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Today: August 16, 2011 Less Hat, More Cattle After his attack on Ben Bernanke, Rick Perry tries to temper his swagger. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics The Construction Workers Have Left the Building Why a sharp drop in the unemployment rate for builders isn't good news. By Annie Lowrey READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Is Capitalism Doomed? Karl Marx was right that globalization, financial intermediation, and income redistribution could lead capitalism to self-destruct. By Nouriel Roubini READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech The Republican Businessman Who Wants All Candidates To Agree To Attend a Two-Day Business Seminar Ethan Allen Was the Founding Father of Vermont and Kind of a Greedy Jerk Five Great Magazine Articles About Quarterbacks Are You an Internet Craftsman? Advertisement How I Nearly Lost My Mind Impersonating a Major League Ball Player on Twitter   Briefing Rick Perry carries a gun while running. How does that work? Palinisms: Did she really say that? News & Politics The Tea Party's revolt undermines the private sector more than it reins in "big government." To Rick Perry, which is worse—an atheist or a Muslim? Arts Slate selects five American designers who are both wildly inventive and incredibly practical. Ben Fry, Information Designer Life Slate's advice columnist Prudence counsels a woman with a co-worker who treats her like a child. How Rick Warren made it big. Business & Tech The Fed, computer trading, and hedge funds: Do they rule the market Cyberwar definition: Vote on which scenarios you think qualify as acts of war. Science Bird homes: a look at some of the most incredible nests in the world. Twin reduction abortions: Why do they trouble pro-choicers?

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Moneybox: The Construction Workers Have Left the Building

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moneybox The Construction Workers Have Left the Building Why a sharp drop in the unemployment rate for builders isn't good news. By Annie Lowrey Posted Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at 6:28 PM ET Since the beginning of the year, something extraordinary has happened in one of the sectors hardest hit by the recession: Unemployment has dropped by more than a third among construction workers. In January, the unemployment rate in construction was a whopping 22.5 percent. By July, it had fallen to 13.6 percent. Few other major employment sectors have seen such a dramatic change, let alone a positive one, in the same time period. Those statistics might seem astonishing given the stubbornly high unemployment rate and anemic pace of jobs growth in the last year or two. (What the White House--or, more to the point, America's jobless workers--wouldn't give to see the broader unemployment rate drop that sharply!) Alas, the statistics are somewhat misleading. There has been no real recovery in construction. The falling unemployment rate is a sign of a still-ailing industry, not a newly thriving one. To continue reading, click here. Annie Lowrey reports on economics and business for Slate. Previously, she worked as a staff writer for the Washington Independent and on the editorial staffs of Foreign Policy and The New Yorker. Her e-mail is annie.lowrey@slate.com. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Republican Businessman Who Wants All Candidates To Agree To Attend a Two-Day Business Seminar Ethan Allen Was the Founding Father of Vermont--and Kind of a Greedy Jerk Five Great Magazine Articles About Quarterbacks	Advertisement
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Motorola Is The Fifth Most Popular Phone Manufacturer

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		Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Europe Video Latest Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Motorola Is The Fifth Most Popular Phone Manufacturer Here's a snapshot of the most popular phone manufacturers from mobile ad network Millennial Media. These numbers are based on ad impressions Millennial serves to various devices. As you can see, Motorola's share is 10%. It has been 10% for the last two years, according to Millennial's data. Meanwhile, HTC, Huawei, and Apple have been growing. With Google as its owner, will we see growth from Motorola? Read » Also On SAI Today: S&P Downgrades Google To A Sell Thanks To Motorola Buy The REAL Differences Between iPhone People And Droid People Dell Warns Of A Weak Year, Stock Drops 5% After Hours THE VERDICT: Google-Motorola Will Be A Colossal Disaster* Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: This Is The Business Google Just Bought CHART OF THE DAY: What's Inside The iPhone, And How Much It Costs CHART OF THE DAY: A Big Red Flag In Groupon's Latest IPO Filing Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.wyldside@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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