Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Boomers Tend To Shop Green, Volunteer
Environmental Leader
September 21, 2008
Overview: “Though Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) are often called the ‘Me Generation,’ according to a report from Focalyst they are increasingly focused on both donating their time to causes they believe in and patronizing merchants that promote the environment, Marketing Charts reports.”
BOOMj.com Is the Most Visited Baby Boomer Social Network on the Web and Breaks Into the Top 50 Global Social Networks
PRNewswire
September 22, 2008
Overview: “BOOMj, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BOMJ) announced today that http://www.BOOMj.com, the leading social network for Baby Boomers and Generation Jones, was the single most visited Baby Boomer social networking site according to August 2008 Compete data.”
Baby boomers come face to face with America's faltering economy
John Przybys
Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 22, 2008
Overview: “Like most first- and middle-wave baby boomers, Natalie and Doug Ahlstrom can feel their retirement getting closer and closer all the time. Natalie, a self-employed bookkeeper, and Doug, an architect designer, are both 51. And, even as they continue to sock money away in their retirement accounts, a less-than-vibrant economy is making them re-think their golden years. The basic problem: a stock market that ‘keeps going down and not up,’ Natalie says.”
Comments (1)
The socking away is good..so until the economy gets back on its feet...use caution..and even though cds don;t pay a lot..they
are still pretty safe..andy our money
is growing and that is a good thing.
Posted by carol stanley | September 22, 2008 6:07 PM
Posted on September 22, 2008 18:07