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Silicon Valley Is Losing Its Luster With Millennials

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Silicon Valley is losing its luster with young adults, as recent polling shows millennials are gearing up to leave the San Francisco area at an increased rate. Meanwhile, Reuters reported growth in the number of new residents setting down roots in Silicon Valley was 38,000 in 2018, marking a ten year low.

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CVS Expands Membership Program Nationwide To Lure Millennials

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After successful test runs in Boston, Philadelphia and Tampa, the CVS membership program CarePass will expand nationally with free delivery for an annual fee, CNBC reported on Monday (Aug. The pilot program indicated that 20 percent of users were millennials and that CarePass members spent 15-20 percent more at CVS.

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Pilot Raises $60 Million To Help SMBs Modernize Finances

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Our first job out of college was owning a business in Boston,” Pilot Co-Founder and CEO Waseem Daher said in the release. PYMNTS reported that Pilot’s services could especially help millennial business owners, as those types of businesses are the ones often in need.

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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Eerily Similar?

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While most millennials were brought up in the age of the computer, baby boomers can remember a time when they weren’t surrounded by technology. It’s a peculiar dichotomy to compare millennials to their parents’ generation, the baby boomers. While it was reported that home buying was at its all-time low at a mere 62.9

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

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are living with their families, according to a new report. Earlier this year, the Pew Center reported that despite the lowest mortgage interest rates in a generation, young adults face obstacles to home ownership. But I will say this employment report was a very positive one.”. An analysis of U.S percent, down from 10.2

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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. Co-living companies in the U.S.

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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. Her needs are relatively simple.

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