Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
Do Boomers Want a Web Home of Their Own?
Randall Stross
www.nytimes.com
Overview: “No one seems certain of the boomers’ annual disposable income, but figures loosely bandied about range from $1 trillion to $2 trillion. These boomers, however, have become rather shy about their identity, and no Internet media company or social network has figured out how to grow big by dedicating its attention solely to them. For this Hope-I-Die-Before-I-Get-Old generation, the sensitive issue of age must somehow be finessed.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/10digi.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
Boomers Give Plenty of Financial Help to Kids, Parents, Study Says
Mark Miller
www.suntimes.com
Overview: “Baby boomers often are stereotyped as self-indulgent -- a generation endlessly fascinated with its own needs and interests. But if the stereotype is true, it seems to stop at the wallet. A study by Ameriprise Financial concludes that boomers are providing more financial support to their children well into their adult years -- at the same time that they're assisting their own aging parents.”
http://www.suntimes.com/business/currency/787072,CST-FIN-c-support11.article
Tuning In the Baby Boomers
T.J. Greaney
www.columbiatribune.com
Overview: “Though people born between 1946 and 1964 will soon be retiring in huge numbers - this year millions become eligible for Social Security benefits - they are having another effect: With more time on their hands, boomers have more time to volunteer, experts say.”