BRIDGE,OFFICE, ORCAS, BOYFRIENDS, FIRES, VOLCANIC, BERRIES, SHIP

Market Indicators

ZAR17.57/USD 🔽ZAR20.53/EUR 🔽 ZAR11.43/AUD 🔽 ZAR23.81/GBP 🔼 BrentCrude@ USD67.27/ZAR1177/barrel 🔽Au@USD3,341/ZAR58 689.46/t.oz 🔼 1BTC@ZAR2 087 532 /USD118,814 🔽

U.S. stock futures held STEADY Friday, as July’s PPI surged 0.9% MoM / 3.3% YoY, DIMMING hopes for a 50bps Fed rate cut in September. Markets still price in an 85–91% chance of a SMALLER cut. South Africa’s SAALL index rose 5.13% this month and is up 24.04% YoY, signaling ROBUST market momentum.

THOUSANDS march against BRIDGE.

Read it here: https://apnews.com/article/italy-sicily-bridge-infrastructure-project-environment-mafia-e04b812da96909a43b8e5aabd8f98ab6

Pretend OFFICE.

Read it here: https://newsgpt.ai/2025/08/11/chinas-pretend-offices-young-unemployed-pay-to-work/?utm_source=brevo&utm_campaign=Daily%20Email%20-%2011%20August%202025&utm_medium=email

ORCAS Reach.

Read it here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C7FvksV9x/

WOMEN with AI “boyfriends” – mourn lost love with the new GPT5.

Read it here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/8/14/women-with-ai-boyfriends-mourn-lost-love-after-cold-chatgpt-upgrade

ALCOHOL bans reduced FIRES.

Read it here: https://iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/2025-08-12-how-alcohol-bans-reduced-fire-incidents-in-cape-town-a-study-from-stellenbosch-university/

VOLCANIC sand COOKING.

Read it here: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250813-ischia-the-italian-isle-where-locals-cook-in-volcanic-sand

INTEREST: Bananas are BERRIES, but strawberries are NOT.

Have a great weekend

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