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		<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles' surging real estate prices have cooled, so why is nobody buying condos?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even as the relentless rise in Los Angeles housing costs seems to
have paused, condominium sales slowed to a trickle this year.

The number of condo units sold in the first two months slid to a more
than 20-year low, according to figures from real...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138923</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles Council takes first step to delay $30-an-hour minimum wage for hotel, airport workers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday moved to potentially delay
a contentious $30 hourly minimum wage for hotel and airport workers,
saying the action may be needed to stave off a business-backed ballot
initiative to eliminate the city's ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138747</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-Spirit workers sue, saying airline failed to give proper layoff notices, owes back pay and benefits]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spirit Airlines’ abrupt shutdown this month was too abrupt under
the law, a group of terminated employees allege in a proposed
class-action lawsuit.

Their complaint, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of New York, asserts ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[40,000 University of California workers gird for a strike, disrupting medical services, cafeterias at all campuses]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of California is bracing for a massive strike Thursday
that would disrupt services at all campuses, hospitals and medical
centers as more than 40,000 workers  — patient transport staff,
nursing aides, custodians, campus dining ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138712</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[McDonald's gets naming rights sponsorship for new Chicago Fire stadium]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a new name in Chicago sports stadiums.

Fast-food giant McDonald’s has inked a long-term deal with the
Chicago Fire to add its name — and a massive flagship restaurant —
to the team’s new $750 million stadium going up at The 78 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138711</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seattle Art Museum employees are unionizing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Workers at one of the West Coast’s most prominent museums are
unionizing.

On Wednesday, more than 100 Seattle Art Museum employees working
across more than 20 front- and back-end departments announced their
intent to unionize, the latest effort...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138598</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The When, Why, but Mostly Where to Retire]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Sooner or later, it will happen.

The desire to retire will sweep over you. "That's it; I'm done," you'll
say. "I'm out of here."

For some, this realization happens after 30 years. For others, it
happens on Day 2. You may not retire immediately...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/bobgoldman/s-4141656</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coca-Cola manufacturer to shutter major Southern California plant]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A regional Coca-Cola manufacturer will shut down a plant in Ventura,
California, after over
100 years in production.

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling will close the plant on July 10, the company
announced in a recent state filing.

"We regularly assess ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138589</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why the China-built Lincoln Nautilus has a US VIN]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Steven Thomson visited his local Lincoln showroom, he noticed
something peculiar: The Nautilus SUV's vehicle identification number
began with the number 5.

That was odd, because Thomson — a retired parts and service manager
and a car guy �...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138588</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amid Trump trip, Michigan duo latest to float Chinese car ban]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo of Michigan lawmakers is
backing a push to ban Chinese vehicles from the United States, adding
yet more force behind a widespread
effort to keep President Donald Trump from opening the American
marketplace to a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138584</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judge says cannot 'rubber stamp' $1.5 million Musk-SEC deal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge cited “red flags” about a proposed $1.5 million
deal between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission to end
the agency’s lawsuit alleging the world’s richest person waited too
long in 2022 to reveal his growing...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138582</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft spent over $100 billion on OpenAI partnership]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. has spent more than $100 billion on its partnership
with OpenAI, a sum that underscores the significance of the software
maker’s role in the AI company’s growth.

That figure includes Microsoft’s original investments in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138581</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[REI union workers call for boycott of co-op's biggest annual sale]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[REI’s unionized workers are calling for a boycott of the
retailer’s biggest sale of the year after contract negotiations
faltered — a move their employer said will distract from bargaining
efforts.

The workers recently approved a decision ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138577</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why 'House of David' director thinks AI can save Hollywood jobs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1926, director Cecil B. DeMille hired hundreds of workers to build
a set of Jerusalem inside the DeMille Studios in Culver City for the
classic silent film "The King of Kings."

A century later, Jon Erwin filmed his biblical epic 'The Old ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138411</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[San Jose tech giant PayPal agrees to $30 million settlement with feds over DEI fund]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2020 San
Jose financial technology giant PayPal proudly announced it would
spend a half a billion dollars to support Black and minority businesses
and communities because, in the words of then-CEO Dan Schulman, “Black
lives matter.”

On ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138406</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurance won't cover Ozempic? WA court sparks discrimination debate]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington Court of Appeals this month revived a legal fight against
health insurers' blanket refusals to cover weight loss medications like
Ozempic and Wegovy.

In a decision published May 4, the court ruled that insurance plans
that prohibit ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138400</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investors bet on San Diego's new military-industrial complex, including $1.5B on Shield AI]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The day before Valentine’s Day, rumors surfaced about a San Diego
company’s plans to raise a billion dollars.

Executives at the company didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Industry insiders wouldn’t speak on record about the raise —...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4138398</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social Security and You: Forbes Column Full of Holes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent edition of Forbes Magazine included an article called "Seven
Ways Social Security Benefits are Unfair." It went on to list various
ways that Social Security payouts are supposedly actuarially
indefensible and unjust. Sadly, many of them ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/socialsecurityandyou/s-4104728</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM is using AI to design vehicles. Here's what that means]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The birth of a new General Motors Co. car still begins with a sketch.
But after that, the Detroit automaker is leaning into artificial
intelligence to supercharge development.

What once took months of work to turn a concept vehicle sketch into a
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-4097262</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech review: Gift ideas for grads]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are in the midst of graduation season, and I’ve been testing
some gadgets that would make for great graduation gifts.

Cash is a traditional gift for graduates, but I know a lot of people
who like their gift to be a bit more personal.

Fender...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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