Segments From This Episode

• Verizon feels the pain of federal layoffs in declining phone subscribers

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The telecom company lost 289,000 monthly subscribers in the first quarter. It attributes at least part of the decline to less government spending.

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• During uncertain times, "people are looking for stability," says river barge business owner

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  Austin Golding, CEO and President of Golding Barge Line in Vicksburg, Mississippi, talks about what tariffs might mean for business.

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• Doubts rise about AI data center investment amid economic uncertainty

  by Matt Levin

  

  Uncertainty over tariffs and a wider economic downturn are forcing investors to be more cautious.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• U.S. nuclear power is switched on, but China is charged up

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  The reactivated U.S. industry wants the government to expand its investment.

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• Catholic sisters take a vow of poverty. As they age, affording care is tricky

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  The steady stream of young women joining religious orders stopped decades ago. That means the sisters who remain have little income and fewer peers to lean on for care.

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• Setting stones, and their prices, in a rocky market

  by Iru Ekpunobi

  

  “As materials’ cost balloon the way they have these past couple of weeks … I can’t continue to sell them at the prices that I was before,” said Isabel Dennis at KIMA Jewelry.

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