Use of social media by young people has caused significant problems for some applicants who are active on social media when they try to enter the job market. A survey of 17,000 young people in six countries in 2013 found that 1 in 10 people aged 16 to 34 have been rejected for a job because of online comments they made on social media websites.
All stocks have cyclical tendencies in their share prices. It just so happens that Google's share prices were at or near their cyclical peaks a year ago, while today's price is currently down from a recent peak of $580.
Google split its stock in April 2014, which created the A and C shares. Like any other one-for-one split, the number of shares doubled and the price dropped in half. There is, however, one crucial difference. A shares get one vote, C shares get none and B shares get 10 votes.