Amazon is making a major monetary commitment to its businesses across India, including artificial intelligence. The online giant has pledged to invest more than $35 billion into its Indian operations through the next five years, building on nearly $40 billion it has invested in the country so far. This investment will focus on business expansion as well as three strategic pillars of AI-driven digitization, export growth, and job creation. In May 2023, Amazon said it would commit $12.7 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in India by 2030. The company also debuted its Amazon Now 15-minute ultrafast delivery service in India and is expanding its use of AI-based refrigeration monitoring

Futures were little changed in New York after rising 3.7 percent the previous two sessions. Libya declared force majeure, a legal clause that allows the suspension of deliveries, on supplies from the Sharara field after it was blocked on Sunday, National Oil Corp. Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said. Drillers targeting crude trimmed the rig count by five to 763, the second decline this month, according to data Friday from Baker Hughes Inc. “The fragility of Libya’s production increase” was highlighted by the problem at Sharara, said Giovanni Staunovo, an analyst at UBS Group AG in Zurich. “Considering that the political situation and security issues remain unresolved, production gains can be quickly reversed.” Click Read More below for more of the story.