The Breakfast Grille

28 year old, Joel Neoh, the CEO of Groupon Malaysia and Taiwan, talks about his entrepreneurial journey so far. He founded Groupsmore that was subsequently sold to Groupon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BASF Malaysia Country MD Daniel Loh discusses: - Malaysia business divisions; - Crude oil raw material - price - outlook; - Effects on BASF - BASF in SEA; - 60-40 joint venture with Petronas - environment issues;- Genetically modified plant production - Asia; - "Weedy" rice - MIDA - rice production - yields; - Renewable energy - battery materials - cutting dependence on cyclical businesses like plastics and chemicals; - BASF - partnerships for joint development. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Jim Green, National Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia discusses: - Fukushima - Nuclear fallout - repercussions; - Malaysia - nuclear - energy issues; - Low-level radiation - whether harmless; - Chernobyl; - Whether Chernobyl - overstated; - Three Mile island; - Heavyweights - advocates - Nuclear - Bil Gates; - Terrapower - Gates - Nathan Myrvhold - waste disposals;- The Green Party - Friends of the Earth - Greenpeace - same position - Nuclear bad - consistency - but whether dogmatic closed-mindedness; - Nuclear power - viable solutions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tune Hotels GCEO Mark Lankester discusses: - No. of hotels - hotels in pipeline; - Occupancy rates - main regions; - Domestic-non-domestic mix; - Rollout challenges; - Hotel management expertise - TripAdvisor Feedback - challenges; - "If you screw up, you've got to own up" - "constantly online" - Facebook and Twitter - expectation and reputation management; - Hotel management and ownership structure; - Percentage business driven through AA-AAX brand; - Ltd service - short hops - strategies; - A& P - consumer product - management thinking- Preferred mediums - approach; - % of bookings from website; - Exuberant marketing - whether kinks - sister company AirAsia - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission - investigation - hidden charges; - Hating costs - love variable costs - KPIs - how shape management thinking; - Prepaid-cash strategy - free cashflow levels; - Usage of FCF typically; - Growth outlook; - AAX route cuts - whether hurt business; - Shareholders - exit strategy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Satyajit Das, Author of Extreme Money : Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk  Satyajit talks about: - Money, how it has changed from being just a mere medium of exchange to its current form - Fraud in the banking system and how it is easily it has become undetectable - Debt, which has become more and more complex contributing to the debt problems the global economy is facing today - His solution: to borrow sensibly, need to return to traditional banking - Ongoing eurozone debt problem unlikely to be resolved soon; after Greece, Spain and Italy may followSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Finaport Chief Investment Officer Hans Goetti discusses: - Finaport positioning, investment focus, client types;  - Expertise areas; - AUMs - amount invested versus cash levels; - Whether has seen fund redemption accelerate, with risk-off approach to markets; - Most-invested asset classes - geography - reasons; - Central bank pump-priming - sugar rush issue; - Benefiting asset classes; - Inflation, bubbles and market timing risks; - Currency assets - whether "safe" - debasement issues; - "Safe" havens: gold - "bandwagon" concerns; - Oil Derivatives - resources; - Outlook - global stocks;- Exporters - Eurozone - outlook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, tells her outlook for the economy, interest rates, when the Ringgit will be internationalised, the success of the bank liberalisation policies, and developments in the Islamic financial market, and gives some insights about her personal life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Praba G Menon, Area General Manager of Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur discusses: --  How guests have become more decerning over the years, especially astravelling has become easier and with more exposure to quality services in other countries --  How price-sensitive are guests nowadays --  Hotel Istana's refurbishment exercise, due to be completed next year --  Hotel Istana's contributor to Tradewinds Corps' earnings --  His approach towards recruiting talent and 'staff-pinching' from other hotels, as well as how he looks to retain talent --  Hotel Istana's quirky campaign "Come Sleep with Us" andother branding moves --  What the hotel is doing to keep competitive in this industry --  If there is discrimination against Middle Eastern tourists within thehotel industry --  Why Malaysia is said to have one of the lowest average room rates inthe world --  Why China and India is the fast-growing source market for the country --  How Malaysia stacks up in terms of the convention and expo circuit, compared to other big players like Singapore and Hong Kong --  How the economic headwinds have hurt the hospitality businessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Jonathan Dorfan, the president of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, talks about the interdisciplinary approach in teaching science to nurture a new breed of researchers who can connect the dots between different aspects of science. This newest graduate university in Japan received generous funding from the government, has five Nobel Laureates on its board of governors and unlike other universities in the country, it intends to have a 50:50 mix of Japanese and non-Japanese among its PhD students and academicians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Media Chinese International Ltd GM of Group Project Operations Chan May May discusses: - 2011 advertising expenditure - expectations - newspaper segment;  - Share of print adex - Media Prima rise - Star fall - whether bigger trend; - 2012 adex outlook - 2012 Olympics - Euro 2012 - General Election - forecast adex growth forecast at 2x GDP; - Newsprint costs - percentage of needs locked - hedging - trend; - Exchange rate outlook; - Newspaper circulation - breakdown by region -- growth rates - recent MCA debate - impact circulation - reasons -- drivers circulation movements; - Importance of credibility - balanced reporting; - Outstanding libel suits; - Other challenges: increasing operating costs - labour costs - climbing inflation; - HUGE travel business - minuscule margins; - HK business; - Plans for cash - RM390.7m - payout policy; - Investor roadshow - message; - Chinese diaspora - MCIL role - Economic disparity - POLITICS - Clustering - subculture - Discrimination - hostility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr David Wilson, President and CEO of the Graduate Management Admission Council, discusses: - The GMAT -- as opposed to the Graduate Record Examination, or the GRE; - Essence of the examination - mode of study - preparatio for Executive and Business MBAs; - Battle with GRE as alternative; - Critiques - GMAT as insufficiently able to select students equipped to work in the modern business environment; - Acknowledgement that there are few differences between the two tests - and GRE is cheaper; - Revamp GMAT - - integrative reasoning - insights; - Some examples; - B-School applications - down - economic performance; - The main casualties - banking - management consultancy - whether the numbers have come back; - Specialised masters degrees - whether deeper conclusion; - The other big trend: internationalisation - Indians and Chinese - which courses; - His presence in HK - China - data points - trends; - The schools and countries Asians applying to - why; - Global financial crisis - salaries - job prospects. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tupperware Brands Corporation Chairman and CEO Rick Goings discusses: - Tupperware in Asia and Malaysia - presence - market size; - Transformation efforts; - Expansion into Direct Selling of Beauty -- data points in decision - upside potential; - Establishing 'global beachheads' - EMs - how - why; - Operating margins - cotnrast established markets - why; - Which countries - strongest growth - women's lib; - Ongoing drivers - the need to add distributors - team leaders; - Main selling methods today; - Motivation - team leadership; - Skills - talent - people; - Reputation challenges - competition with other MLMs; - Beachhead challenges? Competition; - Environmental issues; - Transcendental meditation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders President Alvin Chua discusses: - Early and complete liberalisation of the Malaysian logistics industry - challenges; - Port dwell times - customs Clearance - Physical Inspection - reduction in time; - Corruption - customs; - Special working committee - MACC - "find ways to improve the nation's import and export industry"; - Ahmad Sarbaini; - Outdated filing systems - paperless environment - comparison with Singapore; - The need for a third cargo port in Klang; - A low-cost cargo terminal; - Freight as forecast of economic well-being; - Outlook for cargo in 2012 - Eurozone and US impact  intra-ASEAN trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Northern Corridor Implementation Authority CEO Datuk Redza Rafiq discusses: - The Northern Corridor's 'Brownfield' status;- Investment and jobs attained - targets - KPIs; - Japan's tsunami - supply chain disruptions - Yen appreciation - Northern Corridor gain; - Target industries; - Investments - GNI - update; - Jobs and employment gain details - current and future; - Reporting structure - opposition and BN politicans on the board - dynamics;- Global downturn - impact; - Currency - ringgit appreciation- implications;- Elections - if new administration - or majority not obtained - how affect plans; - Opposition claims of Penang - sidelined.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Qualitas Healthcare Holdings Chairman & MD Dato' Dr Noorul Ameen discusses: - Transition from Kumpulan Medic to Qualitas;  - Impetus for formation;- Services - positioning;  - Update of clinics and regional network;- Challenges in managing a regional healthcare chain;- Financials - Revenue - NPAT - expected growth rates;- Expansion plan;- Priority countries - reasons - attributes;- Funding needs - IPO - trade sale;- Govt role - Khazanah - Ekuinas;  - 1CARE - initial impressions - Consultation levels - time to deployment.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gavin Faull, chairman and president of Swiss Belhotel International, tells why the 4 star hotel segment is the best market to be in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sedania Group GCEO Datuk Azrin Mohd Noor discusses: - Details - beginnings; - Startup process - BP - Investors - Govt projects - Started in 2004; - Tan Sri Halim Ali as Chairman; - Ernst Young' Master Entrepreneur shortlist; - "Content and fulfillment" company - Details; - "Fulfillment Industry" - Details; - "Future money" - Details; - Business model - main product; - Challenges: global competition - greater access to strategic funding - quality developers - mass markets and adoptive customers -- moat; - Revenues - profits - margins; - Challenges to monetising mobile; - Funding - Roadmap - funding needs - exit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shai Reshef, entrepreneur, founder and president of the University of People, is making education accessible to everyone but how sustainable is this model?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was a stroke of luck that left Century Logistics Holdings Bhd with only minimal losses when its Thai plant in the Ayutthaya province was affected by the floods last year.  Century Logistics deputy managing director Dr Amin Kassim explains that the firm's Thai counterpart had wanted to commence operations a few weeks later than the original date. "Being Thai, they too had some sort of feng shui so they wanted to start operations much later after the agreement was signed. A week later, the floods hit... we were not spared, but the warehouse was empty as the supplies were not in yet," he tells BFM in a recent interview. The Main Market-listed logistics provider has since repaired the damages at the plant once the floodwater receded, and the plant is now operational. "We incured losses of RM2 million last year because the plant was empty, but now the outlook is positive," he says. In the following interview, Amin also talks about how Century Logistics' transformational restructuring in 1995, which stood the company in good stead during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, another restructuring in 2001 to stay relevant as well as issues affecting the local logistics industry in Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teradata Corporation's Area VP of Teradata South Asia, Noel Pettitt, discusses: - Moore's Law - rise of computing power - exponential jump in collected data; - Rise of multimedia, social media, Internet - Big Data; - Big Data and operating margins, reducing expenditures, driving operational efficiency improvements, reduce fraud - tax revenues; - Industry growth; - Global market share; - Global competition - roadmap to clear global leadership profile; - Key case studies - wins - details; - Southeast Asia business case; - Banks: huge client base - how this market is shaping out; - Malaysia - Maybank used an analytical customer relationship management system from Teradata - details; - Financial ROI - Maybank; - Challenges: lack of skilled data scientists; - Whether Open Source route - alleviate manpower constraints; - Whether smaller players unable - afford - solutions; - Ethisphere Institute - Teradata - one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies." Details.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Altera Corporation Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Altera Malaysia, Jordan S. Plofsky, discusses: - The business of programmable logic device manufacturing; - Difference with fixed logic devices; - Their practical applications; - How Altera feeds into the smartphone and tablet craze; - Biggest clients; - December profit warnings from semiconductor makers - weak spots - soft markets - sales performance undershooting end-market demand; - Semiconductor company - high long-term correlation with America’s GDP; - FT: "barring a dramatic change in fortunes, semiconductor stocks may continue to hold a mirror to a global economy that is getting uglier" - whether too draconian; - In Penang since 1994 - reasons - challenges; - Skills shortage - housing prices; - Extent of R&D activities; - Views: LGE-DAP government - openness - ease of doing business - bureaucracy - corruption - leakages.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amir Firdaus Abdullah, regional CEO of Gleneagles Hospital, says the hospital will be growing more aggressively in the next few years and is looking to expand to East Malaysia, the East Coast and Iskandar Malaysia as well as acquire smaller hospitals in the region. Planned investment cost is RM700 million. The assets will be included in Khazanah Nasional's healthcare portfolio that will be listed this year. Acting like a landlord to doctors, he says the hospital's rental rates are probably the lowest in the country. Amir also talks about healthcare trends, such as leveraging on health informatics and incorporating Ritz Carlton hospitality.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cardiff City FC CEO Alan Whiteley discusses: - Tan Sri Vincent Tan - new ownership - reception to Malaysian owners - attrition; - Branding opportunities - Berjaya;- Promotion to the Premiership - chances;- Transfer budget; - Players sought; - Malaysian players - whether strong-armed to be brought into squad - Chairman TG - son Nicholas Chan - whether an issue; - Financial situation - whether woes overcome; - Reports of his alleged involvement in a fraud case involving mining sites in Wales - subsequent suspension from M&A Solicitors, the law firm he helped found; - Other challenges: Cardiff City fans among most troublesome - Home Office statistics; - Business of running a modern football club - huge salaries - managers facing the chop - bad results - how tough it is it as a business concern; - Where the money is to be had - significance of a premiership spot; - Youth academy - talent development - the Cardiff City approach; - An insight into the Eurozone debt crisis from a Welsh standpoint; - Welsh culture of owner - managed businesses selling out, rather than seeking the next growth level; - Whether the London Stock Exchange has been too keen to come down and encourage Welsh businessmen to go onto Aim or a full listing, or even the Plus Market.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HTC Malaysia Country Manager SK Wong discusses: - Malaysia market share; - Best sellers; - Market size; - Sales drivers; - Marketing points - what works in Malaysia; - Financials: weak Q4 earnings; - Competition - weak market outlook; - Malaysia situation; - Outlook for 2012 - strategy to offset weakening conditions; - Rumors of an expected Quad-core phone; - Challenges: software upgrade inability; - Reports of HTC mulling its own OS;- Smartphone - patent wars; - Android versus Apple OS; - Price wars - volume game - whether wise - commoditisation; - Innovation efforts - tablet market; - Update on - smartphone 3D market; - Outlook for smartphone 3D; - Possibility of entering the 'Phablet' market; - Facebook - social media and HTC; - How HTC's ad slogan, "Quietly brilliant," reflect culture; See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phillip Karuppiah, CEO of The Malay Mail, says it will be competing head-on against The Star, NST and The Sun as a morning mainstream newspaper with star reporter, Terence Fernandez as the editor. On its online strategy, The Malay Mail will buck the trend and is likely to charge for online content to avoid cannibalising its print sales. The new Malay Mail will be launched nationwide on 30th January and a weekend edition may be launched 3-6 months later.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Dwight Adams discusses forensic science and new methods in crime scene investigation, and how realistic is CSI, the TV show. A pioneer in DNA testing for crime investigation and a former FBI director, he is now a director at the University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science Institute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raymond Gan, CEO of Kelington Group (stock code: KGB), says the company is diversifying its customer base and proactively engaging fund managers to promote the company. Starting with Mox Linde, Gan's former employer, as its first client, the gas and chemical delivery company has since secured clients in the semiconductor, solar cells, pharmaceutical and bioscience sector. In terms of small caps, Kelington is one of the better performers. Dividend yield is about 3.3% but Gan says a policy will be announced in future. At the moment. the company is re-investing profits and want to balance between achieving growth and paying dividends.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victor Lim, regional general manager of South East Asia at Shaklee, says the group would focus on healthcare products rather than over-expand its product range to third party and household products although it could multiply sales. In terms of market expansion, Shaklee prefers to expand by focusing on one market at a time before moving from Indonesia to Thailand and Vietnam. Indonesia is expected to be a significant market for Shaklee in the next five years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Montree Sornpaisarn, CEO of Maybank Kim Eng Thailand, says Thailand is recovering and is expected to grow about 5%, and the political situation is expected to remain stable as Thaksin Shinawatra is likely to stay out of the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Chang, founder and CEO of Jobstreet.com and Malaysia's most successful entrepreneur from the dot com days, talks about his humble beginning and the importance of having humility and pragmatism in business. Mark is also an investor in BFM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barton Biggs, Traxis Partners hedge fund manager and Author of "Wealth, War and Wisdom", discusses: - His rather bleak views on the future of the global economy; - The possibility of a breakdown of the civilized infrastructure”; - His assertion that Mankind endures ``an episode of great wealth destruction'' at least once every century; - The connection between wars and markets; - His views for the prospects of US economic recovery - outlook for US stock market- Difficulty of gauging the prospects for the global economy and the market direction; - Views on the European debt crisis; - Whether he remains net long on the US economy; - Whether Asia has re-coupled with the Western economies - whether this is a concern; - Concern over a slowdown among Asian exporters; - Chinese central bank appearing to prop up the Yuan as well;- The survivalist message of 'Wealth, War and Wisdom: invest 5 per cent of income in creating a refuge "well-stocked with seed, fertiliser, canned food and medicine".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National Innovation Agency CEO Dato' Dr KamalJit Singh discusses: - How innovation can be government-led; - Whether examples exist where a global titan was created by a government; - A (BCG) commissioned study's three key recommendations to boost innovation;- 'Focused funding' - performance management system - comprehensive linkages within the innovation ecosystem;- How the success or failure of his work can be measured;- The programs it is running;- Quick wins - long-term initiatives; - Whether and Why he has encountered pushback in its plans; - Reports of the resignation of technical advisor N Danaraj (who was in charge of putting together the National Innovation Policy); - His desire to implement a competitive bidding system.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Datin Chan-Low Kam Yoke, group CEO and co-founder of HELP University, tells about the humble beginnings of HELP Institute when it was a college, and gives insights into its acquisition strategies, and about working with her husband Datuk Dr Paul Chan. Kam Yoke won the Ernst & Young women entrepreneur award in 2011. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yen Siew San, the CEO of Continental Automotive Malaysia, tells the history of the company under different shareholders, the megatrends of the auto industry, what he thinks about the future of electric cars, and what he thinks the national auto agenda should be premised on. Continental Automotive accounts for two thirds of Continental's group revenue. In Malaysia, it supplies instrument clusters to Perodua, and the engine management system to Proton. Most of its production is for the export market.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Berjaya Food Bhd CEO Dato' Francis Lee discusses: - Update on number of outlets in Malaysia - number owned directly; - Number that are franchise owned - how the franchise model is working for BFood; - Outlet opening rollout plan; - Update on branches overseas; - Indonesia plan; - Expectations of M&A - brands that would suit the Berjaya Food model - re-position from fast-food to mid-casual; - Update of purchase of 50% stake in Starbucks; - Financial impact of Starbucks entry; - Whether Papa John’s pizza - Wendy's - Krispy Kreme - will also come under the BJ Food umbrella; - Growth outlook; - Plans for cash - 33 million ringgit on books; - Dividend policy; - Plans to be 1b market cap within five years.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashok Rao, chairman of TiE Global, the entrepreneur network group, talks about the challenges he faced as an entrepreneur, how Malaysia can foster a stronger culture of entrepreneurship, and how TiE can connect entrepreneurs in Malaysia to the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adrian Gore, the founder of Discovery, a medical insurance provider in South Africa talks about how his innovative schemes are lowering premiums and rewarding clients for staying healthy.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DC Cordova, the global CEO and founder of Excellerated Business Schools and Money & You programme, talks about acquiring a wealthy mindset.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Edward Striebig, the regional manager for Southeast Asia and Australasia of Bentley, talks about the direction of the British marque.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

William Asprey, the chairman and founder of William & Son, a luxury goods store in London's Mayfair talks about the future of luxury brands - should they remain small and exclusive, or gain scale? William is a seventh generation member of the Asprey family of royal jewellers.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Franz Linder, the preseident of Mido of the Swatch group, tells how the timepiece brand became a leader in the mid-tier segment in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Markus Miele & Dr. Reinhard Zinkann, Managing Directors, Miele, discuss: - Malaysia expansion; - Importance of Malaysia to ASEAN; - Biggest markets; - Number of "galleries" around the world -- locations, breakdown by region;- Upmarket positioning - reasons; - Why showrooms are called "galleries"; - Whether will ever go downmarket for a less wealthy but far more populous Asian market; - How design and manufacturing considerations differ for the high-end; - Extent of quality testing to justify sky-high prices; - Quality and longevity: feelings on short product cycles; - R&D issues; - Whether manufacturing has been outsourced; - Demand outlook; - Resilience; - Profits, revenues, margins; - Management styles; - Great grandsons of the founder - management has always passed to the male heirs - fourth generation to be in charge - challenges; - Succession plans; - Challenges of appeasing the 56 family shareholders; - How much longer can this structure be used - plans to institutionalise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell tells how the company can stay in family hands for more than 250 years and the vision for the company for the next 10 years in view of competing substitute products like the iPad. The premium maker of writing materials sells more than 2 billion pencils a year and last year's revenue was 540 million Euros. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jebsen and Jessen Group of Companies (SEA) Chairman Heinrich Jessen discusses: - Explanation of business - Singapore / Malaysia origins; - Core businesses (Eight): Cable Technology, Chemicals, Communications, Life Sciences, Marketing, Material Handling, Packaging and Technology; - Challenges of managing so many (50) subsidiaries; - How the management structure works - pluses and minuses; - Whether plans to consolidate; - Growth strategy and plans; - Insights into some of the sectors and countries they are looking to invest in; - Goal of doubling revenues by 2015; - Acquisitions; - Graft, corruption and governance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HE Dr Guenter Gruber, the German ambassador, defends the European Union and the steps taken by the European Central Bank to resolve the debt crisis which are not sufficiently aggressive according to the market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sally MacDonald, CEO of Oroton, explains how the Australian luxury accessories brandname will build its presence in Asia where it is lesser known. She also talks about the potential of augemented reality retail in Malaysia and the group's online plans, a core strategy of the group.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft CTO, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and Author of Modernist Cuisine: The Art & Science of Cooking, discusses: - His gastronomic origins; - Former career as Microsoft Chief Technology Officer; - How science and technology applies to cooking; - Heat, water and the kitchen;- The basic biology of food­borne illnesses; - His ideas on eliminating global warming/climate change with 'geo-engineering'; - How such a configuration could "easily dim the sun by one percent, and even do it in a way that wouldn't be visible."; - How, together with Peter Rinearson, helping Bill Gates write 'The Road Ahead', a book about the future that reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list in 1995 and 1996; - Intellectual Ventures, the patent portfolio developer and broker you co-founded in 2000 after leaving Microsoft; - Accusations of business practices that lead to IV being variously described by as a "patent troll"; - His bankrolling of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, the world's most prominent alien-seeker), and his search for extraterrestrial life as an intellectual challenge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PayPal Senior Vice President of Global Operations John McCabe discusses: - Updates on active accounts and transaction value handled; - Asia - Asia-Pacific details; - Update for international business versus US; - Open Malaysian global operation centre; - Hiring locals - skills sought; - English - Malaysians - tinkering by the government - whether problem going forward; - Incentives offered for setting up shop; - PayPal technology development centres: in Chennai in India, and in Singapore; - Mobile-commerce; - Freezing accounts - time taken to unfreeze, other challenges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Chapman, the VP for Airline Group Asia Pacific at Amadeus, tells the new growth areas for the software company that supports hotels, travel agents, and airline clients like MAS, SIA and AirAsia. He also explains how the internet will not displace travel agents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of DataWind, talks about the $35 iPad-like tablet he is selling to the Indian government for college students. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.