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Ever wish you could have your own private Twitter-type application for your business alone? Present.ly makes that possible by offering your business a Web-hosted network to post private posts, share files and exchange ideas for your team’s eyes only. If your company is virtual or you and your employees are constantly on the go, Present.ly can make communicating and staying updated as easy as checking your mobile device. Members can post short, frequent updates that are “followed” like on Twitter, but unlike Twitter, the platform is secure and private for your employees only—not visible to the outside world.

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Construction materials price inflation fell 0.1% in June after eleven consecutive monthly increases totaling 8.7%. This small drop is the result of both weaker product demand in the US construction and manufacturing markets as well as generally lower international commodity prices caused by both a catch up in commodity supplies and slower demand growth from a slowdown in economic growth in most large countries. The commodity price trend has clearly reversed; a period of price changes averaging slightly below zero should be expected. This will be relatively brief before materials price inflation returns to the 6-7% range in a stronger demand environment.

The significant price declines were for softwood plywood (-4.0%), gypsum products (-2.5%), steel pipe and tube (-1.5%), cement (-0.8%), aluminum (-0.7%) and softwood lumber (-0.6%). Note that lumber prices are up nearly 3.0% since the June survey week.

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