Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Baby boomers shift the age of optimum sexiness
Jane Shilling
Times Online
June 8, 2007
Overview: Shilling reflects on the “age of optimum sexiness” and the cover of the July issue of Vogue celebrating “ageless style.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jane_shilling/article1899465.ece
What is 'retirement age'? Definition may change
Stephen Nohlgren
St. Petersburg Times
June 8, 2007
Overview: Nohlgren reports, “America's labor force will soon start shrinking unless business leaders figure out how to keep older people in the work force.”
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/08/Business/What_is__retirement_a.shtml
Ageing Japan to be 40 pct 'elderly' by 2055-report
Reuters
June 8, 2007
Overview: “Japan's population is getting older faster than any other country's and 40 percent will be 65 or older by mid-century, double the current figure. That means Japan will have to shed the notion that the elderly need support and instead view them as a vital part of the work force, the Cabinet Office said in its annual report on aging society released Friday.”