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FH Boom Daily Digest – May 26, 2010

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:54 AM PDT

Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Wedding season mantra: Till prenup do us part
Associated Press
May 26, 2010

Overview: Prenups "are most popular with baby boomers in the 40-to-60 age range, who have more money and can afford to pay for adequate protection."
http://tinyurl.com/2uulgzj

Change of pace at Medtronic
Janet Moore
Minneapolis Star Tribune
May 26, 2010

Overview: "…macro factors play in Medtronic's favor. Markets in emerging countries are growing in the double digits. The nation's aging baby boomers increasingly need its devices. And experts say the promise of regenerative medicine -- stem and gene therapies to repair or replace failing organs in the body -- may prove a lucrative new frontier for the company."
http://tinyurl.com/33ow36y

Millennials: Savvy on Privacy
Douglas MacMillan
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2010

Overview: "Seventy-one percent of social networking users aged 18 to 29 said they'd adjusted privacy settings on social networks in order to make some information private, according to the survey. Among members of generation X, aged 30 to 49, 62 percent said they'd made such changes. And 55 percent of baby boomers aged 50 to 64 said they'd changed from the default privacy settings on a social network."
http://tinyurl.com/32vfzbo

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