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AstraZeneca PLC announced today that Non-Executive Directors Geneviève Berger and Graham Chipchase intend to retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Company s Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2021. By that date, each will have served on the Board for nine years. All other Non-Executive Directors will present themselves for election or re-election at the AGM, including Leif Johansson, Non-Executive Chairman, as will Pascal Soriot, Chief Executive Officer and Marc Dunoyer, Chief Financial Officer. Mr Johansson was first elected to the Board in April 2012 and will have served as a Director for nine years by April 2021. In December 2020, the Company announced it had entered into a definitive agreement with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for AstraZeneca to acquire Alexion. Subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions, which include approval by AstraZeneca and Alexion shareholders and obtaining relevant regulatory clearan
at 7.8 percent. it s the first time in almost 4 years that this key measure of the job market has dropped below 8 percent. american businesses added 114,000 new jobs in september and the readings for july and august were revised higher. so, is the labor picture as good as it seems? erika miller takes a closer look at the data and what it says about the u.s. economy. reporter: 3-tenths of a percent does not seem like much. but, when it comes to the nation s unemployment rate, a 3- tenths of a percent drop is actually staggering. the unemployment rate now stands at 7.8 percent. that s the lowest level since january 2009, when president obama took office. even more remarkable is the reason for the drop. the unemployment rate decline was not because people dropped out of the labor force. to the contrary. the labor force actually but the household survey estimate of employment increased even more. reporter: the household survey shows total employment rose by 873,000. that s
114,000 new jobs in september and the readings for july and august were revised higher. so, is the labor picture as good as it seems? erika miller takes a closer look at the data and what it says about the u.s. economy. reporter: 3-tenths of a percent does not seem like much. but, when it comes to the nation s unemployment rate, a 3- tenths of a percent drop is actually staggering. the unemployment rate now stands at 7.8 percent. that s the lowest level since january 2009, when president obama took office. even more remarkable is the reason for the drop. the unemployment rate decline was not because people dropped out of the labor force. to the contrary. the labor force actually but the household survey estimate of employment increased even more. reporter: the household survey shows total employment rose by 873,000. that s the biggest gain since ronald reagan was president. but there s a catch. two-thirds of those jobs are part-time positions, taken because no full-time
114,000 new jobs in september and the readings for july and august were revised higher. so, is the labor picture as good as it seems? erika miller takes a closer look at the data and what it says about the u.s. economy. reporter: 3-tenths of a percent does not seem like much. but, when it comes to the nation s unemployment rate, a 3- tenths of a percent drop is actually staggering. the unemployment rate now stands at 7.8 percent. that s the lowest level since january 2009, when president obama took office. even more remarkable is the reason for the drop. the unemployment rate decline was not because people dropped out of the labor force. to the contrary. the labor force actually but the household survey estimate of employment increased even more. reporter: the household survey shows total employment rose by 873,000. that s the biggest gain since ronald reagan was president. but there s a catch. two-thirds of those jobs are part-time positions, taken because no full-time