Baby Boomers
"For many a family, now that prosperity seems to be here, there's a baby just around the corner." This is how the April 2, 1941 issue of Business Week described the u...
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Manufacturers including electric appliance, auto, steel and
chemical makers are particularly concerned about possible worker
shortages after the departure of baby boomers, many of whom are
r...
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As the baby boomers begin to ease into their 60s, most expect to delay retirement longer than their parents or grandparents.That's good, because many can't afford to stop working anytime soon.Two n...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired school teacher
Kathleen Casey-Kirschling Monday became the first ripple in
a "silver tsunami" of retiring baby boomers applying for
pension benefits that threatens t...
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Cabin cruisers with luxurious salons and bedrooms are getting
popular among the ''new rich,'' such as managers of information
technology enterprises and successful stock investors, and baby
...
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As the first wave of Japanese baby boomers enters mandatory
retirement, many are finding new career prospects as far afield as
China and Taiwan.
In late August, the Taiwanese equivalent to...
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Local governments are increasingly offering ''vacant-house
bank'' services to provide information about empty private houses in
rural areas to those wishing to move to the countryside.
The...
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We live in the age of group apologies. I would like to add one. The baby boomer generation needs to apologize to America, especially its young generation, for many sins. Here is a partial list:Firs...
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John Kerr wasn't dreaming of palm trees and balmy winters when he retired from WGBH, the Boston public TV station known for producing such hits as "Antiques Roadshow." His thoughts had gone West.Th...
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DENVER (Reuters) - One of them flies regularly and
hates every minute. Another hasn't flown since 1976. Then
there's Linda who has never been on an airplane. Meet the participants of Flight Withou...
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Seoul (dpa) - A large pool of South Korean baby boomers who
powered the country's economic take-off during the 1970s and '80s are
bound to give another boost to the economy,...
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