Clinton Swart

Family man, banker, tech junky and hacker cyclist.. Ops I almost forgot avid Sharks rugby fan!

[Reuters @Reuters]

A robot bricklayer named WLTR could soon be the solution to the UK's bricklayer shortage. It matches the output of five bricklayers and one laborer per hour, and is operated by just one person

[RMB - Corporate & Investment Banking @RMBCIB]

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#Markets

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#UPDATE Tokyo stocks fell more than 10% in afternoon trade on Monday, weighed down by a resurgent yen and poor US jobs data that fuelled recession fears.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged 10.01% or 3,595.30 points to 32,314.40, while the broader Topix index lost 10.49% or 266.27 points to 2,271.33

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

BREAKING Tokyo stocks plummet 10% in afternoon trade

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

Congrats England 🎉! ENG 2 - NLD 1

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

Patience is what you need for voting today. Long queues and system issues.. Thankfully lots of friendly people in SA

[FNB South Africa @FNBSA]

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[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: Reuters reports that Aspartame, which is one of the world's most common artificial sweeteners, is set to be declared a possible carcinogen.

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

Waited 2hrs in an Online queue to get Stormers tickets, while juggling meetings, and now need to tell my son I was not successful 😩.

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

@jwcoetzee There really is a lot of mismatched boys at this age. My son is u12 and played against bigger than that boy he just didn’t have that athletic ability but was difficult to tackle as he bigger than most adults!

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

The App has crashed within the 1st minute of the #Prime launch with #sixty60. Disappointed ☹️

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

Woke up this morning thinking 🤔 about Messi’s pass last night and how did he beat the defenders in the air, especially Van Dyk!

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

2023 is going to get bumpy! News of further rate hikes in EU also points to potential world recession

[Bloomberg @business]

A classic recession warning is flashing in the US Treasury market https://t.co/y2P7Pnz5fD

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

Those emigrating from SA to Europe to get away from loadshedding may be in for a familiar time!

[Bloomberg @business]

If you’re in Europe, get used to lunchtime power cuts, shorter showers and darker streets this winter https://t.co/Jw3CX6W3eq

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

It is not only the US that has gone back to normal life, acting like Covid is over. It is all over the world. I guess people need to take responsibility for their own health just like Heart Disease. No government is going to!

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

⚠️TOP 2 CAUSE—Oh hey, guess what was the #2 leading cause of death in the US on Sept 9? ~4100 deaths that week.

🔹1. Heart Disease
♦️2. #COVID
🔹3. Lung cancers
🔹4. COPD

Someone tell @POTUS @JoeBiden that pandemic is not over.

(Data: @IHME_UW @AliHMokdad) #CovidIsNotOver

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

Interesting project!

[Reuters @Reuters]

WATCH: A German pilot project uses solar power and produces organic fruit at the same time

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

This sounds a bit like Eskom Implimentation of loadshedding!

[Bloomberg @business]

A 15% voluntary reduction in gas demand should get Europe through next winter, even if Russian gas flows halt entirely and cost the euro-area economy about 0.4% of GDP, according to Bloomberg Economics https://t.co/1XuLJR8DTx

[Clinton Swart @Clinton_Swart]

This is just insane! Over 44km/h

[letourdata @letourdata]

The riders of #TDF2022 have just covered half of the 3,349.8km on this year's route! And they've been flying 💨

But the biggest ⛰️ await them - they've crossed 30 of the 61 categorised ascents but none of the 7 HC climbs!

Elevation so far: 17,986m
Remaining: 28,815m

#TDFdata

[Businessweek @BW]

Researchers found that commutes involving physical activity, like walking or biking, lead to better performance at work https://t.co/qxYtJ2nFPH

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: The Euro has fallen to parity with the US Dollar