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This week, we hit 7 billion people on planet earth. Or maybe 6.4 billion. Or 7.6 billion – the UN isn’t totally sure. Whatever the number, it’s huge and we’re growing fast — a rate “more bacterial than primate,” as the biologist Edward O Wilson wrote in The Future of Life.

The BBC, in the most-shared story of the week, built a tool for readers to chart where they fit in the flow of humanity. (Back when I was born, for instance, the planet had more of a small town vibe, with fewer than 4 billion people hanging around.) Business bloggers used the event to ask some questions about how their industries were going to suffer or profit from the mass expansion. As PharmExecBlog put it plainly: “What’s in it for pharma?”

We’d like to share with you the announcement related to our Q3 2011 earnings. We’ll also be live sharing the earnings call both from our @linkedin account, starting 2PM Pacific Time later today. – Ed.

Today, we report our financial results for a strong third quarter, with significant, broad-based growth across all of our revenue streams, member engagement metrics, geographies, and sales channels. Our results underscore the long-term strength of our global platform and our business model.