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Housing to Software Fuels Western U.S. Jobs Rebound: Economy

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Robert Thomson got a 20 percent raise after starting last month at Richmond American Homes in Salt Lake City, eight months after landing a job at another builder. A year ago, he was unemployed.

“I feel much better than I did,” said Thomson, 33. “There’s a lot of construction, just a lot of things going on.”