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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. And that rather large subset of holdouts on getting vaccines is showing up in data other than PYMNTS' studies.

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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. As far back as 2014, Forbes was reporting on the move toward mobile payments, citing studies from Visa that showed Americans were twice as likely to carry a phone as cash; those between 18 and 34 are four times more likely.

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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.