The Week in Numbers: Musk's massive payday, Nintendo powers up

STORY: From Elon Musk's massive payday to Nintendo's Switch 2 power-up, this is the The Week in Numbers. :: The Week in Numbers:: $1 trillion$1 trillion is how much Tesla CEO Elon Musk could get in the carmaker's stock over the next decade.Although required payments would take the value down to $878 billion.It comes after he won shareholder approval for the largest corporate pay package in history.A majority of Investors endorsed his vision to adapt the EV maker into an AI and robotics heavyweight.Tesla's board had warned Musk could leave if the compensation plan didn't go through.:: $38 billion$38 billion is the value of a deal signed between OpenAI and Amazon.The seven-year agreement allows the ChatGPT maker to buy cloud services from Amazon.It marked OpenAI's first big push to power its AI ambitions after a recent restructure gave it more operational and financial freedom.It also gives the firm access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processors to train and run its AI models.:: 10%10% was how many flights U.S. transport authorities ordered cut at 40 major airports.Although the plan was later changed to 4% of domestic flights before ramping up to a full 10% cut by November 14.The call was made while the longest government shutdown in U.S. history drags on.It has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 transport security agents to work without pay, causing staff shortages and flight delays.:: $342 million$342 million was the operating profit Nissan drove to during the most recent quarter.It was the Japanese automaker's best quarterly result in more than a year and easily beat forecasts.The profit was largely thanks to Nissan's efforts to lower fixed costs under a turnaround plan and stronger sales in North America.:: 19 millionAnd 19 million is how many Switch 2 consoles Nintendo now expects to sell for the financial year.It's higher than the Japanese gaming giant first thought it would be.Customers have been drawn to titles like "Mario Kart World" and "Donkey Kong Bonanza."Nintendo also raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 16% to $2.45 billion.

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