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

0:16 - Malaysia’s second quarter GDP grew 4.5% year-on-year, lower than analysts’ estimates

3:35 - Foreign insurers in Malaysia will be given more flexibility to divest their stakes. The timeline will be based on individual agreements between the foreign insurers and Bank Negara.

5:58 - Dr Mahathir claims that Barisan Nasional squeezed 30% from investments as ‘reward’

7:42 - Proton and Geely have formed a joint venture (JV) for Proton to assemble and market cars in China.

10:57 - US President Donald Trump has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider scrapping the requirement that public companies report their earnings every three months.