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ZAR17.62/USD 🔽 ZAR20.74/EUR 🔼 ZAR11.55/AUD 🔽 ZAR24.05/GBP 🔼 BrentCrude@ USD68.53/ZAR1208/barrel 🔽 Au@USD3336/ZAR58 825/t.oz 🔽 1BTC@ZAR1 919 345 /USD108 868 🔼
U.S. stocks CLIMBED Thursday, with tech leading after strong jobs data and easing chip software restrictions to China. Nvidia, Synopsys, and Datadog all rallied, the latter boosted by news it’s joining the S&P 500. Global MOOD improved, helped by U.S.-Vietnam trade progress and movement on a major U.S. fiscal package. U.S. markets close early today for INDEPENDENCE Day. Mzansi saw a more SUBDUED tone—business confidence slipped, private sector growth stalled, and export demand remained soft. Ramaphosa’s address drew mixed reactions, while debate stirred over renaming the country “AZANIA.”
How AI infiltrated PERFUME.
Read it here: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/691050/perfume-ai
JSE heads to magical 100 000.
Read it here: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/jse-posted-good-gains-in-the-first-half-of-2025/
The DOLUS deception: DEEPFAKE and more.
Listen to it here :https://open.spotify.com/episode/2iBeIWVbZxUZiaivPNV8hJ?si=sPALvqPTR4KpuHLdeG6wzA&nd=1&dlsi=05fc0f3813fb46a1
SEAGULLS terrorize SCOTLAND.
Read it here: https://news.sky.com/story/calls-for-scotland-wide-seagull-summit-amid-warnings-someone-could-be-killed-13389093
INTEREST: South Africa’s Karoo region, once a prehistoric SWAMP, now holds some of the world’s OLDEST fossils — predating the dinosaurs by over 50 MILLION years.
Have a great weekend
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