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Mid-day Update

Millennials don’t take a gamble

Noel King Nov 27, 2015
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Poker chips on display at the $1M Wild Turkey APL Tournament Of Champions event in Sydney, Australia. A national emissions tax pushed up some electricity and fuel prices so low-income Australians get a rebate check. Many, however, use it to gamble. Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images
Mid-day Update

Millennials don’t take a gamble

Noel King Nov 27, 2015
Poker chips on display at the $1M Wild Turkey APL Tournament Of Champions event in Sydney, Australia. A national emissions tax pushed up some electricity and fuel prices so low-income Australians get a rebate check. Many, however, use it to gamble. Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images
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On today’s show, retailers attempt to keep up with our online ordering habits; why millennials don’t like to gamble; and we have a profile of a Congolese surgeon who had to wait six years to receive asylum in the U.S.

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