
A sign marks commercial real estate that is available for lease in downtown Boise, Idaho, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. The Boise metropolitan area, home to a third of Idaho's 1.54 million residents, has been pummeled by housing-related construction and retail job losses, as well as layoffs at chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. and grocer Albertsons. Home seizures in the second quarter soared 822 percent in Idaho, which had a jobless rate of 8.8 percent in July. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg
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