The tech giant declared a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share, reflecting an 8 cent, or 10%, increase over the previous quarter. In July, the company said it will spend more this fiscal year on AI infrastructure. It reported a 77.6% rise in capital spending in the quarter ended June 30, largely due to AI-related expenses.

Microsoft is increasing its quarterly dividend 10% and announced a new $60 billion stock-buyback program, matching the size of a repurchase plan three years ago. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.

EU-UK trade deal continues to hurt trade with 27% drop in exports since 2021 reports Aston University. The UK government must seek “beneficial alignment” with the EU to overcome the hurdles hurting trade,