US Stock Market: Big tech's AI spending boom raises cash flow concerns despite early returns
America's biggest technology companies are beginning to generate meaningful AI-driven revenue, but surging infrastructure spending is putting free cash flow under pressure. Reuters' analysis of LSEG estimates shows capital expenditure is expected to outpace free cash flow by 2027, shifting investor
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America's biggest technology companies are beginning to generate meaningful AI-driven revenue, but surging infrastructure spending is putting free cash flow under pressure. Reuters' analysis of LSEG estimates shows capital expenditure is expected to outpace free cash flow by 2027, shifting investor
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