Jan 20, 2022

Should trading stocks feel like playing a game?

Also today: Diane Swonk talks the markets with us after data on jobless numbers reflect omicron's damaging effects on the economy.

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When trading stocks feels like "Candy Crush"

The BBC reports on concerns about the gamification of stock trading.

markets; stocks; trading
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The difference a higher minimum wage makes

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Jan 20, 2022

A record number of states and cities are raising their minimum wage this year, according to a tally from the National Employment Law Project.

An activist marches in a demonstration Washington, D.C. A higher minimum wage, experts say, give people in lower-waged positions more bargaining power.

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