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<title><![CDATA[Tips on Tipping]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tipping shows appreciation for good service, but it's sometimes tricky to remember when and how much to tip.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/26677.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When To Ask For A Discount]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to haggling over the price of goods and services, many of us just don’t have the nerve to do it.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/26111.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When to Hire a Tax Professional]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, there once was a time when preparing and filing your own tax return wasn’t that difficult.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/25203.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving Your Credit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Your credit score has a significant impact on your financial life, influencing your mortgage and credit card interest rates, insurance rates and even employment opportunities.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/25187.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving for College]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With college expenses increasing each year, many parents wonder how they can pay for their child’s education without incurring a mountain of debt.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/24054.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Ask for a Raise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wonder why you didn’t get that raise you deserve? The reason may be as simple as the old saying “You have not because you ask not.”]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/23791.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Buying Your First Home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For many people, owning a home is part of the American Dream. But before you sign on the proverbial dotted line to purchase your first home, it’s important to be financially prepared and to understand how the process works.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/21619.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keys to a Great Retirement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After years of working and doing what you have to do, retirement generally is the period of life when you do what you want—if you’ve planned for it financially.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/20774.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drive Smart, Save Gas.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Your parents were right. Slow and steady is definitely the way to drive—not just for safety reasons—but to conserve fuel and save money.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/20309.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Minting the Nation's Money]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the mid-1600s, currency in America was scarce and colonists unsuccessfully petitioned King Charles I of England to create their own mint.]]></description>
<link>http://www.americanprofile.com/article/19925.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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