Wealthy baby boomers with an appetite for quality food could be the key to filling Steamboat Springs’ burgeoning downtown commercial district, Carl Steidtmann said Thursday.

The baby-boomer women are facing menopause with the same savvy that they have used to face civil rights, the women’s lib movement and rock music - with open minds and lots of questions.

Is your company geared up for its baby-boomers retiring? Send us your views The economy’s health depends largely on medium-sized businesses passing into the hands of young and ambitious new owners and managers when their baby-boomer founders retire, says the ANZ National Bank.

Is your company geared up for its baby-boomers retiring? Send us your views The economy’s health depends largely on medium-sized businesses passing into the hands of young and ambitious new owners and managers when their baby-boomer founders retire, says the ANZ National Bank.

42-PLUS SINGLES baby boomer dance at 7 p.m. at the Refectory, 1618 N.E. 122nd Ave., Portland, $8. * Hot line, 360-737-1219.

Topic: Healthy Living Among Boomers, the newest study available from Harris Interactive, provides a fresh look at attitudes and behavior among the Baby Boomer generation.

Topic: Healthy Living Among Boomers, the newest study available from Harris Interactive, provides a fresh look at attitudes and behavior among the Baby Boomer generation.

Generation Y and the Baby Boomers may have more in common than they think. Both groups have at some point been dubbed the “Me Generation” - a label one youth advocate says is unfair in both cases.

SAN FRANCISCO—-As Baby Boomers move toward retirement, their massive influence on consumer spending is about to be eclipsed by the nation’s second largest generation - Echo Boomers.

SAN FRANCISCO—-As Baby Boomers move toward retirement, their massive influence on consumer spending is about to be eclipsed by the nation’s second largest generation - Echo Boomers.

SEATTLE—-MitoPharm Corporation, Inc. . The Baby Boom generation, some 78 million consumers strong, the wealthiest generation in history turns 60, and MitoPharm has positioned itself with its anti-aging products to attract some of that wealth, by making boomers lives better.

WASHINGTON — Israel just marked its 59th birthday and like a typical baby boomer, tends to vent its frustration at dreams not realized.

By TONY CASTRO Baby boomers are changing the politics of aging in Los Angeles and nationwide, transforming public policy, social mores and lifestyles in fundamental ways — just as they did in their youth.

They were at a park in Bountiful Saturday afternoon, with a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, watching a granddaughter wear out the swings.

The consumerization of the enterprise is continuing at a rapid pace, forcing traditional companies to modernize their Web sites in order to capture the hearts and minds of future employees.