Aging

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan laid out plans to revive the economy in 2011 in his New Year remarks. While his proposals may boost some sectors of the economy, they miss the point.

Swiss drug maker Novartis will pay $12.9 billion to buy the remaining shares of Alcon it doesn't already own to broaden its presence in the booming eye-care market, which is expected to outgrow the pharmaceuticals market in coming years.

Though a change of guard at the Saudi oil ministry looks more certain than otherwise, the fact that Iran will assume the revolving chairmanship of the OPEC next month can potentially impact the timing of Saudi Arabia's long-serving oil minister Ali al-Naimi's retirement.

While it may make some strategic sense for Yahoo and AOL to combine some of their operations, she sees little hope for the resulting merged entity to mount a challenge against the reigning monarch of the search-engine market, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

For the first time, a private company has successfully launched a spacecraft to orbit and returned it to Earth.

Jane Fonda 71, Susan Sarandon 64, Sigourney Weaver 61, Charlotte Rampling 64, and 60-year-old Amanda Lear say aging has had no bearing on their everyday lives in the latest issue of V magazine which is focusing on Who Cares about Aging.

The Beatles are said to be on board the iTunes store following a teasing message on Apple homepage and media reports suggesting a deal.

Dear Sam: I read your column last week titled Baby Boomers Beware and it really spoke to me. Having been laid off earlier this year I entered the job search arena knowing very little about conducting a 21st century search, let alone constructing a résumé. As a 55-year-old candidate, I found it difficult to present my value without telling my audience how old I was.

Experts at PIMCO, which has the world's largest bond fund, said inflation is a medium and long term concern and investors should therefore consider purchasing more inflation-sensitive assets.