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Eight in 10 Americans think the federal minimum wage is too low and two-thirds support increasing it to $15 per hour, according to a poll from Amazon and survey producer Ipsos published Tuesday.Why it matters: A raise in the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour was not included in the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package passed by Congress this month, despite progressives pushing to add a minimum wage provision to the bill. This poll suggests there's widespread nonpartisan support for an increase.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.What they're saying: Chris Jackson, senior vice president of public affairs at Ipsos, noted in a statement that "this level of agreement is practically unheard of in contemporary America and reflects an overwhelming public consensus that elected officials should think twice before disputing."Zoom in: The poll of 6,354 people, conducted Jan. 28-Feb. 8, found that 80% believe large employers shoul
Data: Deadline, Axios Research; Chart: Aïda Amer/AxiosNetflix received a whopping 35 Oscar nominations this year, a record for the streamer, and a record for any single studio (depending on how you calculate previous totals).Why it matters: The streaming giant spent an unprecedented amount of money on content, while traditional movie studios were handicapped by theater closures over the past year. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Details: Netflix's original film "Mank” received 10 nominations, including awards for best picture and best director — more than any other film. Its other big title, Aaron Sorkin's "The Trial of the Chicago 7,” picked up six nominations.The big picture: Overall, streamers continued to dominate nominations over most traditional studios. Amazon received 12 nominations, a record for the studio, for films like "Sound of Metal," "One Night in Miami" and "
eToro, a London-based no-fee trading app, agreed to go public at an implied $10.4 billion valuation, via acquisition by FinTech Acquisition Corp. V (Nasdaq: FTCV).Why it matters: This could help set an IPO price range for rival Robinhood, whose filing was temporarily delayed by February's GameStop debacle. eToro, a 13-year-old company that expanded into the U.S. in 2018, claims to have more "registered users" than Robinhood has "customers," but we don't yet have active user comps.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Details: FTCV, chaired by Betsy Cohen, will contribute $250 million. The deal also includes a $650 million PIPE from ION Investment Group, SoftBank, Third Point, Fidelity and Wellington Management.History: eToro raised around $150 million in VC funding, from firms like Spark Capital, China Minsheng Financial, SBI Holdings, Bracket Capital, Korea Investment Partners, DCG, Ping An Insurance, Anthemis Group an
Data: TSA; Chart: Axios VisualsTSA officers screened more than 1.35 million people at airports on Friday, the highest number of passengers on a single day since March 15, 2020, the latest sign that air travel is making a comeback.Why it matters: Travel has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic, but data show the trend is moving in the right direction for airlines, airport vendors and hopeful wanderers.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeHowever, that likely also means that ultra-low airfares and travel deals are coming to an end.Where it stands: “Well over half, 60% of Americans, say they will be traveling for leisure in the next three months, according to a survey done less than a week ago,” Micki Dudas, director of AAA Leisure Travel, told reporters.AAA also found that 84% of those surveyed have at least tentative plans to travel in 2021. “The travel industry continues to see a parallel between t