Even as the company auctions off some properties, Chuck Dolan has been pushing a plan to start a direct satellite service to take on DirecTV, the market leader now being acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (nyse: NWS - news - people ).
Baby-boomers can chuck the day job at 60 or 65 and head off into the perma-tanned sunset (they will probably prove freakishly long-lived), borrowing against the inflated value of their houses as they do so.