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...find an important difference. The Reagan recession ended with workers returning to jobs that were the same as or similar to the ones they had lost. But 1930s joblessness was structural. The jobs people lost - largely in agriculture - never came back. Workers had to move to the industrial sector, a transition helped by the demands of a war. It was massive national hysteresis. Sound familiar? "A lot of the jobs that have been lost will never come back," the Peterson Institute's Kirkegaard says. Which means that hiccup in Okun's law is a warning: growth alone won't employ...
Also, most analysts think the sector's greatest growth potential in the years ahead will come from outside the U.S., especially in the emerging markets, such as China and India, where Hershey has little exposure. In 2008, U.S. sales accounted for more than 90% of Hershey's sales revenue, according to the company's 10-K filing. And analysts believe the chocolate magnate's most effective way to expand its global reach is by acquiring or merging with a company that already has a big confectionary footprint in those markets...
...identified because his firm is involved in some of the issues. "It's not as easy to get a listing done now, it is taking a lot more marketing and investors want to be absolutely sure of the quality of the company as opposed to the appeal of a sector. But liquidity is not an issue and we will continue to see aggressive fund raising...
...disappointing results follow a strong rebound by the market since May, after a decisive general-election victory by India's Congress Party boosted investors' hopes that the ruling coalition government would have the votes to push through key financial sector reforms and privatization. From May through Sept. 9, the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex index rose 42%, bouncing back from a 52% decline in 2008. As stocks revived, so did India's moribund IPO market. Since May, eight companies have raised about $2.5 billion in initial offerings; there was just one IPO in the first five months...
...government and the Australian Council for Private Education and Training, however, say only a small number of operators are culpable and that the sector has a good international reputation for providing high-quality education. Deputy Prime Minister Gillard told TIME that the rapid and substantial growth of the sector has "delivered with it opportunity [as well as] issues" and that improvements would come from new measures such as increased police patrols in problem areas, a new student hotline for complaints and requirements that all 1,300 of the Commonwealth-registered training organizations in the country reregister themselves to prove "that...