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Top five EPI blog posts of 2022: Inflation and minimum wage increases among the most-read posts

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The majority of EPI’s top blog posts this year dealt with inflation, including how corporate profits, not workers’ wages, were contributing to bigger price tags. . But the top post in 2022 was on minimum wage increases in 21 states, a welcome pay hike for workers struggling to make ends meet. .

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Deep Dive: Buy Now, Exercise Now, Pay Later

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All options cost money, however, and high price tags on gear, classes or personalized training plans can deter individuals from achieving their health goals. based debt advice provider PayPlan cautions BNPL users to pay off all debts on time by prioritizing spending on existing loans rather than buying new items.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate Entities In India

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The social media firm purportedly contravened an Illinois state law via a “Tag Suggestions” functionality that enabled users to identify their friends from photos put on the platform in the past. Many instances of third-party merchants hiking the cost of products, such as masks and hand sanitizer, reportedly took place.

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The Restaurant Tech Race Gains Fresh Buzz From Fast Casual Dining

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Its mobile pay-at-table service, initially targeted toward casual and fast casual restaurants, enables consumers to use their mobile devices to launch a participating restaurant’s app or mobile web page to view and pay checks. Expect more of that, say industry executives, with minimum wage hikes cited as one reason for that trend.

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Tariffs And Shipping Could Shape 2019 Holiday Retail

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Best Buy also announced it will offer a similar shipping option for thousands of its items, and Target shoppers can get items shipped the same day by paying a flat fee of $9.99 Walmart said it would debut new deals regularly as the season progresses, and is also offering free next-day delivery for the first time. Same-Day Shipping.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

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Partnerships, Pivots And Bookended Data Breaches

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Last week we saw Uber and Green Dot on a mission to pay drivers faster, Goldman Sachs loving the little guy, and hackers…well, hacking anything that’s not nailed down. Uber Expanding Instant Pay With Green Dot. Instant Pay is now available to Uber’s driving fleet. From Hiking To Hotels – Hackers Are Ruining Your Vacation.