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Edmond de Rothschild to monitor CEO’s Epstein links, Bloomberg News reports

Pokemon “Pikachu Illustrator” Trainer Promo Hologram Trading CardSource: Ha.ComSocial media influencer and wrestler Logan Paul made history last week when he sold a rare Pokémon card for $16.5 million, a world record price for an auctioned trading card. The winner views it as an investment.AJ Scaramucci — son of investor and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci — won the bidding war for the “Pikachu Illustrator” card, made in 1998 and one of only an estimated few dozen to exist. It’s the crowning achievement in the Solari Capital founder’s short collecting career, which started with trading cards during the COVID-19…

Circle Internet’s stock was soaring Wednesday after the stablecoin issuer reported a big jump in fourth-quarter profitability.

The head of Britain’s largest trade union has demanded that Rachel Reeves be sacked as chancellor if the Treasury continues to hold up a multibillion-pound defence investment plan.Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, said tens of thousands of jobs were at risk from political dithering and called on ministers to “back British industry” by signing off on future defence contracts.Unite union members protested outside Downing Street on Wednesday. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian“If Rachel Reeves can’t grasp that concept and doesn’t care where things are made then she should go,” Graham said “Actually, you have to have a vision for…

By John Jannarone World Gym Corp. (TAI: 2762.TW) reported a surge full-year net profit driven by higher revenue, with the fourth quarter finishing the year out strong. The company, which owns the World Gym brand with over 280 locations across 10 countries, said net profit rose to NT$409.1 million (US$12.8 million), up 16.3% compared to 2024. For the fourth quarter, revenue rose 13.2% to to NT$2.9 billion. Net income, meanwhile, nearly tripled to NT$166.9 million. WATCH MORE: World Gym CEO John Caraccio & Exec. Committee Member Mark Harms on Considering a US Listing: ICR Conference 2026 “2025 was a transformative…

“Botox on steroids”: Old hair-loss drugs are getting an upgrade, and new ones are on the way.

Embedded Finance North AmericaDailyPay, a platform for On-Demand Pay and financial wellness solutions, has closed a $200million upsizing to its secured credit facility.The latest injection increases the firm’s total committed capacity to $960million. With this expansion, DailyPay has now surpassed $1billion in total debt financing backed by its On-Demand Pay receivables. This milestone figure includes both the newly upsized $960million secured credit facility and a previous $200million asset-backed securitization completed in June 2025.Banking on employer partnershipsDeepa Subramanian, chief financial officer at DailyPayThe expanded facility is designed to support the sustained growth of DailyPay’s core On-Demand Pay platform. The technology allows…

UK public inflation expectations fall in January, Citi/YouGov survey shows

Trade escalation can contribute to a slowdown in economic growth and weaken silver demand, but silver’s a “dual-natured metal” that benefits from both investment and industrial uses. That’s a key reason why it has been more of a go-to hedge than gold lately.

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Consumer Products stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.4% loss. Within that group, Brown-Forman Corp (Symbol: BF.B) and Molson Coors Beverage Co (Symbol: TAP) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 8.9% and 5.0%, respectively. Among consumer products ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (Symbol: IYK), which is down 0.6% on the day, and up 14.22% year-to-date. Brown-Forman Corp, meanwhile, is up 6.29% year-to-date, and Molson Coors Beverage Co is up 1.51% year-to-date. TAP makes up approximately 0.3% of the underlying holdings…