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FH Boom Daily Digest – May 18, 2010

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:03 AM PDT

Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Baby Boomers' Game Plan for Retirement
David Faber
CNBC
May 18, 2010

Overview: "Baby Boomers are 'exhausted and emotionally frustrated with Wall Street.'As a result, 'they are doing nothing and will not be able to retire,' Frank Troise from the company SoHo Asset Management told CNBC today.'"
http://tinyurl.com/25k5wlj

Necessity or love of work, many older workers plan for non-retirement
Anita Creamer
Sacramento Bee
May 18, 2010

Overview: "Research shows that large numbers of baby boomers – the oldest of whom reach the traditional retirement age of 65 next year – don't intend to follow earlier generations' footsteps into a long retirement. Some can't afford to; many others don't want to."
http://tinyurl.com/242wcpr

8 Tips on Going Back to School
Philip Moeller
U.S. News & World Report
May 17, 2010

Overview: "Whether it's Baby Boomers seeking encore careers or retired folks pursuing a new hobby or leisure-time passion, community colleges are worth a serious look. Many community colleges have been aggressively expanding their offerings to older students, including developing more user-friendly ways for people to re-enter higher education after decades away from the classroom."
http://tinyurl.com/2e4ffd9

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