Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Hooray for gray! Baby boomers toss dye bottles to wear natural color with pride
Carol McGraw
The Gazette via Fort Wayne Journal Sentinel
April 17, 2007
Overview: McGraw focuses on boomers who are going with the natural look, rather than dying their hair color for a younger look. She writes, “Once upon a time, women would curse their gray hair and reach for the dye to cover it up. Or they'd eventually cave in and drench themselves in that ghastly purplish-blue rinse - the one that turns the shade of the Rocky Mountains at dusk. It was like the mark of the old age beast. But with salt falling on their heads like a blizzard, baby boomers are, as usual, opting to do it their way. So long, stigma, hello gray.”
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/17090563.htm
It's a boom in boomer entrepreneurship
Jimmie Wilkins
Statesman Journal
April 17, 2007
Overview: Wilkins reports, “Generally, people tend to switch to self-employment when the economy takes a downswing and flow out when the economy recovers; however, there is a fundamental change occurring that impacts and is creating an upward trend of this phenomenon. This trend is a.k.a. ‘baby boomers.’” He goes on to share recent statistics and trends in entrepreneurship and says, “Individual attitudes are changing from ‘work to live’ to ‘live to work.’”
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/COLUMN0501/704170316/1064
Hawaii Real Estate is Booming Due to Retirement of Baby Boomers
Press World
April 16, 2007
Overview: Press release announcing baby boomers impact on real estate in Hawaii. The article says, “Despite the ‘buyer’s market’ that much of the United States is currently facing, Hawaii Real Estate continues to be a ‘sellers market’ as an increasing number of baby boomers are retiring in Hawaii and the housing inventory has been down for 10 straight months. In addition, with property taxes being extremely low and very high conforming loan limits, real estate sales in Hawaii are booming.”