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The Government is set to guarantee at least 70% of borrowings made by SMEs in a new guarantee scheme worth 2 billion ringgit, to help these businesses equip themselves with more efficient tech practices for IR4.0See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the gender pay gap is a very real problem that’s being addressed by more companies these days, there are hidden factors at the workplace that continue to perpetuate the trend; early negotiations being one of themSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Employers and employees in Malaysia finally have an official guide when trying to decide wages and increments at the workplace. The NWI also highlights the need to hire more seniors, women, and disabled persons as a way to encourage and increase diversity across the board.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Retail sales in the US took the biggest monthly drop in a decade. Even online sales, which have gained consistently for more than a decade now has seen a decline. Is this something to be worried about and is retail truly dead?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a psychological phenomenon called enclothed cognition, which states when humans put something on and wear it, the item has enclothed meaning - like how we think people wearing lab coats are smart. So if Clark Kent can remove his glasses to become Superman, could you put on a piece of clothing to be a better entrepreneur?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emojis are showing up in court cases as a form of communication, yet courts still aren’t prepared to properly decipher what these weird-looking sometimes-exaggerated cartoon faces mean exactly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chances are, your online shopping experience have been dictated by an algorithm. But is online really cheaper than offline? Researches at the University of Bologna in Italy created two simple reinforcement-learning-based pricing algorithms and set them loose in a controlled environment to learn their behaviour. To their surprise, the prices of goods started to go higher when they learnt how to collude.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We often hear about the dangers of smartphone use, and how social media addiction can create a sense of isolation, but a new study shows that smartphones can aid in creating mindfulness, which in turn can prevent feelings of loneliness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For most people, achieving work-life balance is akin to reaching a state of nirvana in a professional setting. But according to sociologist Tracy Brower, pursuing work-life balance may actually be doing more harm than good.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all have that one simultaneously simple, yet somehow insurmountable task that gnaws away at our to-do list as we put it off week after week. So how do you get past this “errand paralysis”?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.