Crisis & Opportunities

The Morning Run Crew

11-Aug-17 07:45

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

0:11 - MMC in talks with Suria Capital to take up a stake in Sabah Ports

4:44 - Petronas' expansion plan in India

6:47 - SGX rolling out Ringgit Futures

12:50 - Crisis hit Noble Group in takeover talks

16:34 - Facebook launching video services Watch, taking aim at Netflix and Youtube

18:53 - Snapchat reports worse-than-expected quarterly results

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Tags: MMC, Sabah Ports, Westports, monopoly, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, Petronas, petrochemical, India, Brazil, Mexico, Budget 2018, government revenue, Ringgit, SGX, Bank Negara, hedging, Noble Group, Singapore, corporate governance, credit constraint, Singapore Central Bank, Facebook, Netflix, Watch, video-streaming, YouTube, Disney, virtual reality, Snapchat, tech, dual-class shares

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