Amazon.com, Inc. accounted for a large share of the S&P 500 earnings gain since June 30; excluding Amazon and Alphabet, S&P 500 Q2 earnings growth would be 32.0% vs reported 50.4%. The NYC Council's Delivery Protection Act would require licenses for last-mile delivery hubs and operators, explicitly targeting Amazon's delivery partners and boosting city oversight. Amazon via AWS partners with Novo Nordisk to launch a London AI hub for drug discovery, using AWS bio and AI platforms to integrate genomic, imaging and clinical data and support R&D and trials. Betting markets price a 16% chance Amazon closes above $300 at the end of August, with varying probabilities for other price levels reflecting recent stock movement and near-term outlook.