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FH Boom Daily Digest-Jan. 8, 2007

Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Aging is being redefined
Jeannie Kever
Houston Chronicle
January 8, 2007

Overview: Baby boomers are redefining aging. Kever reports, “Aging isn't what it used to be, what with healthy diets, yoga, fancy face creams and the purchasing power of baby boomers.”

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/living/health/16384724.htm

Keeping them on the payroll; Faced with the impending retirement of the baby boomers, employers are taking steps to keep older employees happy and working for as long as possible
David P. Willis
Asbury Park Press
January 8, 2007

Overview: As baby boomers begin to retire, employers are worried that it could be difficult to replace them. As a result, employers are trying to improve productivity and morale and offer additional benefits in order to keep their employees working longer.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070108/BUSINESS/701080303/1003/NEWS01

Boomers and Online Dating
John Agno
Coachingtip.blogs.com
January 7, 2007

Overview: Blogger John Agno discusses boomers and online dating. He writes, “The Internet has special appeal for Baby Boomers, an impatient lot used to getting their way. According to Jupiter Research, 15 percent of Internet users between the ages of 45 and 54 browsed dating sites last year—almost as much as the average online user.”

http://coachingtip.blogs.com/so_baby_boomer/


It's baby boomers who are real drag; U.S. is getting wrong picture of who abusers are in our drug crisis
Mike Males
Houston Chronicle
January 6, 2007

Overview: Males reports on the varying demographics contributing to drug abuse. Specifically he reports, “graying baby boomers have become America's fastest-growing crime scourge.”

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4451026.html

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