Even with its baby steps into the search business, Facebook has again set new terms of engagement in the battle for the soul, or at least the cash register, of the Internet.
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The marketing business is obsessed with youth, and figures the Baby Boomers (who do like to consider themselves still 25 years old) will respond, too.
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First some gory details about entitlement spending: As the 78 million baby boomers begin retiring over the next few years, under business-as-usual scenarios, spending on their Social Security and health care will more than double by 2050 to about 18% of the GDP.
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MCI's brand, marketing and billing systems with its burgeoning local-telephone operations, it might be able to take a big slice of business away from the Baby Bells.
The other factor that will enhance this trend is that the next generation of business leaders will be much more tech savvy than the baby boomers are on average.
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In Russia he was known as the "baby oligarch, " the son of oligarch Alexander Smolenski, whose banking business collapse in 1998 wiped out thousands of customers.
Jack Beauregard, founder of the Successful Transition Planning Institute, in his book Finding Your New Owner: For Your Business, For Your Life, tackles the same issues with a structured transition planning approach for Baby Boomer business owners.
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Some health plans are getting into the business, seeing a business opportunity and growth among a booming population of aging baby boomers.
Some companies run their own centers, on-site or near the place of business, while others pay for baby-sitters to go to an employee's home.
We encourage Baby Boomer business owners to wake up to the risk, and face up to the challenge.
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British Airways took over BMI from Lufthansa earlier this year and has since grounded a number of BMI Baby routes as it prepares to close that part of the business in September after failing to find a buyer.
One reason for the rise in Pfizer shares this year was that the company is openly talking about making divestitures, including one of its baby formula business.
Splitting the baby is a common but ineffective strategy for resolving a dispute or negotiating a good business deal.
Business broker experts expect more owners and CEOs to consider selling their companies as baby boomers head into retirement, businesses recover from the recession and banks loosen up capital for business loans.
Priced more affordably than other full-service hotels, which include a restaurant and meeting spaces, the fusion of IKEA and Pottery Barn designs will appeal to business guests, artsy types and trendy baby boomers alike.
While the government is now technically compelled to take action that will change Microsoft's business -- many think Jackson will seek to break the firm into a bunch of "Baby Bills" when he produces his "remedy" in August -- Bill Gates and his Redmond buddies are widely expected to appeal the decision, a process that could drag on for years.
Baby boomers own half of the businesses in the U.S. and many use the sale of a business to fund their retirement, according to the researchers.
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