Meanwhile, during the same period, construction jobs rose from 7.2% to 7.5% and the sum of service sector and government employment rose from 40.8% to 41.1%.

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Some ten bidders looked at it before IBM grabbed the firm in January, paying an undisclosed sum, changing the company's name to IBM Entity Analytics and naming Jonas, 41, who didn't graduate from high school or college, to the lofty title of IBMDistinguished Engineer.

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