Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"

Baby Boomers Make Largest Positive Impact on Business for U.S. Paint Contractors
BusinessWire.com
Apr. 21, 2008

Overview: “In a study conducted by Frost & Sullivan’s Competitive Benchmarking Services team, 2008 U.S. Paint Contractors’ Choice: Evaluation of Architectural Coatings & Paint Equipment, it is revealed that 52 percent of U.S. paint contractors believe baby boomers have a positive impact on their business. Some of the reasons for this include baby boomers being at the income level where they can afford home decorating by professionals, and they may appreciate their time more than holding onto disposable income.”

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080421005204&newsLang=en

Navarrette: Baby boomers, stop coddling your kids
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Apr. 20, 2008

Overview: “A recent USA Today story made clear how much harm some well-meaning baby boomer parents are doing to their college-educated 20-something kids by coddling them, enabling them and — in many cases — supporting them financially as they wander through the post-college wilderness deciding what to do with their lives.”

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/04/20/0420navarrette_edit.html

Who needs a surgeon to look good?
Amelia Hill and Joanna Walters
The Observer
Apr. 20, 2008

Overview: “The self-help category has a new niche: beauty books instructing baby-boomer women how to love those bits that sag, droop and give away their advancing years. The backlash against 'rejuvenation surgery' - the plastic surgery and chemical injections that promise to turn back ageing - has begun.”

http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,2275089,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront