<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wbztv.com/business/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV</title><link>http://wbztv.com/business</link><description><![CDATA[Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Corporation. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Americans Saving More, Interest Rates At New Low ]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/savings.increase.interest.2.1325343.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/savings.increase.interest.2.1325343.html</link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. is finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money. Interest rates are sinking to near zero for the first time since last
year's financial meltdown, dampening spending as Americans earn less on
their bank deposits and investment accounts. It's hardly encouraging news for an economy that sorely needs people to buy things.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AP Names New England News Editor In Restructuring]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/In.restructuring.AP.2.1325213.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/In.restructuring.AP.2.1325213.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Associated Press has named Karen Testa, currently the news editor for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as New England news editor as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative's state reports. The appointment gives Testa the additional oversight of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Five other news editors, all current AP news editors, will also be given oversight of one or more additional states.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:13:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks Fall For 3rd Straight Day On Rising Dollar]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1324310.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1324310.html</link><description><![CDATA[The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. After two strong weeks, investors tried unsuccessfully to extend the market's rally after major stock indexes closed at 13-month highs on Tuesday. Disappointing reports on housing and worries about flagging demand at technology companies sapped strength from the market's eight-month rally.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alleged Drunk Pilot Misses Court Appearance]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/erwin.washington.United.2.1324457.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/erwin.washington.United.2.1324457.html</link><description><![CDATA[A United Airlines pilot from Colorado accused of being drunk in the cockpit before a flight was to take off from London didn't attend a court his court hearing in England on Friday.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria Prompts Vicks Nasal Spray Recall]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Procter &amp; Gamble Co. has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex
nasal spray after the company found bacteria in samples during routine
testing.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Finance Chief Criticizes 'Risky' Budget Move]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/Top.Mass.finance.2.1322672.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/Top.Mass.finance.2.1322672.html</link><description><![CDATA[The top budget official in Massachusetts says the Legislature has taken a "risky" approach by adjourning for the remainder of the year without closing a projected $125 million state budget deficit. Administration and Finance Secretary Jay Gonzalez told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Friday that Wall Street credit agencies recently reaffirmed the state's bond rating in part because of its proactive financial management. He said "crossing our fingers, and hoping our revenues will get better and solve our problem, is not responsible budget management. It's risky."]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eBay Sets Skype Loose At $2.75 B Valuation]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/eBay.Skype.acquisition.2.1323294.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/eBay.Skype.acquisition.2.1323294.html</link><description><![CDATA[Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co-founders' Joltid Ltd. The investor group now holds about 70 percent of the company; eBay retains the rest in a minority stake.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dunkin' Donuts: 58 Percent Plan Turkey Day Naps]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/Eat.sleep.and.2.1323188.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/Eat.sleep.and.2.1323188.html</link><description><![CDATA[Falling asleep has apparently become as much a Thanksgiving Day tradition in America as carving the turkey or watching football. Dunkin' Donuts says a survey it commissioned found that 58 percent of adults plan to take a nap on the holiday. Most, not surprisingly, expect to nod off after the big meal. The Canton, Mass.-based chain said Thursday that it plans to keep many of its restaurants open until 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving, in case anyone needs a shot of caffeine to ward off the urge to nap.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breakdown By State Of New Engalnd Worker Deaths]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/Breakdown.by.state.2.1323174.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/Breakdown.by.state.2.1323174.html</link><description><![CDATA[State-by-state highlights of report on New England workplace fatalities from the U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics. CONNECTICUT — The 28 deaths from work-related injuries in Connecticut in 2008 were down from 38 the previous year and the lowest total in the state since the bureau began compiling the statistics in 1992. Five fatalities were recorded in the construction industry and five in the trade, transportation and utilities sector. Six deaths occurred among building and grounds cleaning and maintenance employees. Transportation accidents accounted for nine of the 28 deaths, while six were blamed on "contact with objects and equipment." Violence accounted for six workplace deaths — two homicides and four suicides. Twenty-one of the workers who died were white, non-Hispanic, while the other seven were of Hispanic or Latino descent. MAINE — The state saw a slight increase in the number of worker deaths in 2008 — 24 compared with 21 the year before. Two-thirds of the deaths (16) in Maine occurred in transportation accidents, eleven of those on highways. Thirteen of the 24 fatalities were among workers in either the trade, transportation and utilities sector or the farming, fishing and forestry sector. All but one of the workers who died were white, non-Hispanic. Five of the 24 were women, the highest percentage of any New England state. All but three of the victims were between the ages of 45 and 64.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:05:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brigham's Restaurants Owner To Seek Bankruptcy]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/business/Brigham.s.restaurants.2.1323121.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/business/Brigham.s.restaurants.2.1323121.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Maryland buyout firm is expected to seek bankrupcy protection for several Brigham's restaurants it owns to deal with declining sales and profits. Luke Cooper of Deal Metrics LLC told the Boston Herald for a story Thursday that the filing could come by week's end. Cooper did not immediately return calls for comment Thursday. The Boston Globe reports that independently licensed restaurants affiliated with Brigham's are not expected to be part of the filing.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:52:40 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>