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FH Boom Daily Digest-Apr. 29, 2008

Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Working Women Fare Better in Retirement
Emily Brandon
U.S. News & World Report
Apr. 25, 2008

Overview: “A new research report put out by AARP found that baby boomers and younger generations of women who rely on their own earnings and retirement plans rather than a spouse's will fare better in retirement than the current crop of elderly women.”

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/planning-to-retire/2008/04/25/working-women-fare-better-in-retirement.html

Job-market worries? Not for very long
Marshall Loeb
MarketWatch.com
Apr. 24, 2008

Overview: “Though we wisely worry about rising unemployment during this recession of 2008, there is another, quite different problem that soon will confront the nation: a shortage of workers. Americans of childbearing age simply are not producing enough kids to meet the economy's future need for workers. ”

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/weak-job-market-not-long/story.aspx?guid=%7BAF5372A0-F757-4D39-B771-BF3A677991BE%7D&dist=msr_5

Listen to This: Hearing Problems Can Stress Relationships
CNNMoney.com
Apr. 29, 2008

Overview: “In conjunction with Better Speech and Hearing Month in May, Energizer Battery, Inc. conducted a recent survey(1) of Baby Boomers whose spouses suffer from hearing loss to understand how a hearing impairment can affect a relationship.”

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/200804290800PR_NEWS_USPR_____AQTU007A.htm


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