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It is April 1942. The British cruiser HMS Edinburgh leaves the USSR bound for the United Kingdom with 465 gold bars on board.

French broadcaster TF1 is reportedly preparing to sell its production subsidiary, Studio TF1 (formerly Newen Studios), for an estimated value of nearly 400 million euros. Rothschild has been retained to handle the transaction.

To revitalize its productions, Disney is adopting a brand-new strategy: partnering with TikTok and allowing creators to use clips from its movies and TV shows in short videos.

While tech giants have planned massive investments in artificial intelligence ($1.4 trillion by 2027), profitability has been slow to materialize and even threatens to turn into a fiasco.

To keep these costs well hidden from public view and avoid revealing the full extent of the situation, Moscow is concealing part of this spending under other budget line items.

Due to the protracted war with Iran, U.S. stocks of Patriot and THAAD missiles are rapidly dwindling. The Pentagon is therefore pinning its hopes on Silicon Valley defense startups, as traditional suppliers such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are unable to ramp up production.

In the span of six weeks, Elon Musk has lost nearly half his fortune. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth fell from a peak of about $1,330 billion in mid-June to about $684 billion by the end of July. Despite this setback, he remains by far the richest person in the world. In fact, his fortune is still greater than that of the second- and third-richest people combined.

It was supposed to be a dream week for Leopold Aschenbrenner (24), the young Wall Street prodigy who, thanks to his AI fund “Situational Awareness,” had posted a staggering 439% return in six months. Instead of celebrating, however, this week turned into a financial bloodbath: his fund reportedly lost tens of billions and was forced to sell nearly all of its positions in publicly traded stocks.

No more digital subscriptions for some young French people who, according to a survey, are facing too many monthly expenses.