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.
And earnings, Microsoft said, were expected to be 29 cents to 30 cents a share, excluding the 6 cent charge for stock compensation to employees. The Wall Street estimate for the December quarter, the second quarter in Microsoft's fiscal year, was 28 cents a share.