Fitch places Schroders on Positive Rating Watch.

U.S. Federal Trade Commission says Amazon (AMZN.O) will pay $2.25 mln to settle allegations it willfully violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Lingang Group, Shanghai Guotou Leading Fund and China Merchants Bank co-hosted a Link-series semiconductor and artificial intelligence industry financing and networking session at Shanghai’s Caohejing Technology Oasis. Nearly 100 investors attended and more than ten hard-tech firms pitched AI compute chips, advanced storage, optical interconnects and critical equipment and materials; on-site industry–finance matchmaking was efficient and in-depth.