Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
HSBC group targets rich baby boomers
asahi.com
Sept. 7, 2007
Overview: "With an eye on Japan's baby-boomer market, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) will start asset-management services for individuals with financial assets of 10 million yen or more."
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200709070104.html
Baby boomers urged to rethink future
Lisa Petrillo
The Paramus Post
Sept. 7, 2007
Overview: "Just because members of the largest generation in U.S. history are graying doesn't mean they should fade away like overwashed blue jeans. No, California professor Stephen Barnes said, he wants to teach baby boomers to tackle old age like professional wrestlers."
http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20070831220033701
Boomers buck "Granny,' 'Gramps'
Youthful grandparents pick hip handles
Lauren Bishop
The Enquirer
Sept. 7, 2007
Overview: "Grandparents Day is Sunday, and many of the men and women who will be celebrated that day are baby boomers like McFarland who are eschewing traditional names for grandparents in favor of more unusal, younger-sounding monikers."
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070907/LIFE/309070002/1079
