They are real diamonds. That’s what the industry behind diamonds made inside a scientific laboratory wants you to believe.
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Not drinking or driving, teens increasingly put off traditional markers of adulthood
When 17-year-old Quattro Musser hangs out with friends, they don’t drink beer or cruise around in cars with their dates. Rather, they stick to G-rated activities such as rock-climbing or talking about books.
A third of millennials have used Venmo to pay for drugs
A new survey finds that 33% of millennials have used Venmo, the payments app owned by PayPal that’s popular with the demographic, to buy illicit drugs.
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Millennials driving the new economy with trust
The biggest sectors of the “sharing economy” — including transportation and travel companies like Uber, Zipcar and Airbnb – could be pulling in as much as $335 billion in global revenue by 2025, according to projections by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Continue reading… “Millennials driving the new economy with trust”
What giant food companies think millennials want
The question that every major food brand is wrestling with right now: What do millennials want? An article recently in Forbes clears up why, “There are 80 million millennials in America alone and they represent about a fourth of the entire population, with $200 billion in annual buying power.” Continue reading… “What giant food companies think millennials want”
Millennials want to work for organizations that focus on purpose not profit
We project on them both the worst—they’re all lazy and apathetic!—and the best—they’re all progressive and caring—about our society so Millennials have taken on an almost mythic air in our country. Continue reading… “Millennials want to work for organizations that focus on purpose not profit”
Will the Millenial generation become radicalized because of crushing student loans and worthless college degrees?
Charles Hugh Smith, author of The existing social and financial order is crumbling because it is unsustainable on multiple levels. The central state is not the Millennials’ friend, it is their oppressor.
Car companies should be really worried about Millennials: Study
People between 18 and 34, the Millennials, don’t care about driving nearly as much as the generations before them, according to a new report from Zipcar. There are many reasons why, but they boil down to less money and more options.
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