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Zillow: Getting Millennials Into The Real Estate Game

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Millennials are never, ever going to buy homes. Why millennials are never going to buy homes is more of a jump ball. According to the National Federation of Retailers, 81 percent of millennials report at least aspiring to homeowners as hip, even if they aren’t there yet.

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How Do Customers — And Retailers — React To Tax Returns?

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For all the johnny-come-latelies who spend the hours before midnight on April 17 scrambling to submit their tax forms, there are millions more Americans who are sitting pretty with their tax refunds already in hand. It’s a peculiar part of tax season. In the past, the answer may have been yes.

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Milk And Cereal Too Burdensome For 40% Of Millennials

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Baby Boomers practically grew up on the stuff — and the games on the side of the boxes — but, true to form, their millennial counterparts have different plans. At least, that’s the case for the 40 percent of millennials who said eating a bowl of cereal is just too much work that early in the morning. So said Mintel’s U.S.

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Green Dot Blows Past 1Q Earnings Estimates on Prepaid and Tax Businesses

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posted results Tuesday night that blew past Street estimates, boosted by strength in its card and tax refund-focused business lines. Those tax refund recipients in turn were able to get cash advances, said the executive, all evidence of what Green Dot has termed a synergistic approach to its business. Green Dot Corp.

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5 Reasons to expand small business lending

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In the 2015 Growth Strategy Survey by Bank Director , the most commonly cited areas for growth were Commercial Real Estate Lending, C&I loans, SBA loans, and Construction loans. This is compounded by the growing trend of Millennial small business owners. Small businesses in the U.S. which means their capital needs fluctuate.

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Today In Payments: Chinese Tech Investments In US Plummet; Ransomware Attacks Up 41 Pct In 2019

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Investments by Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent peaked in 2015 at $4.7 Reynolds CEO: Recreating Grocery’s Home Goods Aisle For The Millennial. Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax. India has levied a new tax on eCommerce companies and platforms. Chinese Tech Investments In US Plummet.

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Not Down For The Count, Cash Still Counts For Plenty

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Brazil and Mexico — the total amount in cash payments for the region was $3 trillion in 2015, with weighted average cash use at 14 percent of GDP, with an estimated increase, annually, of 4 percent through 2020 in absolute dollars but a decline in percentage of GDP by 1.2 Turning to the Americas — defined as the U.S.,

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