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Apprehension Lingers Around COVID Vaccine

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Two medical workers in Alaska did report a more serious allergic reaction to the vaccine, but both reactions were quickly brought under control and the healthcare workers that had them still positive on taking the vaccine itself. Older consumers were also showed to be more vaccine prone than their younger counterpart millennials.

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The Dawn Of A Cashless Global Economy?

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That would be millennials, ages 18–29, with 64 percent saying they prefer to use cards even for transactions under $5. Now legal in 23 states, with recreational use also legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, marijuana is very much still a cash-based business. And the age group to use cards the least?

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California Dreamin’ (Of A Higher Minimum Wage)

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As The Christian Science Monitor notes, the governor of New York is already pushing for a statewide hourly minimum of $15 by July 2021, while states like Maryland, Nebraska, Alaska, South Dakota and Illinois have elected to increase their respective minimum wages (albeit to lesser degrees). Furthermore, according to FN, Cowen and Co.