<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcbstv.com/business/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic - WCBSTV.com</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/business</link><description><![CDATA[New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:56:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[FAA Blames 819 Flight Delays On Equipment Outages]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/faa.flight.delay.2.1325419.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/business/faa.flight.delay.2.1325419.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights. The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers
experienced a total of 2,21 delays the previous day due to the
equipment outage as well as thunderstorms and other poor weather in the
Northeast.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:04:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans Saving More, Interest Rates At New Low ]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/savings.increase.interest.2.1325343.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.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 23:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks Fall For 3rd Straight Day On Rising Dollar]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1324310.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.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://wcbstv.com/business/erwin.washington.United.2.1324457.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.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://wcbstv.com/business/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.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[Growing Trend: Food Pantry Donors Become Clients]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/recession.food.pantry.2.1323127.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/business/recession.food.pantry.2.1323127.html</link><description><![CDATA[The recession is forcing more middle class families to do something they never imagined &#150; seeking help from food pantries. "I've never seen anything like this," Patricia Espy, director of the Center for Food Action, says. "This is a whole new game for us, in the sense that we're seeing more clients, but less donations." The number of families in need is growing. Across the country, 49 million people live in "food insecure" households. In New Jersey, that's 10 percent of all families; in New York and Connecticut, it's 11 percent of all families. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:05:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eBay Sets Skype Loose At $2.75 B Valuation]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/eBay.Skype.acquisition.2.1323294.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.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[Atlantic City Casino Hammers Out Deal With Lenders]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/casino.financial.trouble.2.1323117.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/business/casino.financial.trouble.2.1323117.html</link><description><![CDATA[America's first casino to open outside Nevada got permission Thursday to hand itself over to its lenders because it can't pay the mortgage. Resorts Atlantic City hammered out a deal with its lenders to let them own the casino in return for canceling nearly $381 million in debt.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:56:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong Dollar, Weak Economic Data Pummels Stocks]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1322061.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1322061.html</link><description><![CDATA[Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar. Major indexes tumbled about 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 94 points but ended well off its low. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:28:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[$3M For NY Businesses Near Closed Champlain Bridge]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/business/ny.champlain.bridge.2.1322783.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/business/ny.champlain.bridge.2.1322783.html</link><description><![CDATA[New York officials say nearly $3 million has been allocated to help businesses hurt by the closing of the Lake Champlain Bridge to Vermont. Gov. David Paterson says the program will include grants and loans to small businesses for payroll and other expenses. There's also money for farms and manufacturers to cover increased travel costs. 
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