Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Focus: Special report: Tracking the boomers
Frances Hudson
Financial Times
February 1, 2010

Overview: “Tracking the progress of the baby boomers in the US suggests that while in affluent middle age during the 1980s and 1990s, this group concentrated on accumulating wealth, investing heavily in property and equity markets and thus helping to boost asset prices.”
http://tinyurl.com/ych7aw2

Boomer Green Team is a light for many in the Dallas area
Robert Miller
Dallas Morning News
January 31, 2010

Overview: “Don't you think it's about time we dropped the adjective baby when discussing the boomer generation, especially when the boomers are not only accepting the mature mantle of civic responsibility, but actually grabbling it and wearing it proudly?”
http://tinyurl.com/yectgre

Where can a baby boom find Valentines va-voom? No sex in the city if you're over fifty?
Eastside Uptown Girl
Seattle Post Intelligencer
January 31, 2010

Overview: “It's a positive sign that there's a new line up of activities for Valentines that appeal to all generations. The over fifty crowd has money and time and likes to go out too!”
http://tinyurl.com/yd5xxl9

Baby Boomers Renew Their Connections With Facebook
Neil Vidyarthi
All Facebook
January 29, 2010

Overview: “Almost half of the online Baby Boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1964) update their Facebook or other social networks regularly. According to eMarketer Online senior Analyst Lisa E. Philips, ‘About 47% of online boomers maintain a profile on at least one social network, according to several sources. Their contacts include family, friends and co-workers of all ages.’”
http://tinyurl.com/ycqvw74