Here's what kept GDP climbing last summer

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• Service sector drove stronger-than-expected summer GDP growth

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Tech, insurance, and financial services were the top drivers of spending growth.

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• Is artificial intelligence becoming too big to fail?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Big tech companies spent around $400 billion on data center buildout last year. That number is expected to rise in 2026.

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• Gap gets into "fashiontainment"

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  On the heels of campaigns featuring Katseye, Tyla, and Troye Sivan, the clothing company has hired a Chief Entertainment Officer.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• How the changing market for packaging is weighing on food prices

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  Old Bay just transitioned to a tin-and-steel box. It's a more nostalgic vibe — and also more expensive. And it’s a sign that steel-and-aluminum tariffs can impact food packaging.

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• Retirement communities to lose Haitian staff as TPS expiration looms

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Staffing shortages are likely to intensify as the Trump administration ends a program that gave 350,000 Haitians the right to live and work in the United States.

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