quote from CNNs daily financial news: >>At their peak in 1996, there were 7,300 publicly traded companies in the US. Today there are about 4,300. >>Nearly 90%

quote from CNNs daily financial news: >>At their peak in 1996, there were 7,300 publicly traded companies in the US. Today there are about 4,300. >>Nearly 90% of all firms with revenues greater than $100 million are now private, said Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management. Privately-owned firms also account for nearly 80% of all US jobs openings.