On the Cheap: Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Solvent
David and Gina Giffels, who have been restoring a falling-down house in Akron, Ohio, for 12 years, have no credit card debt.
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Several buildings being constructed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the host city for the next Olympic Games, eventually will be sold as condominiums.
Preening for the Olympics, Vancouver Is Building Up
on December 4th, 2008
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