Trendly digest — 2026-08-13
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Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Shares in Old Mutual Ltd. began trading on Zimbabwe’s dollar-denominated stock exchange, six years after they were suspended on the country’s main bourse to curb a currency rout.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd., the parent of Jaguar Land Rover, reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit, as the weakness in its UK luxury unit offset strong sales in India.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “They are providing robots valuable data on the very essence of human movement.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “This cabinet is a great size to use in the entryway, mudroom, and more.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Sri Lanka is reducing dependence on foreign borrowing while raising more money domestically through longer-term bonds, as it seeks to make its debt more sustainable under an International Monetary Fund program, Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando said.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Didi Global Inc. swung back to profit after two consecutive quarterly losses, helped by strong ride-hailing demand in China.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Minor International Pcl, Thailand’s biggest hotel and restaurant operator, postponed plans for its first real estate investment trust, valued at about $1 billion, as market conditions soured.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “AI is hungry for power, putting pressure on energy grids. Can India build a system resilient enough to keep up with its ambitious AI goals? Tata Power CEO Praveer Sinha joins Bloomberg’s Menaka Doshi on Emerging to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “JD.com Inc. posted its first quarterly revenue decline since listing in 2014, in the latest sign of waning Chinese consumer sentiment.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “A review of almost 12,000 comments in favor of the administration’s proposed rule found submissions in the names of dead people.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Independence campaigns also complicate the prime minister’s ability to maneuver during the trade war with Donald Trump.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “One of the biggest chapters of the Democratic Action Party has pledged support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government until the end of its term ahead of a crucial vote on Sunday.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Citigroup Inc. sees more Asian companies selling shares in the US as technology firms look to raise valuations and tap the deep pools of capital in the world’s largest equity market.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will depart her role later this month, a move that will deprive President Donald Trump of his top spokesperson less than three months until the November midterm elections. Bloomberg's Stephanie Baker reports. (Source: Bloomberg)”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Anthropic is in talks to buy the AI startup Decart, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst Matthew Bloxham explains that Decart's so-called world models could reduce the cost of training AI by making chips more effective and that the…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is increasingly unhappy with central bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi, viewing him as being too close to the International Monetary Fund and not doing enough to support the wartime economy, according to people familiar with the situation.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “"This bookcase looks great and is so chic!"”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “"Well made with a high-quality appearance," one shopper said.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “It's great for everyday computing tasks.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Meta Platforms Inc. says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “"They stay in my ears while I do anything, walking, cutting grass, working out, etc."”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi issued a protest after Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to a territory disputed with Japan, underscoring tensions between the countries.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “At the University of Zambia, students who’d queued since 2 a.m. shouted a countdown to the start of Thursday’s general elections and rushed through the door to decide whether to give President Hakainde Hichilema a second term.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “Existing-home sales make up about 90% of home sales, writes the National Association of Realtors. Data about existing-home sales gives Americans insights into the U.S. housing market, including trends surrounding pricing, buying, and selling activity. Monthly existing-home sales…”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “Target (TGT) has spent the past year trying to convince shoppers and investors that its turnaround is real. On Tuesday, it made a move to prove it. The retailer named its first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer, pulling a senior executive away from a direct rival to run…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Gold slipped below $4,400 an ounce, paring gains seen after a subdued US inflation report relieved pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Treasuries advanced and stocks traded near record highs as oil prices fell and traders awaited US producer-price data for further clues on the path of Federal Reserve interest rates.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “29 editorial diagram types for Claude Code. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows, no Mermaid-slop.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “Macro is a unified workspace for teams: email, chat, docs, tasks, agents, calls, and CRM — @-linked together with shared AI memory.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “Graph-Native Infrastructure for Context and Accountable AI Systems”
Excerpt from GitHub: “Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and VPS.”
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.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “Kronos: A Foundation Model for the Language of Financial Markets”
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Excerpt from GitHub: “AI turns documents or topics into real, native PowerPoint decks—with native shapes, transitions and animations, data-backed charts and tables on demand, audio narration from speaker notes, and support for your own .pptx templates. · by Hugo He”
Excerpt from GitHub: “RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs”
Excerpt from GitHub: “The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work”
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