As land repeatedly surfaced and receded, the remains of marine creatures got mixed up with those of terrestrials, forming one big Ice Age graveyard: sea cows, prehistoric sharks, spike-tailed armadillos the size of refrigerators.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

Willian Borges da Silva, the 24-year-old Brazilian superstar known as Willian, represents a certain archetype: the one who leaves his country at a young age and moves for a big fee to one of soccer's nouveau-riche clubs in Eastern Europe.

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Wal-Mart became one of the big winners in the computer age.

FORBES: Perspectives

One big reason: 10, 000 Americans will reach retirement age every day for the next 19 years.

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So perhaps it's not a big surprise that one corporate titan is now trying an age-old marketing ploy aimed at female drivers.

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Just save the time, effort and money by arbitrarily cutting the cord at age 50, and dismiss the older generations as one big, homogeneous blob with no interests past golf and Jazzercise.

FORBES: Sell Old!

The advanced age of this rally is just one reason to expect that it will soon be big companies' turn to lead the market.

FORBES: Pick of the Crop

Despite majorities (at first) in both houses of the legislature, the grand coalition passed just one big-ticket reform in the spirit of Agenda 2010, a gradual rise in the retirement age to 67.

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