Business & Finance: US Today

$62.6 billion — That's Amazon's Q2 profit, supercharged by its investment in AI company Anthropic. The tech giant beat Wall Street on every metric, posting $200.6 billion in revenue and $19.8 billion in ad sales, up 26% year-over-year.

Money Moves

• Amazon (AMZN) crushed earnings with diluted EPS of $5.75 vs. the expected $1.82, as AWS grew 36.7% year-over-year — its fastest pace in 18 quarters.
• Rivian (RIVN) delivered a record **$179...