<?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/wireapbusinessma/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV</title><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma</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, 23 Nov 2009 19:07:52 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Prices Unchanged In Mass.]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/AAA.says.average.2.1329157.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/AAA.says.average.2.1329157.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gas prices in Massachusetts are unchanged from a week ago but well above the same week last year. A weekly survey by AAA Southern New England finds self-serve regular averaging $2.61 per gallon, the same as last week. Massachusetts is 3 cents below the national average of $2.64 per gallon.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:25:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toy Safety Report To Be Released In Mass.]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Mass.consumer.group.2.1327763.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Mass.consumer.group.2.1327763.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts consumer group is among groups nationwide set to release an annual report on toy safety. The MASS Public Interest Research Group is scheduled Tuesday to release the 24th annual "Trouble in Toyland" report, plus a new mobile phone application that informs parents about toys the group calls dangerous. The report will categorize toys based on choking hazards, those that are excessively loud and those containing toxic chemicals.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:05:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AP Names New England News Editor In Restructuring]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/In.restructuring.AP.2.1325213.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/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[Mass. Finance Chief Criticizes 'Risky' Budget Move]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Top.Mass.finance.2.1322672.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/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[Dunkin' Donuts: 58 Percent Plan Turkey Day Naps]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Eat.sleep.and.2.1323188.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/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/wireapbusinessma/Breakdown.by.state.2.1323174.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/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/wireapbusinessma/Brigham.s.restaurants.2.1323121.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/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><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Unemployment Rate Drops]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Mass.monthly.unemployment.2.1322156.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Mass.monthly.unemployment.2.1322156.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell last month for the first time in nearly 2½ years as the job market was spurred by expansion in the science, health and business services sectors. The unemployment rate dropped from 9.3 percent in September to 8.9 percent in October, according to statistics released Thursday by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. It was first monthly decline since June 2007. The drop comes just a month after the state unemployment rate hit its highest point since 1976.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:57:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Report Fewer Workplace Deaths In New England]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Federal.statistics.show.2.1322403.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Federal.statistics.show.2.1322403.html</link><description><![CDATA[New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn. Preliminary figures for the six-state region showed 136 workplace fatalities in 2008, down from 163 in the previous year. The agency said the final statistics will be released in April. The two New England states with the largest work forces — Massachusetts and Connecticut — accounted for two-thirds of the region's occupational deaths in 2008.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:33:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreclosures In Mass. Up In October]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Foreclosures.in.Mass.2.1321938.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/wireapbusinessma/Foreclosures.in.Mass.2.1321938.html</link><description><![CDATA[Foreclosures in Massachusetts soared nearly 30 percent in October compared to the previous month, but are down slightly when compared to the same month last year. The Warren Group, a Boston-based publisher of real estate data, reports Thursday that foreclosure deeds, or completed foreclosures, rose to 911 in October from 703 in September but declined 8.5 percent from 996 in October 2008. Chief executive Timothy Warren says October foreclosures were the third highest of the year, but still well below peak rates during the spring and summer.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:53:37 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>