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Retirees No More

March 2004 --More and more older workers are starting their own businesses. According to a study released by the AARP Pubic Policy Institu...  Read story

AARP Survey Reveals Support for Social Security

August 12, 2005 --The recent debate over the role of private investment in Social Security reform has strengthened public confidence in th...  Read story

AARP Launching Benefits Program

Benefits program, which is aimed at entrepreneurs over 50, will encourage retirement savings.  Read story

Seniors Group Seeks Best Employers

Jan. 8, 2007 -- AARP, the nation's largest advocacy group for seniors, is seeking nominees for its seventh annual Best Employers for Work...  Read story

Eldercare

Related Terms: Career and Family Eldercare...  Read story

Bankruptcies Rising Among Seniors

A lack of financial planning is putting more retirees at risk, research shows.  Read story

Young Workers Lack Savings Plans

A survey gives younger employees failing grades in financial literacy.  Read story

Mommy Track

Analysis of a for-profit association designed to give young mothers information, services, and purchasing power.  Read story

Cut Travel Expenses without Compromising Quality

Travel can be a big-budget expense for small businesses. Yet it is one of the largest controllable expenses for many firms. You can save money by picking ...  Read story

The Retirement Myth

Americans are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives. For many entrepreneurs, the real fun now begins after 65.  Read story

The Power of Older Workers - retirees - retired workers

A surge of titanic proportions is about to sweep through American businesses as eighty million skilled and experienced baby-boomers reach retirement age. ...  Read story

Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid are health insurance programs sponsored by the federal government that cover medical expenses for elderly, disabled, and low-income ...  Read story

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits any employer from refusing to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against any individual ...  Read story

Congress and Small Business: Good News, Bad News and No News

Congress served up some good news and not-so-good news for entrepreneurs this past session.  Read story

Boomer Benefits

As workers retire, small companies face a talent crunch.  Read story

Balancing Acts: If Not Now, When?

For entrepreneurs, there's never a right time to buy a house, start a family, have a life. While you are building a business, work-life balance inevitably su...  Read story

(still) Unsafe At Any Speed

Ralph Nader, the man who killed the Corvair, is now organizing buyers' collaboratives to make big-volume purchases from fuel dealers, and spotting the consum...  Read story

Redesigning A High-tech Firm

Dychtwald on Apple Computer: "We once spent six months trying to find print ads for computers that had people over 60 in them. We found one. Computer com...  Read story

Saying No to Retirement

Older CEOs plan to work past age 65. They may find that harder than they expect.  Read story

Recruiting the Newly Retired

Jo Anne Schiller hired recently-retired sales reps, who already know the territory and can work on commission alone.  Read story

Older Workers More Loyal to Employers

Workers 55 to 64 have been in their current jobs roughly three times as long as their younger counterparts.  Read story

Senate Agrees to Take Up Health-Care Bill

Democrats are expected to make a strong push against the legislation allowing association health plans.  Read story

Can I Help With That?

When it makes sense to partner with a rival. Plus: There's gotta be a better way than selling door-to-door.  Read story

Redesigning America

On the road with the man who's helping businesses profit from our aging population, and building a company of his own in the process  Read story

Redesigning A Hotel Chain

Dychtwald on Holiday Inns: "For any company that wants to serve the senior market, the first step is to claim it, to let seniors know they are a market th...  Read story

Tort Reform Passes, But Groups Still Oppose

Feb. 17, 2005 -- President Bush and business groups earned a victory Thursday, as the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation limiting c...  Read story

The Gospel According To Ken

However controversial among the country's gerontologists, Dychtwald's brand of marketing wisdom has caught fire among businesspeople. The world is changing, ...  Read story

Incentives for All Generations

Incentives play an important role in motivating, rewarding, and energizing employees. "One size fits all" plans do not suit today's multigenerational work...  Read story

Play Money

Founder of simulated stock market confronts decision among three different long-term growth strategies.  Read story

How I Did It: Charles Hallberg, Founder and CEO, MemberHealth

As told to Bobbie Gossage Industry: Health 2007 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read story

Entrepreneurs of the Year

Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million...  Read story

The Class of 1989: Where Are They Now?

Various Inc. 500 companies of 1989 are featured showing different facets of the volatility of the new economy.  Read story

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