Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
Age Becomes the New Race and Gender
Adam Nagourney
The New York Times
June 15, 2008
Overview: “Age will figure in this election — not only because of the gulf in years separating the two candidates, but also because of fault lines of age within the electorate. Both Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama will have to reckon with the great mass of baby boomers, the post-World War II generation who make up a major part of the voting demographic and are themselves experiencing for themselves just what it means to get older.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/weekinreview/15nagourney.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Nest egg can bloom South of the border
Barbara Correa
The Daily Bulletin
June 14, 2008
Overview: “Younger at heart than previous generations, today's baby boomers are bypassing the Sunbelt that created a retirement haven for their parents and heading for the beautiful - and more affordable - countries of Latin America.”
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9589005?source=most_emailed
Business is boomers
Bill Lohmann
InRich
June 16, 2008
Overview: “Balanced Spectrum lamps sell so well because eyes are among the first things to go with age. Baby boomers and their parents scarf them up.”
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-16-0010.html