Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Greying baby-boomers spark tourism boom
Audrey Kauffmann
AFP
March 16, 2010
Overview: "From Japan to Germany, senior citizens make up a lucrative and fast-growing opportunity in the tourism industry, with deep pockets, disposable income and free time. But just don't mention their age."
http://tinyurl.com/yzwbre4
Funeral homes personalize services
United Press International
March 15, 2010
Overview: "Funeral directors in Massachusetts said increasing demand for personalized memorial services from the baby boomer generation is causing the business to evolve."
http://tinyurl.com/yky6ktu
Retirement, what's that?
Howard Gold
MarketWatch
March 13, 2010
Overview: "The latest annual survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), which represents businesses, pension funds, unions, and others, shows that despite a giant stock market rally since last March, American workers' confidence that they will have a secure retirement remains near 2009's rock-bottom levels."
http://tinyurl.com/yjuxy7h