Gains in AI company stakes juice second-quarter earnings for S&P 500

NEW YORK, Aug 20 : S&P 500 companies are winding up a banner quarterly earnings season, fueled in large part by surging profits at AI-related companies.The S&P 500 is on track for a 52 per cent surge in aggregate second-quarter earnings from the year before, helped by a 74 per cent profit jump in the technolo
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