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India’s Retail Traders Lost $9.6 Billion in Equity Derivatives
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Individuals in India lost 916.85 billion rupees ($9.6 billion) buying and selling equity futures and options in the year ended March, down from 1.1 trillion rupees a year earlier, the government told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Uniper Plans to Sell Properties to Data Center Operators
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Michael Lewis, CEO of German energy company Uniper, says the firm has identified more than 10 sites that could be sold or leased for use as data centers, with at least two in Germany and one in the UK. He speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)

Ex-Basel Boss Warns of ‘Disaster’ If EU Ditches Key Bank Rule
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: The European Union’s possible abandonment of a linchpin of global capital reforms in a bid to help its lenders compete with Wall Street would be a “disaster,” according to the recently departed head of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

TPG Agrees to Buy South Korea’s Lotte Rental for $925 Million
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: TPG Capital has agreed to acquire a 61.2% stake in Lotte Rental Co. for 1.31 trillion won ($925 million), reviving a sale of South Korea’s largest car-rental company months after regulators blocked an earlier takeover.

Mark Cuban delivers bold verdict on 5 popular investments
Source: TheStreetAugust 11, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Mark Cuban has spent years warning that the distance between a polished pitch and genuine safety is wider than most investors assume. The billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks minority owner has outlined five types of popular investments across podcasts, interviews, and…

VP Duterte Used Confidential Funds on Christmas Events, Witness Says
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s office spent funds meant for surveillance operations on Christmas and tree-planting activities, according to a state auditor who testified in her impeachment trial on Tuesday.

Libya Refinery Strike Casts Pall on Trump Unity Drive
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Libya’s eastern military intelligence chief was killed in a car-bombing while a drone strike caused a fire at a crucial oil refinery in the west, the latest in a series of events casting a pall over US President Donald Trump’s push to reunify the war-torn OPEC member.

Horizons Middle East & Africa 8/11/2026
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Horizons Middle East & Africa is your daily spotlight on one of the world's fastest-growing regions. Live from Dubai, we bring you the latest global markets and analysis, plus news-making interviews, with a special focus on MEA. All that and more, as you head to the office in…

Spinneys Retail Traffic Up After Initial Iran War Hit
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Dubai-listed Spinneys reported profit for 2Q of AED 90.6 million. The retailer says revenue dipped slightly, hit by regional geopolitical tensions that disrupted supply chains and cut store traffic. Sunil Kumar, CEO of Spinneys said despite earlier weakness in footfall, June…

Duolingo earnings put a Wall Street warning to the test
Source: TheStreetAugust 11, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Duolingo's latest quartergave investors fresh evidence that user growth is accelerating, but one Wall Street firm still sees a problem with what the market is paying for the language-learning company. Duolingo (DUOL) reported second-quarter revenueof $298.5 million, up 18% from…

Uniper Targets Data Center Sales in UK, Germany on AI Demand
Source: BloombergAugust 11, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Uniper SE has identified more than 10 sites across Europe that could be sold or leased for data-center development, as the German utility looks to capitalize on surging demand for AI infrastructure.

Top defense contractor scores huge U.S. Army payday, stock jumps
Source: TheStreetAugust 10, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: AeroVironment (AVAV) just landed the kind of contract that changes how investors see a company. The drone maker won a U.S. Army order worth at least $400 million for its Locust laser system, and the stock reacted fast.  Shares closed at $186.73 on August 7, up 9.12% on the…

Five Takeaways From Zuckerberg's 6,500-word Manifesto on AI
Source: BloombergAugust 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted his views on artificial intelligence in a 6,500-word essay published Monday, emphasizing his belief that wider access to AI models is key to the industry’s future. Riley Griffin has the five key takeaways. (Corrects spelling of reporter's name.)…

semantica-agi/semantica
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Graph-Native Infrastructure for Context and Accountable AI Systems

msitarzewski/agency-agents
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: A complete AI agency at your fingertips - From frontend wizards to Reddit community ninjas, from whimsy injectors to reality checkers. Each agent is a specialized expert with personality, processes, and proven deliverables.

NanmiCoder/MediaCrawler
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: 小红书笔记 | 评论爬虫、抖音视频 | 评论爬虫、快手视频 | 评论爬虫、B 站视频 | 评论爬虫、微博帖子 | 评论爬虫、百度贴吧帖子 | 百度贴吧评论回复爬虫 | 知乎问答文章|评论爬虫

addyosmani/agent-skills
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.

paperclipai/paperclip
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: A self-improving RLM agent for coding workflows and long-running autonomous tasks.

ruvnet/RuView
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: π RuView turns commodity WiFi signals into real-time spatial intelligence, vital sign monitoring, and presence detection — all without a single pixel of video.

danielmiessler/LifeOS
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: ⛰️A General Hill-climbing AI harness that helps you move from Current State to Ideal State in both Life and Work.

firecrawl/firecrawl
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: The context API to search, scrape, and interact with the web at scale. 🔥

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