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...unkind word, means that surging demand for things like hip replacements, Viagra and Caribbean cruises can't be far off. The problem facing investors is that Wall Street saw the "age wave" coming and long ago snatched the first opportunities. Nursing-home stocks, for example, had a torrid run in the early 1990s. But the industry overbuilt, and the stocks have lagged ever since. Financial-services stocks are a similar story. Wealth managers will no doubt be in increasing demand as a prosperous generation tends its lifetime savings and trillions of inherited wealth. But the investment boom around this trend...
...degrees]F last week in Delhi, 110[degrees] in Islamabad and well over 100[degrees] in Kashmir. For the Indian grenadiers of the J.K. Light Infantry regiment and the Pakistani troopers of the 15th Northern Division entrenched on opposite sides of Kashmir's Line of Control, the torrid weather made for itchy trigger fingers and an eagerness to join the battle--anything would be better than pointlessly sweltering in full battle gear. For Calcutta day laborers and Lahore rickshaw drivers, the unseasonably warm weather meant abandoning the bricklaying or cruising for fares and squatting in the shade of wilting bodhi...
These numbers are not just tipping scales at Torrid. Lane Bryant, the plus-size chain, is getting trendier to draw a younger crowd. Victoria's Secret recently introduced its first 40-DD bra. And designers Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren, with plus-size lines planned, are realizing there are as many wide bodies as waifs out there...
...Still, Torrid has a fashion edge that differentiates it from other retailers. The store's floor-to-ceiling racks are filled with black corsets, sassy T shirts (notice me. your boyfriend is about to), leather pants, lace-up jeans, plaid miniskirts, even sexy lingerie--much of it with sought-after teenage labels like Paris Blues, HotKiss and Dickies. The store's lush look (New Orleans romantic fantasy meets Gothic) is unique too. Red-vinyl-upholstered benches ring the shoe area, hand-blown chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and gargoyles grace the cash-wrap...
Will black-lace-trimmed purple panties play in Peoria? Why not? Cool is the common denominator of teens everywhere. "Torrid makes it so you don't want to hate yourself," says Maria Gutierrez, 17, who recently drove 40 miles to the Brea store to look for a prom dress. The challenge for Torrid is to stay true to its mission: to serve disenfranchised customers, like Gutierrez, who want to fit in but also want to stand out. --With reporting by Deborah Edler Brown/Brea