Hey guys, it's Mark checking in from my time off.
I wanted to let you know about the FT Weekend Festival happening on Saturday,
September 5th at Kenwood House Gardens in London or online wherever you are.
Spend the day with FT journalists, leading voices,
and forward thinkers across business, politics, economics, culture, and the arts.
As a podcast listener, you're going to save 10% on tickets with the code FTPodcast.
Just visit ft.com slash festival to find out more.
We'll have that link in the show notes.
Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Friday, July 31st, and this is your FT News Briefing.
Investors are giving Amazon a thumbs up and JP Morgan and FIFA have kicked off a firestorm.
Plus, radioactive material in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo is raising security concerns.
I'm Sonia Hudson in for Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.
Amazon stock got a boost yesterday from its earnings report.
The tech giant saw accelerated growth in its cloud business, Amazon Web Services, last quarter.
Sales rose 37% year on year.
That beat analyst expectations.
But growth is only half the story.
We told you earlier this week that investors are looking for tech companies
to strike the right balance between AI growth and overall spending.