Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest $1 billion (about 6.8 billion yuan) to establish a new AI unit focused on helping customers build and deploy AI systems. AWS expects to field thousands of front‑line deployment engineers who will work closely with customers' business, R&D and security teams to deliver end‑to‑end AI solutions and help customers stand up self‑sustaining operational teams within weeks. International media note AWS is the world's largest cloud provider by revenue and the first h

BOJ's quarterly Tankan showed large manufacturers' sentiment rose to 22 in June from 17, beating economists' forecasts. Large non-manufacturers' sentiment climbed to 37, the strongest since 1991. Firms' five-year annual inflation expectations increased to 2.6%, the highest since 2014. The BOJ, which monitors firms' price-expectation measures closely, said the readings support the case for continued rate hikes. The survey covered a period that included a sharp global oil-price spike after the outbreak of the Iran war.

Colombia's finance minister said the new government will submit a tax bill to Congress aimed at promoting economic growth.