<?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/localbusiness/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic - WCBSTV.com</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness</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 21:19:04 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Famed B&H Photo Hit With Discrimination Suit]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/b.and.h.2.1321003.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/b.and.h.2.1321003.html</link><description><![CDATA[A gender bias suit has been leveled against a New York institution. A popular store on 34th Street has been charged with discrimination by several women who say the make-up of the store's male dominated sales staff is no accident. For camera and audio buffs, B&amp;H Photo can be a Disneyland of delights but now the iconic New York electronics store is being sued for allegedly barring women from the far side of the sales counter. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:07:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soaring Gold Prices Create Mad Rush To Sell]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/gold.prices.diamond.2.1308971.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/gold.prices.diamond.2.1308971.html</link><description><![CDATA[The price of a precious metal has reached a record high. It's a modern day gold rush -- and that's creating a lot of opportunity for both buyers and sellers. All along the diamond district jewelers are not only selling, they're buying as customers look to cash in on gold's record price. They said it's good for everyone.  
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:07:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X-Mas Shopping Woes: Inventories Way Down In '09]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/toys.holiday.shopping.2.1302403.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/toys.holiday.shopping.2.1302403.html</link><description><![CDATA[The holidays may be weeks away, but high shopping season is here. And the most popular toys and products are already flying off store shelves. CBS 2 HD has some advice on what parents should do. A robotic toy hamster is the hot toy of the season. But try finding it. 
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:12:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alleged 'Ponzi Princess' Rocks Long Island]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/laurie.schneider.ponzi.2.1260484.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/laurie.schneider.ponzi.2.1260484.html</link><description><![CDATA[On Long Island another alleged Ponzi scheme is unraveling. Investigators say the damage could run as high as $50 million. Bankruptcy court trustee Ken Barnard has the daunting task of following the money, investigating at least four separate business enterprises run by 35-year-old Laurie Schneider of Oceanside. Her alleged Ponzi scheme bilked dozens of people out of tens of millions of dollars. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:26:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airline Fliers Miffed Over 'Peak Travel Surcharge']]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/peak.travel.surcharge.2.1234241.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/peak.travel.surcharge.2.1234241.html</link><description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays? Bah Humbug is more like it! At the major airports around the New York City area, airline passengers are reacting to a "new fly charge" over the major holidays that many are calling sneaky. With no formal announcement American, Continental, US Airways, Delta and United imposed an extra $10 fee for most flights during the busiest travel days of the year. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:07:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[$40 Million Ponzi Porn Scheme Hits Brooklyn]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/ponzi.porn.scheme.2.1171093.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/ponzi.porn.scheme.2.1171093.html</link><description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors said they've busted another big investment Ponzi scheme -- this time in Brooklyn. Investigators said the decades-long scam ended with a click of handcuffs in Bay Ridge. More than $40 million may be missing. The arrest went down at a Brooklyn apartment house while many of us were getting ready for work Tuesday morning. A quiet 52-year-old investment specialist is now charged with running a Ponzi scheme like the one that brought down Bernie Madoff. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:05:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rooftop Organic Farm In Shadow Of NYC Skyline]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/vertical.farming.rooftop.2.1135815.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/vertical.farming.rooftop.2.1135815.html</link><description><![CDATA[A group of Brooklynites have found a unique way to grow their own food. They've planted crops on the roof. It saves money and they say if more people did it, it would help save the planet, too. Fifty feet above the sidewalk, with the New York City skyline as a backdrop &#133; tomatoes, peppers and green beans are thriving. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:26:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 Percent 'Sin Tax' Set To Hit N.J. Liquor Stores]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/nj.alcohol.sin.2.1110050.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/nj.alcohol.sin.2.1110050.html</link><description><![CDATA[Buying booze in New Jersey is about to get a little more expensive -- and it's all because of the state's budget problems. An increased tax will cost residents every time they raise their glass. Mike Chedid spent Friday re-pricing his inventory of hard liquor and wine -- the fallout from New Jersey's new so-called "sin tax" that'll hit liquor stores, restaurants and bars starting Saturday. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Douglaston Shaken In Wake Of Con Ed Fire]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/con.ed.fire.2.1100218.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/con.ed.fire.2.1100218.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fierce flames ripped through a Con Edison Power Plant Substation in Queens Friday Morning, knocking out the power in hundreds of surrounding buildings and threatening the safety of an entire neighborhood. The three-alarm fire broke out near the intersection of Northern Boulevard and 244th Street in Douglaston. It destroyed one of the two Con Ed transformers used to power thousands of homes, and filled the neighborhood's air with toxic smoke. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:16:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NY Slower To Spend Some Stimulus Funds ]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/federal.stimulus.money.2.1088250.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/federal.stimulus.money.2.1088250.html</link><description><![CDATA[Even as New York rushes to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for roads and bridges, billions more awarded for the likes of education, weatherization and criminal justice remain untouched. A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office identified more than $3 billion awarded to New York but unspent at the end of June. 
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