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# NASDAQ lags on angst over AI spending ahead of earnings reports

The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Friday (July 24) as investors sold chip stocks on worries about massive spending on AI ahead of the next batch of megacap earnings reports, while falling oil prices provided Wall Street with some support even as Middle East hostilities continued. Lisa Bernhard reports.

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