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		<title>For the first time in 35 years its likely Social Security beneficiaries will receive no cost of living adjustment (COLA) increase next year.</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/10/23/for-the-first-time-in-35-years-its-likely-social-security-beneficiaries-will-receive-no-cost-of-living-adjustment-cola-increase-next-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 35 years, it's expected that Social Security beneficiaries will receive no cost of living adjustment (COLA) increase next year. Since the automatic COLA went into effect in 1975, beneficiaries have never failed to receive an increase, raising concerns that millions of beneficiaries will suffer a lowered standard of living since Medicare Part D (prescription plans) and Medicare Part C plans are expected to increase. ]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Free in 2009?</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/09/07/what%e2%80%99s-free-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia There’s a lot of free stuff out there. Erin Burt of Kiplinger.com — one of our favorite personal-finance websites — has compiled quite the list of free items being offered this year. As is the way with any list of freebies, some items are more worthwhile than others; some are hidden gems, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trim Your Pet Expenses in This ‘Ruff’ Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/09/06/trim-your-pet-expenses-in-this-%e2%80%98ruff%e2%80%99-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The post in which we wrote last month about a possible tax credit for pets received quite a number of comments &#8212; some for and some against the idea. Whether the proposed law has a chance on Capitol Hill or not has yet to be seen. However, the amount of responses we got from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Will Begin to Closely Monitor Mortgage Payments</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/09/01/irs-will-begin-to-closely-monitor-mortgage-payments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced plans to expand a program that closely monitors how much income taxpayers report versus how much they pay on their mortgage. The IRS expects the expansion to take place by 2011:
After prompting from an IRS auditor, the agency will study whether it should make greater use of data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pending Home Sales Make #Realestate History</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/09/01/pending-home-sales-make-realestate-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pending home sales have risen once again in July, marking the sixth-straight-monthly increase.]]></description>
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		<title>If the Fed chairman can have his ID stolen…</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/08/30/if-the-fed-chairman-can-have-his-id-stolen%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have read that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke recently had his identity stolen:

If ever there were living proof that identity theft can strike the mighty and powerful as well as hapless consumers, look no further than the nation&#8217;s chief banker: Ben Bernanke. The Federal Reserve Board chairman was one of hundreds of victims of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update1 OCC Issues ‘Additional Guidance’ On Portions of Credit Card Reform Already In Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/08/28/update1-occ-issues-%e2%80%98additional-guidance%e2%80%99-on-portions-of-credit-card-reform-already-in-effect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Update1): The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a bulletin on Wednesday regarding the specific provisions of the credit card reform that have already taken affect. The bulletin pertains specifically to the 45-days notice the card companies must provide cardholders when or if their interest rate will be changed (emphasis added):
The bulletin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Google Joining the Mortgage Biz?</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/08/27/is-google-joining-the-mortgage-biz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit filed by Lending Tree &#8212; a mortgage-loan lead generator &#8212; against Mortech, the company which provides Lending Tree&#8217;s loan-offering technology, certainly suggests so:
“LendingTree recently learned that Google imminently plans to launch a loan aggregation service in late August or early September of this year that would compete with LendingTree,” the complaint says. “Lending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer Prices: On Tap to Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/08/27/beer-prices-on-tap-to-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the product you sell has long been proven to be virtually recession proof, why not raise your prices? While you&#8217;ll never hear the folks at Budweiser or Miller make such a statement, the reasoning behind it isn&#8217;t far from the truth.
The nation&#8217;s two largest sellers of beer said Tuesday that they plan to raise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best #Realestate Home Price Numbers in Years</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2009/08/25/best-realestate-home-price-numbers-in-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the year-over-year numbers continue to remain grim, the pace at which home prices are falling has slowed. ]]></description>
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