• New HBO drama ‘Industry’ takes on cutthroat finance world

    New HBO drama ‘Industry’ takes on cutthroat finance world

    The HBO workplace drama “Industry” follows several millennials entering the cutthroat world of finance.
  • British tycoon Crispin Odey drops reins at firm amid sexual assault trial

    British tycoon Crispin Odey drops reins at firm amid sexual assault trial

    A controversial British hedge fund titan is giving up control at his $3.5 billion firm as he faces courtroom allegations of sexual assault in addition to lackluster financial performance. Crispin Odey
  • You are all Charles Ponzi!

    You are all Charles Ponzi!

    A century ago, Charles Ponzi promised investors to double their capital every three months. A pattern of easy profits that has been constantly renewed since, in the form of speculative bubbles today.
  • France: Market financing, an instrument of economic sovereignty

    France: Market financing, an instrument of economic sovereignty

    1982. By dint of talking about risk aversion, market disaffection, domination almost without sharing for 20 years, Private Equity (private investment in capital), often presented as the alpha and omega of corporate financing innovative, emerging and emerging, we have almost forgotten that France was, for nearly a quarter of a century, exemplary by its number of direct individual shareholders (4 to 5 million) and by its ability to finance its growing companies at through its stock market.
  • Digitization of payments and equilibrium of the monetary system

    Digitization of payments and equilibrium of the monetary system

    The appearance of crypto-assets and the digitization of payments are confusing the cards of the classic distribution between central bank money and commercial money. Article published as part of Printemps de l'Economie, of which La Tribune is a partner. The author, Nathalie Aufauvre, is Director General of Financial Stability and Operations at the Banque de France.
  • NBA Finals: Heroic Miami and Jimmy Butler maintain suspense

    NBA Finals: Heroic Miami and Jimmy Butler maintain suspense

    Miami stays alive! At the end of a titanic duel between Jimmy Butler and LeBron James, the Heat overcame the Lakers (111-108), winning the right to play a 6th game in an NBA final which wins in indecision.
  • NBA Finals: 'We must be better', insists James

    NBA Finals: 'We must be better', insists James

    'We have to be better,' Lakers superstar LeBron James said after Friday's loss to Miami in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, emphasizing the importance of
  • Playboy is eyeing a return to the stock market, sources say

    Playboy is eyeing a return to the stock market, sources say

    Months after killing its iconic nudie magazine, Playboy Enterprises is eyeing a return to the stock market, The Post has learned. The company founded by Hugh Hefner 66 years ago has been talking to so-called blank-check companies about an investment to fund its push into sexual wellness products, spirits and cannabis, sources told The Post. …
  • Wall Street dreams of Goop IPO tied to ‘aspirational lifestyle’ SPAC filing

    Wall Street dreams of Goop IPO tied to ‘aspirational lifestyle’ SPAC filing

    In addition to vagina-scented candles and 18-karat gold dumbbells, Goop aficionados may soon be able to buy stock in the health and wellness retailer founded by Gwyneth Paltrow. At least that’s the chatter going around Wall Street after a monied investor launched plans for a new blank-check company focused on investing in an “aspirational lifestyle” …
  • ‘The 100′ fans slam show as ‘worse than Game of Thrones’ after fan fave killed

    ‘The 100′ fans slam show as ‘worse than Game of Thrones’ after fan fave killed

    Fans are keeping it “The 100” on Twitter — and they are pissed that their favorite character just dropped dead. The shocking latest episode of The CW’s hit sci-fi series aired Wednesday — and outraged viewers are already taking to social media to slam the show creators for killing off a beloved character. Spoiler alert: …