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            <author>crystalkilpatrick@austin.rr.com (Crystal Kilpatrick)</author>
            <title>Welcome to Jobstown, USA - Austin, TX</title>
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Great article from&nbsp;CBS News about Austin 2011:



&quot;Make no mistake - find a city where businesspeople are travelling and I'll show you a city where money is being made. Welcome to Jobstown, USA. 
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A study by the Brookings Institution and the London School of Economics ranks Austin 26 out of 150 world cities in its ability to recover from the recession well ahead of places like Dallas (39), New York (77), San Francisco (129) and Las Vegas (146). No other US city is experiencin... ]]> </description>
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            <title>Austin Ranks #1 in 10 Best Cities</title>
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10 Best Cities for the Next Decade 



By the Editors of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine 

May 25th, 2010 





They're prosperous, innovative, and they'll generate plenty of jobs, too.

We live in challenging times. Unemployment remains high, and the U.S. lead in technology and science is slipping as many foreign countries gain ground. But some U.S. cities, though slowed by the Great Recession, still thrive by lifting good old American innovation to new levels. And that will help put m... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:37:01 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>crystalkilpatrick@austin.rr.com (Crystal Kilpatrick)</author>
            <title>Formula One Coming to Austin</title>
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Formula One has just announced that Austin has been selected as their host city until 2021.&nbsp; The location of the future track has not been selected, but a facility will be built to hold the event.&nbsp; The race is expected to draw an international crowd and infuse the local economy with hundreds of millions of dollars.&nbsp; It is expected that every hotel room from Temple to San Antonio will be booked during the event.&nbsp; 

This is very exciting news for Austin!
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:35:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>6 Tips to Successfully Stage Your Home For Sale</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 1. Staging forces you to think like a buyer &ndash; When you are working to stage your client&rsquo;s home to be put on the market, you&rsquo;ll be looking at the home as if you were a buyer. Gaining this perspective will help you in many ways when preparing a home to be listed. 2. Staging forces you to organize and de-clutter &ndash; Clearing shelves, closets and cabinets is a big part of the home staging process. It also helps with the moving process because sellers can pack items away as they... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:25:39 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended Until 2010</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp; 
The Homebuyers Tax Credit jumped its last hurdle yesterday, as both the House and the Senate have passed the bill and it now awaits President Obama's signature, expected today or tomorrow. And while we have been expecting this to happen for some time and with all the changing details, let's go over the actual Bill. For First Time Homebuyers or those who have not owned a home within 3 years, the tax credit remains at $8,000, with income restrictions maxing out at $125,000 for singles and ... ]]> </description>
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            <author>crystalkilpatrick@austin.rr.com (Crystal Kilpatrick)</author>
            <title>Landscaper in Southwest Austin, Loved My Results</title>
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We just had new stonework done to our flowerbeds at our home in Southwest Austin.&nbsp; We had to immediately find a good landscaper to complete the job.&nbsp; After meeting with several people, and going over plans and prices, one stood out from the group.&nbsp; She is Jodi Phillips with Morningstar Landscaping.&nbsp; She made the process easy and effortless, and came up with a reasonable budget.&nbsp;

I was impressed with her because whe did not try to overprice the job, like many others did... ]]> </description>
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            <title>Central Texas Market Bottoming Out?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;AUSTIN (Austin American-Statesman) &ndash; Central Texas' new-home market might be bottoming out, according to Residential Strategies Inc. and its third-quarter starts and closings figures, released Thursday. 
Third quarter home starts were down 5.4 percent from the same quarter last year to 2,239 but up 17 percent from second quarter 2009.

&quot;This is a positive sign and perhaps a signal that the successive quarterly decline in activity may be coming to an end,&quot; said Ted Wilson, a... ]]> </description>
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            <author>crystalkilpatrick@austin.rr.com (Crystal Kilpatrick)</author>
            <title>Big Savings on Fine Dining in Austin</title>
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Restaurant Savings



My&nbsp;grandmother used to say, &quot;The food always tastes better when someone else is cooking it.&quot; Maybe that's why I love my&nbsp;grandmother's cooking so much.

&nbsp;

I'm guessing that's also why so many of us like to eat out. Between work and family obligations, deciding what to make for dinner seems more like a chore some days. It is the reason we decided to tackle tonight's subject of ways to save money and still eat out.

Great way to save $$$ on Dining Ou... ]]> </description>
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            <title>Austin Energy Rebates to Save Money Fall 2009</title>
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The Cash for Clunkers program just ended, but may get a chance to take advantage of another round of rebates this fall--this time by replacing your old appliances.

Part of the stimulus package Congress approved earlier this year included $300 million for the Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate program.

By buying a new energy efficient appliance you could get a rebate worth between $50 to $200. Here's a list of the appliance categories that will qualify:

&middot; central air conditioners

&amp;midd... ]]> </description>
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            <title>Austin Home Sales Level Out</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Austin area home sales level out By Shonda Novak | Thursday, August 20, 2009, 11:22 AM Existing home sales in Central Texas were flat last month, the first time in more than two years that they were not lower than the same month a year earlier. The Austin Board of Realtors reported that there were 2,069 sales last month, and 2,068 in July 2008. In a sign of a stabilizing market, the year-over-year percentage decline had been shrinking in recent months, after a string of double-digit percentage d... ]]> </description>
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