Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Pursuing The Power Of The Baby Boomer
Beina Xu
The Wall Street Journal
May 4, 2009
Overview: “In addition to numbers, baby boomers have power and money, and plenty of buyout firms have been chasing that trend for some time, doing things like investing in health-care companies, for example. Now, one firm is taking a different approach. Wellbridge Capital wants to invest in companies owned by baby boomers who are just beginning to consider retirement.”
http://tinyurl.com/d2balm
Social networking Web sites for boomers and beyond
Jim Miller
Bradenton Herald
May 5, 2009
Overview: “Over the past few years online social networking has become wildly popular, especially among the younger generation — but it’s not just for kids. While the youth-oriented social networking sites MySpace and Facebook get most of the attention, a growing number of online communities have sprung up aimed at Web-savvy baby boomers and beyond.”
http://tinyurl.com/cgxylt