Give credit where it is due. The Feds seem to have jawboned some major players into a broad response to the problems generated by the sub-prime mortgage bubble. Originally, Paulson at the Treasury was willing to let the markets work things out, but he eventually saw that this was impractical based on the volume of […]
I was Stumbling around and found a site called BoomJ which bills itself as a “Lifestyle” site for Baby Boomers and Generation Jones. Generation Jones? I had never heard of it. So of course I had to check it out.
Wikipedia says Generation Jones describes people in the second half of the Baby […]
Something is wrong with MicroSoft. Latest tests of its Vista operating system show that it is not as productive as the old MicroSoft operating system XP. That’s not to say that it does not have the level of productivity that Apple’s new operating system, Leopard, has, it doesn’t even match up well with its own old one. This does say whole […]
As we wrap up the year 2007, and in the midst of a busy holiday season, small business owners need to be thinking about what they can do to minimize taxes and maximize profits. Over the next few weeks, we’ll talk about what steps you can take to wrap up your financial year.
Here is the […]
Recently, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council released its rating of the various states by what it measures as the best environment for small businesses and entrepreneurs. http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/16/smbusiness/SBE_states_lists.fsb/index.htm Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council’s Unfortunately the big criteria is low business taxes.
The major criteria I would use is the mass of highly educated and trained people. […]
From now until December 25, most of us spend way too much time thinking about (1) what we’d like to get for Christmas, and (2) what to get for those people we care about and/or need to get something for.
Speaking as a baby boomer, I can tell you what we would like:
1) Something for our […]
Maybe you have heard of the $100 laptop for developing countries. It was the brainchild of Prof. Nicholas Negroponte of MIT. His earth-satering idea is to provide laptops to kids in developing countries for $100 each. He started all this in’05. He started at the UN and got tremendous response. He was set to sell millions […]
For those of you who thought the sub-prime mortgage mess was worse than we knew Banc of America has just put some numbers on it and it’s bad. When it comes to sub-prime mortgages we ain’t seen nothing yet. The current rate of foreclosures due to mortgage resets is low compared to the next two […]
You may remember a post I did about a month ago about how the best place to invest in real estate was in improving your own home. I still think that is true, but … You know all those home improvement shows, Design on a Dime, Curb Appeal and the like. They show you how you […]
Here is an article from Forbes Magazine Online that details several types of businesses for Baby Boomers. Note that you will need to watch a PowerPoint (which changes pages with each new slide) to see more details on the businesses. Before you decide to start a business like one of these, take the time […]
business advice for boomers
Written by Jean Murray [email] for b5media.
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