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Baby Boomers Will Start Next Biz Craze

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2009 5:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – The baby boomers may be pushing 60, but they're primed to lead another "entrepreneurship boom" in America, Dane Stangler writes in the American. After all, according to one study, it's the close-to-retirement-age crowd—not 20-something whippersnappers—that has led US entrepreneurial activity since... Read full story »

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