<?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/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV</title><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer</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>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:07:03 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Curious About 6.25 Percent Sales Tax]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/declare.your.curiiosity.2.1072252.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/declare.your.curiiosity.2.1072252.html</link><description><![CDATA[Last week a sales tax hike from 5 percent to 6.25 percent was passed in
Massachusetts. This increase will go into effect next month, but many
people are curious about that quarter of a penny and since there is no
quarter-penny, how do you pay the new tax?
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:19:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omg! Upbeat Tone Boosts Yahoo Celeb Site To Top]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/Yahoo.omg.site.2.1072269.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/Yahoo.omg.site.2.1072269.html</link><description><![CDATA[Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People. Consider the most successful celebrity news destinations online, and something else jumps to the top. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:25:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job Seekers Seek Solace With Fellow Faithful]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/unemployed.jobseekers.solace.2.1071536.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/unemployed.jobseekers.solace.2.1071536.html</link><description><![CDATA[Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk. Every member of the unemployment support group meeting has their own story to share and encouragement to give. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:53:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treasure Hunters Tap Storage Unit Auctions]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/storage.auctions.abandoned.2.1069749.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/storage.auctions.abandoned.2.1069749.html</link><description><![CDATA[The recession has given birth to a whole new breed of treasure hunters. They are searching for bargains among property abandoned in thousands of storage units across New England. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:39:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers Burned By 'Free' Credit Report Web Sites]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/free.credit.reports.2.1069865.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/free.credit.reports.2.1069865.html</link><description><![CDATA[There are Web sites all over the Internet promising free credit reports. Kristine Lee knew she was entitled to one free report a year so she picked the first Web site that popped up on Google, Freecreditreport.com. Kristine was surprised when she received her credit card statement a couple of weeks later, CBS station KPIX-TV reported.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:20:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Market Tough For Older Workers Post-Layoff]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/older.workers.layoff.2.1069845.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/older.workers.layoff.2.1069845.html</link><description><![CDATA[Like many unemployed older workers, 64-year old Allan Kellum fears his age has made it harder to find a new job. At a recent job fair, Kellum expressed interest in a supervisory role coordinating an international health assistance program. A recruiter set him straight: "The people applying for that are young." <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convictions Tossed In MySpace Suicide Case]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/myspace.suicide.convictions.2.1069778.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/myspace.suicide.convictions.2.1069778.html</link><description><![CDATA[A&nbsp;federal judge on Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:36:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TV Stations Struggling With Viewer Loss On DTV]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/FCC.stations.viewers.2.1069116.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/FCC.stations.viewers.2.1069116.html</link><description><![CDATA[The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn How To Make Your Own Wine]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/make.wine.boston.2.1069066.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/make.wine.boston.2.1069066.html</link><description><![CDATA[Many of us enjoy drinking an occasional glass of wine, but how about actually making it? Now there's a spot in Boston where you can find a little piece of Italy to just that. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cribs, Inflatable Baby Floats Recalled]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/consumer/recalls.cribs.baby.2.1068820.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/consumer/recalls.cribs.baby.2.1068820.html</link><description><![CDATA[About four million floating baby pool toys and 400,000 Simplicity drop side cribs are being recalled. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:03:26 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>