Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Mystery Epstein files phone calls logged in Strichen, New Pitsligo and Stuartfield
Phone calls from three North-east villages have emerged in records linked to the late billionaire sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
The mystery logs cover Strichen, New Pitsligo and Stuartfield in 2004 and 2005. The phone numbers and who the calls involved are not known.
The first call was located in Stuartfield on July 7 2004. The second was in Strichen on Christmas Eve 2004. The third in New Pitsligo was on November 19 2005, apparently made three times.
Trump backs Chagos handover deal, says No 10
The US has backed the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base, Downing Street has told the BBC.
On Thursday, Donald Trump signalled his approval for the move, describing Sir Keir Starmer's agreement as the "best he could make".
It comes just a few weeks after the US president prompted fears in Whitehall that he would withdraw his support, after he branded the deal an "act of great stupidity".
Aberdeenshire quarry spanning over 80 acres goes up for sale
An Aberdeenshire quarry has been put up for sale as the family behind it shifts focus to new ventures, including a single-estate whisky distillery.
Bridgend Quarry, at King Edward, between Turriff and Banff, supplies sand, gravel and hard rock across Aberdeenshire and Moray.
The Strahan family have run the site for nearly 30 years. The quarry holds over 1.6 million tonnes of permitted reserves, with hard rock extraction allowed until 2042 and sand and gravel until 2039.
Bitcoin falls to lowest level since Trump took office
The price of Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest level in 15 months despite US president Donald Trump's personal and public support of cryptocurrency.
A single Bitcoin is now worth $66,000 (£48,700), its lowest level since October of 2024, with the price down 24% since the start of this year.
The drop followed months of surging Bitcoin prices, which saw the cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $122,200 in October.
Amazon shares tumble as it joins the Big Tech AI spending spree
Amazon has joined other US tech giants in announcing a huge increase in spending on artificial intelligence (AI) projects and infrastructure.
Reporting its annual financial figures on Thursday, Amazon said it expected to spend $200bn (£147.7bn) this year on building out its business, much of it on AI.
That is a big increase from last year, when it spent $125bn. But the announcement did not appear to be welcomed by investors as its shares fell by more than 11% in after hours trading.