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Most of the baby boomers, though, will be dead by 2041. I was born in 1964, considered the final year of the boom, and according to the Social Security Administration, I should expect to keel over by the end of 2042. So it's not we boomers but long-run trends in immigration, fertility and life expectancy that are projected to leave the program chronically short of funds after that...
Bijapurkar, and businesses like microfinance have successfully tapped this segment. Indeed, Bijapurkar says, the vast majority of Indian consumers may have limitations but they also have huge potential: low education is matched by high exposure to what's available in the marketplace, thanks to the satellite TV and Internet boom; low incomes are, in the meantime, matched by high aspirations thanks to a liberalization-based confidence that they'll make more money tomorrow than they do today. There are no rigid classifications, says Bijapurkar, "All Indians shop everywhere." The country is one big Central Market, labyrinthine and capricious but vibrant...
...Huckabee boom to have staying power, he has to realize that his campaign's narrowcast has become a broadcast. Among a now-vigilant national news media, Huckabee's every word, every reference, every campaign stop is going to be scrutinized for its religiosity. Any overstep will be trumpeted. Indeed, prominent conservatives Peggy Noonan and Charles Krauthammer - perhaps reprising the role that George Will played in 1992 - each wrote opinion pieces in recent weeks decrying Huckabee's campaign as overly strident in its religiosity. For Huckabee, the test has become whether he can follow a political, instead of a religious, golden...
...many Indians found it so convenient and so affordable to fly for work or leisure, thanks to competition between a bevy of carriers like Air Deccan, SpiceJet, Kingfisher, IndiGo and Go Air. Their rock-bottom airfares have helped make more of India accessible to Indians, turning backwaters into boom towns. Last year, Indian airports handled 90.44 million passengers, compared with 67.95 million in the previous year...
Some claim the Canadian dollar rose against the greenback because the U.S. dollar has been dragged down by government budget deficits, a long and costly war, and a yawning gap between the value of imports and exports. True enough. But the link between the loonie and the worldwide boom in commodities had even more to do with it. If you graph the value of the Canadian dollar with the prices of oil, natural gas, certain metals and grain, "it's pretty hard to tell which is which, down to every little squiggle," says TD Bank Financial Group chief economist...