Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

ANNOUNCEMENT- In light of widespread layoffs, a significant spike in age discrimination charges, threats to employee benefits, and controversial recent court decisions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public hearing Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M St, NE, Washington, DC., where expert panelists will discuss age discrimination in employment. Additional information about the hearing, when available, will be posted at http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/meetings/index.html

Casey Kasem signs off as voice of Baby Boomer radio
Paul Briand
Examiner
July 15, 2009

Overview: Kasem signed off on July 4 from hosting the show that counted down from No. 40 the top singles from so many of the musicians that made up the Baby Boomer soundtrack.
http://tinyurl.com/lok2qc

Turning Out The Lights: Baby-Boomer Social Network TeeBeeDee
Tomio Geron
Wall Street Journal
July 14, 2009

Overview: TeeBeeDee Inc. has officially turned off its Web site that acted as a social network for people over age 40, and will be added to the growing list of this year’s failed venture-backed start-ups.
http://tinyurl.com/n73yof

Can GM's New Models Woo Back Buyers?
Joseph R. Szczesny
Time
July 15, 2009

Overview: With a muscular retro appearance, the Camaro plays on the baby-boomer generation's insatiable appetite for nostalgia.
http://tinyurl.com/npuwn4

Woodstock at 40: Celebrate fest's B-day with books, concerts & new film
Jonathan Takiff
Philadelphia Daily News
July 14, 2009

Overview: This surge of oversized shows served as a coming of age and coming together for the just-emerging baby boomer generation that would embrace its new stars as countercultural heroes.
http://tinyurl.com/nln57q