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

0:11 - Nomura Global Markets Research recommends a stock-selective approach for Malaysian equities this New Year and targets the KLCI to be at 1,860 points as of end-2018.

5:46 - The Securities Commission has a ordered Singapore-based blockchain startup - CopyCash Foundation - to halt all its activities in Malaysia and this includes a planned initial coin offering scheduled today.

8:54 - There is news that the the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim has teamed up with entrepreneur Datuk Patrick Lim Soo Kit for a pharma project in Sri Lanka.

11:04 - Opposition lawmaker Tony Pua has raised questions as to how 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) was able to make its final US$600 million  (RM2.4 billion) settlement payment to Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co on Dec 27 last year.

Presented by: Brian Fernandes, Joyce Goh, Sharaad Kuttan

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