Inheritance is considered vital retirement funding for 63% of affluent Americans ages 18 to 22, according to a Merrill Edge survey. Among respondents, 17% expect money from friends, 17% expect money from grandparents and 14% expect money from extended family. Bloomberg (tiered subscription model) (6/7)
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Not everyone in the US who wants a job has one, but it's clear the labor market has tightened over the past several years, placing companies in competition for the best people and potentially increasing wages and benefits, Daniel Gross writes. "Further, people who have jobs in which they are increasingly secure (given the low unemployment rate) are more likely to summon up the gumption to make greater demands of their employers," he writes. Strategy+Business online (free registration) (6/6)
How men can improve workplace culture for women RPA's Laura Small provides advice to men in advertising on how to improve the workplace in the #MeToo era, including championing talented female colleagues and helping them get noticed, keeping language neutral and professional and dealing with mistakes. "If you cross the line, own it, and apologize," she writes. Ad Age (6/7)
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Kan. man glad he returned $1M lottery ticket to winner A Kansas convenience store worker maintains that he does not regret returning a $1 million lottery ticket to a customer who forgot the item on the store's counter recently. After learning that the ticket was a winner, Kal Patel drove around the winner's neighborhood before finally tracking him down and telling him that he was $1 million richer. ABC News/The Associated Press (6/6)
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
