Heart attacks are more likely to happen in the morning.
Heart attacks that occur in the morning are far more dangerous than at any other time of the day, research shows.
Continue reading… “Morning Heart Attacks Are More Dangerous Than at Any Other Time of Day: Study”
100th birthday party
Not long ago, turning 1oo years old jaws would have dropped. There would have been TV and newspaper reporters at Lonny Fried’s door. She would have been fussed over and given a big party. Turning 100 isn’t such a big deal anymore.
Continue reading… “America’s Population of 100 Year Olds is Booming”
Nearly half of boomers now work for a younger boss.
Are you older than most of your colleagues at work? According to an AP-LifeGoesStrong.com poll, age may be an asset at work, or no issue at all.
Continue reading… “61% of Baby Boomers Say Age is Not an Issue at Work”
College loans will top a trillion dollars.
More students will be going to college this and more of these students will borrow money to do so. Student loan debt will likely top a trillion dollars this year. And for the first time last year student loan debt outpaced credit card debt.
Continue reading… “Growing Student Loan Debt Weighs Heavier on Graduates”
Boomer moms supporting adult children.
Over half of Baby Boom-generation mothers financially support adult children and 60 percent are the go-to person when their grown kids encounter problems, according to a survey issued last week.
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Americans paying more for food and gas.
U.S. consumer inflation rises as Americans are paying more for food and gas. This trend that could slow economic growth in the months ahead according to a new report.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Most young people today are asking the very simple question, “Why should I buy a home?”
Continue reading… “Next Generation Home Ownership”
The IAB estimates that Internet-ad revenue in 2010 surpassed that of newspapers.
Double-digit growth of web advertising resumed in 2010 in the U.S. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, web advertising outpaced traditional media and surpassed newspaper ad revenue for the first time.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: It wasn’t what I had planned on a 70 degree day last week when “springtime in the Rockies” was in full bloom. But I was on my way to the hospital, and over the next 24 hours I would learn much about a healthcare industry that is woefully unprepared for the changes that lie ahead.
Continue reading… “Rethinking the Future of Health Care”
iPhone jailbreaking has now evolved into a lucrative industry with millions of consumers.
George Mason University senior, Kevin Lee, says he earns about $50,000 a year with an illicit-sounding pitch on Craigslist: “Get Your iPhone Jailbroken Today.”
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Sex selection is now invading parts of India that didn’t used to practice it
The news from India’s 2011 census is almost all heartening. Literacy is up; life expectancy is up; family size is stabilising. But there is one grim exception. In 2011 India counted only 914 girls aged six and under for every 1,000 boys.
Continue reading… “Sex Ratio Widens in India”
The highest paid of the CEOs was Philippe Dauman, CEO of Viacom.
CEOs didn’t have to cry poor for long. The heads of the nation’s top companies got the biggest raises in recent memory last year after taking a hiatus during the recession.
Continue reading… “CEO Pay Jumps 27% While Workers’ Pay Stalls”
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