Growing GDP, thank GPT

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• GDP improves to start 2026, driven by AI investment

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  GDP rose at an annual rate of 2% from January to March, according to data out today from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. A big reason why: investment in AI.

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• Why oil prices predicted by financial markets are missing the mark

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Two months into the disruption of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a gap is opening between what financial markets expect oil to cost and what buyers are actually paying to get a physical barrel delivered today.

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• Demand is strong, but airlines are facing an aging workforce

  by Kai Ryssdal, Livi Burdette and Andie Corban

  

  With 40% of the workforce over 60, airlines are desperate to recruit more aircraft technicians.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Higher airfares might impact summer retreats, worries fly-fishing company owner

  by Sofia Terenzio

  Dylan Demery, owner of She's Fly, a women's fly-fishing company in Fort Collins, Colo., talks about how higher prices are impacting her small business.

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• Cheap, protein-packed, and full of fiber: Beans are the internet's latest obsession

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  

  Jillian Deutsch, reporter at Bloomberg, explains the rise in popularity of the humble bean.

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