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88 million out of work and not looking for a job
88 million out of work and not looking for a job
San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Number of the day
88 million
That's how many working-age Americans don't have a job and aren't trying to find one. The increase in people dropping out of the labor market altogether skews the otherwise-positive unemployment numbers released last week. While the jobless rate fell to 8.3 percent in January - a three-year low - it doesn't account for this army of nonworking Americans.
The percentage of people participating in the labor market dropped to 63.7 percent last month, the lowest level since May 1983.
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"I don't know whether dictatorship is the right word, but it more or less defies every vestige of shareholder democracy known to man."
Larry Haverty, a portfolio manager at Gamco Investors, on Facebook's corporate-governance structure. CEO Mark Zuckerberg controls 56.9 percent of voting power at Facebook, and he has the right to appoint his own successor - a "disquieting factor," Haverty says. "I don't think it's how business should be run." Corporate-governance experts and the California State Teachers' Retirement System also have raised concerns about the social-networking company's policies.
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LinkedIn releases fourth-quarter financial results today, and the professional-networking website is expected to post a net loss of about $779,000, less than in the previous quarter. Sales may rise to $159.8 million. This is only the third time the Mountain View company has reported results since going public in May. The stock has been a roller-coaster ride for investors, though it's still way up from its initial public offering price of $45.
This article appeared on page D - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
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