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Study: Virus Has Sent Most Adult Children To Live At Home

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economy overall , reflecting the importance of the housing market to overall economic growth,” the survey said. One-third of millennials have been laid off due to the COVID-19, and another 42 percent said their pay has been cut, researchers reported. We have a long way to go before we are fully recovered,” he told the network.

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Outside The Box (And Inside The Storage Container) Solutions To Sky-High Rent

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Older adults tend to own, while younger adults skew much more heavily toward renting – particularly millennials, for whom homeownership is lower than other generations at the same point in their lives. 2,420 in Boston and $2,300 in Seattle for a no-frills one-bedroom, probably a walk-up. What is Nuns and Nones?

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. The 2018 Boston Pride parade reportedly saw more than 750,000 spectators and over 55,000 marchers.

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Reimagining The Bar Experience Without The Booze 

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percent it fell in 2017 according to IWSR, an industry tracker for the drinks market. . Both Anheuser Busch and Boston Beer Company (better known as Sam Adams) have released their own versions of spiked seltzer. Folks in the Millennial generation have maybe a better sense of balance. In 2019 alcohol consumption in the U.S.

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The Connected Car: An Extension Of The Consumer’s Home

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It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The firms are eyeing a confluence of mobile commerce, digital marketing and ease of payments. So, if we look at millennials,” he said, “they have $400 billion in buying power today. Picture this. It’s snowing. The Available Data.

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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. Millennials Eschew Bank Mobile Wallets. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

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As Bill Payments Go Digital, The Rental Industry Still Lags

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Younger consumers are leading the way when it comes to online bill payments, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials. It cites a figure from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston that says more than 80 percent of rent payments are made via cash or paper checks. According to a new report from Aite , 73 percent of U.S.

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