Surging Fuel Prices Aren’t Curbing Holiday Plans Yet
WSJ What’s News
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:05.0 | It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand. |
| 0:11.3 | That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI. |
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| 0:25.9 | Evacuated ship passengers test positive for Hanta virus as they finally head home. Plus, why |
| 0:32.2 | gas prices are about to get a lot worse for Californians. And Expedia's CEO tells us that consumers may be anxious, |
| 0:39.8 | but they're still booking trips. Everybody is amazed that demand is holding up as well as it is. |
| 0:45.6 | And we look at indicators. We look at consumer confidence. We look at fuel prices. We look at air ticket |
| 0:50.4 | prices. You know, despite those, the demand is there. |
| 0:58.2 | It's Monday, May 11th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News. The top headlines and business stories moving your world today. |
| 1:09.3 | Around 150 passengers from a hanta virus-stricken cruise ship are finally returning home after spending 40 days at sea. |
| 1:17.7 | The ship was allowed to dock in Spain's Canary Islands, where authorities have been coordinating flights for quarantine and isolation. |
| 1:24.7 | After disembarking, a French and American passenger have both tested positive |
| 1:29.1 | for the virus, while another American developed mild symptoms. The WHO's Director General, |
| 1:35.1 | Tedros Gabriesus, oversaw the transfer of passengers in Tenerife and reiterated yesterday that |
| 1:40.6 | this is not the onset of another pandemic. This is not another COVID. |
| 1:46.0 | And the risk to the public is low. |
| 1:51.6 | So they shouldn't be scared and they shouldn't panic. |
| 1:55.4 | U.S. passengers are arriving in Omaha, Nebraska for monitoring at a national quarantine unit led by medical director |
| 2:01.9 | Dr. Michael Wadman. |
| 2:03.4 | We have protocols in the quarantine unit that provide for safe care of these persons, including |
| 2:11.4 | just all the activities of daily living so that they can, you know, have a comfortable stay, |
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