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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: My Life as a Frog]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been told if you attempt to pop a frog into a pot of boiling
water, he'll jump out every time.

But if you put the little fellow into a pot of cold water, set it on a
low flame, and warm it slowly, he'll sit back, relax and let you cook
him...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4270419</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: Reader Discovers It's Difficult to Pay the Balance to the Penny]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Cheapskate: This is petty perhaps, but how does one ever completely
pay off a credit card account?

We paid off a credit card recently (Hallelujah!) by sending a check for
the exact amount of the balance due taken from the monthly statement.
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4269589</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC exempts data-center bonds from key securitization rules]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission has made it easier for data
center owners to sell asset-backed securities, potentially opening the
door for more debt sales as tech firms scour Wall Street for ways to pay
for artificial intelligence. 

The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272685</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Millions sign up for Trump Accounts, but are they wise investment?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karla Perez and her husband are supporters of President Donald Trump,
so when they learned this summer about new investment accounts his
administration designed for children, they quickly signed up their
one-year-old son.

“What we hope is that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272676</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A house, a car, a little breathing room: Why middle-class life feels increasingly out of reach]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a good time to be a middle-class American. And yet it’s
never felt worse.

By many traditional measures, the economy is strong. Unemployment
remains near historic lows, and middle-income Americans are making more
than they were 50 years ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272504</link>
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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272109</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272107</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[7 Tips for Getting Out of Your Rental and Into a Home]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[No body<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272106</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[7 tips for reining in an out-of-control bill]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[No body<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272105</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[5 things you'll love about LVP, and 2 that you might not]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[No body<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272104</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: How to Keep Ants Away Once You've Treated the Ant Hill]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[You've finally done it.

After weeks of watching tiny armies march across the patio, tunnel
through the lawn, or pop up between steppingstones, you located the ant
hill and treated it. Victory at last.

Or so you thought.

A few days later, there ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4268735</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: All the ways San Diego homeownership is cheaper than other US cities]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you take away the substantial purchase price of a San Diego home,
a new study claims that the rest of the cost associated with owning a
home here is less than many cities.

An index from the University of San Diego, which launched
in April, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4270038</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago high-rise powered by geothermal could set new standard for development]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Chicago’s first all-electric, geothermal-powered residential
high-rises is taking shape in Fulton Market.

The 33-story apartment project at 410 N. Elizabeth St. could set a
new standard for Chicago development, perhaps proving that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269866</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Is my plan to lower my homeowners insurance premium smart?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My homeowners insurance premium jumped again this year, and I am
trying to bring the bill down. I am thinking about lowering the coverage
amount on my house and raising my deductible to save some money. Is that
a smart way to cut the cost, or ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269745</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seattle's 'wary' home shoppers leave housing market in limbo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — As more for-sale signs sprouted in front yards this
summer, homes across the region sat on the market awaiting home-shoppers
willing to make a leap despite high prices and stubborn mortgage
rates.

At current demand, it would take more...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269479</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['It's not like I'm painting a tiger on my house': Hollywood's Sunset Square squabbles over its historic preservation rules]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — In 2017, Hollywood's Sunset Square was named a Historic
Preservation Overlay Zone, solidifying its place in L.A.'s
architectural history. Four years later, Lady Gaga's dogwalker was shot
in the chest outside a vacant house in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269467</link>
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    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family's home lost to foreclosure sits empty in legal limbo: 'The system feels like gangsters']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — A two-story house that once sheltered a family of six sits
empty on a corner lot in Green Valley Ranch as years of legal wrangling
over homeowners association fines, metro district foreclosures and
Denver’s affordable housing ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269456</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: Without Trust, You've Got Nothing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the things I've ever dreamed of being, advice columnist was never
on the list. But here I am, playing one every day. That's because while
my inbox loads up with tips, hints and questions related to frugal
living and getting out of debt, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4266084</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Port of Long Beach buys downtown office tower as vacancies surge]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The Port of Long Beach has continued to plant roots
downtown with the acquisition of an office tower.

The port spent $36 million to buy the property at 100 Oceangate, a
13-story building across the street from the port's ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269052</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/05/2026</pubDate>
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