Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
For Baby Boomers, 'Retirement' May Just Mean A New Job
M.S. Enkoji
www.sacbee.com
Overview: “John McGinness, the 50-year-old sheriff of Sacramento County, jokes that if he had to chase a criminal the bad guy would have to help him out of the patrol car first. It's no joke that he could be making more money if he retired and quit the force he joined in 1979. But he isn't.”
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/836129.html
Dementia-Dreading Baby Boomers Spur Race To Invent Brain Games
Rob Waters
www.bloomberg.com
Overview: “It's 1 p.m. at the Heritage Estates' Brain Gym in Livermore, California, and the gym rats are starting their workout.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a.u9pPbC3qYM&refer=home
Make Way For The U-Boomers
David Court and Diana Farrell
www.forbes.com
Overview: “Conventional wisdom says that the emerging economies of China and India are the biggest opportunities for global consumer companies. But a much bigger opportunity is emerging here in the United States--the 24 million middle-class American households approaching retirement with lofty lifestyle aspirations, a thirst for new products and brands, and limited financial resources.”