1MDB Back in the Headlines

The Morning Run Crew

23-Jun-17 07:45

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The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

0:12 - Qatar Airways proposed acquisition of 10% in American Airlines amid regional isolation

4:43 - Tesla joins forces with Shanghai in electric car production

9:36 - PKR's Wan Azizah calls for RCI on 1MDB

10:42 - S&P Global Ratings suggests potential Malaysia risks

15:57 - Swiss private bank fined €9mil for 1MDB involvement

17:09 - DRB-Hicom buys RCCPS & gets RM1.1bil R&D grant

19:38 - SP Setia takes over I&P Group for RM3.65b

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Tags: Qatar Airways, Qatar sovereign wealth fund, American Airlines Limited, Saudi Arabia, Tesla, Shanghai, China, electric cars, climate and environmental agenda, Datin Seri Wan Azizah, RCI, Royal Commission of Inquiry, 1MDB, S&P ratings, Standard and Poor's, GE14, 14th General Election, BR1M, Professor Guy Standing, Merdeka Centre, household debt, Luxembourg watchdogs, Edmond de Rothschild, DRB-Hicom, Proton, Zhejiang Geely, Lotus, RCCPS, redeemable convertible cumulative preference shares, R&D grant, research and development grant, Dalian Wanda, SP Setia, I&P Group, landbank, Wan Azizah, Royal Commission Inquiry, research and development

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