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      <description>The federal stimulus package continues to discourage and underwhelm Wisconsin engineers and builders.</description>
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      <title>Is Recovery Act Stimulating Privatization?</title>
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      <title>No Recovery Yet For Construction Industry as Latest Figures Show Double Digit Drops in Construction Spending Compared to Last Year</title>
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      <description>Construction spending overall in September 2009 increased 0.8% from August but declined 13.0% from September 2008, to $940.3 billion.</description>
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