Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Most older women really look, um, older
Joseyli Vogels and Li Robbins
Toronto Star
February 9, 2007

Overview: Vogels and Robbins reflect on aging women. “But why the obsession with us old dames? There's the obvious: approximately half of aging boomers are women. And the equally obvious: women shop more. And we're not just talking groceries. Seems some of us think we really need that $300 jar of scientific breakthrough age-defying goop that promises to soften our deepening brow crease as we puzzle over Christie Brinkley saying, I don't want to be younger. I just want to look it. Moreover, “We've got nothing against feeling good while slowly sagging, but enough with the pressure already. Been there, resented that.”

http://www.thestar.com/Health/article/179748

Boomers: The road ahead; Answers to eight questions facing an entire generation of near-retirees
Pat Regnier
CNNMoney.com
February 8, 2007

Overview: Regnier gives answers to eight questions boomers want to know as they head towards retirement. Topics include commodities, stocks, social security, working longer and more.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0702/gallery.whats_next/

Baby boomer voodoo
William F. Hague
Marco Island Sun Times via Zwire.com
February 8, 2007

Overview: Hague offers insight on a popular adage that baby boomers will always save money and support a struggling, poor economy, which is not always the case. Investors in the real estate and stock markets should not solely rely on boomer money, but make educated decisions based on market trends.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17825383&BRD=2256&PAG=461&dept_id=455823&rfi=6

Generation Gap: Age Issues Are Often More About a Power Struggle
Mya Frazier
AdAge.com
February 06, 2007

Overview: Frazier explains how generations tend to collide more frequently in the workplace. She reports, “There's the very serious and often confusing problem for agency managers facing the dilemma of whether to keep the experienced 55-year-old on the longtime drug account or to hand over a hard-won new technology account to the new hotshot creative with almost no experience.”

http://adage.com/article?article_id=114751