazanah managing director Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan has for the sovereign fund which he had shared with The Edge in an interview. 08:35 - Singapore is set to announce their Budget today and we look into what it could entail.

The morning crew brings today's business headlines: 03:40 - Bank Negara expects economy to grow 08:45 - Khazanah unveiling plan to deliver more cash

Airbus calls it quits for the A380 which often couldn’t get enough passengers to fill it. GE Power on the other hand got too many orders but not enough profits.

The morning crew brings you today's business headline:   01:16 - Richard McGregor gives us his view and insight on the chilly relationship between ina showdown of Aussie-Kiwi-China 09:55 - The prospect of growth or decline on Malaysia GDP

The Morning Run crew brings you today's business headlines: 00:09 - Rajiv gives us his expectations and impressions from this week's China economic data. 03:25 - SoftBank has invested more into Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup working on self-delivering vehicles. How does this play into the rest of the firm's investments?

The Morning Run team discuss: 00:48 - December‘s IPI printed a positive blip after recent negative numbers from PMI and consumer sentiment as well trade tensions on the external front. Will The formation of the Economic Action Council put the nation on the right track? 02:50 - The Securities Commission is currently reviewing 8 recommendations to spur the venture capital industry in Malaysia. We take a look into what this would mean for VCs in Malaysia. 05:02 - Yesterday we discussed the...

The Morning Run crew discusses: 01:58 - Data showed that people in China spending some 149 billion Dollars over the the Lunar New Year week-long holiday. That was 8.5% higher when compared to festive period last year but the slowest increase since at least 2011. 04:54 - We discuss with Bharat Indonesia's plan to leverage the economic potential of the halal industry. Indonesia is set to make halal labelling for consumer products and services mandatory this year. The products include everyday...