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FH Boom Daily Digest – August 23, 2010

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:37 AM PDT

Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Baby Boomer Bankruptcies on the Rise
Eric Morath
Wall Street Journal
August 23, 2010

Overview: "A growing number of baby boomers are going bust. A newly released study found that 42% of all individuals filing for bankruptcy were between the ages of 45 and 64 in 2007 and that older Americas are filing for protection from creditors at a much faster rate than younger adults."
http://tinyurl.com/244coqu

High-Tech Aging: Tracking Seniors' Every Move
Jennifer Ludden
National Public Radio
August 23, 2010

Overview: "Researchers insist that technology can improve quality of life, and they're coming up with all kinds of new things to monitor. At the AgeLab at MIT, Joe Coughlin is deploying the same technology NASA uses to track supplies in the space station."
http://tinyurl.com/2badaow

What Is It About Eightysomethings?
Juli Weiner
Vanity Fair
August 23, 2010

Overview: "Over the past year, a certain population subset has proven itself to be especially energetic, fun-loving, and charismatic. Its behavior has left a nation wondering, What is it about eightysomethings? A serious psycho-cultural diagnosis is in order."
http://tinyurl.com/2e66phx

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