US stocks slip at open: Nasdaq down 0.3%, S&P dips 0.2%

US stocks edged lower on Wednesday as weakness in major technology names—particularly Microsoft—pulled the broader market into the red and traders weighed the implications of a softening economic backdrop.The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 18 points.Microsoft shares slid after The Information reported that the company was cutting software sales quotas tied to artificial intelligence.The stock was last down about 2% and sparked declines acros ...