<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcco.com/business/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://wcco.com/business</link><description><![CDATA[WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:24:35 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reid: Carmaker Aid Bill Doesn't Have Needed Votes]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/automaker.aid.votes.2.879380.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/automaker.aid.votes.2.879380.html</link><description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Democrats' plan to tap the
Wall Street rescue fund to save U.S. automakers doesn't have the votes
to pass. One day after Detroit's Big Three sent survival plans to Capitol Hill
in an urgent plea for $34 billion in government aid, Reid said there's
still not enough support in Congress for using some of the $700 billion
bailout to help the teetering carmakers.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:40:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fed: Economy Darkens Heading Into Holidays]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/stocks.wall.street.2.879137.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/stocks.wall.street.2.879137.html</link><description><![CDATA[The country's economic picture has darkened further as Americans hunkered down heading into the holidays, forcing retailers to ring up fewer sales and factories to cut back on production. The Federal Reserve's new snapshot of business conditions nationwide, released Wednesday, suggested the economy was sinking deeper into recession.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:36:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks End Up Despite Poor Economic News]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/stocks.wall.street.2.878776.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/stocks.wall.street.2.878776.html</link><description><![CDATA[Wall Street withstood another stream of bad economic readings Wednesday, closing sharply higher as investors shuttled between pessimism about the recession and hopes that the nation might start seeing relief soon. The major indexes saw big swings throughout the day, but all closed up more than 2 percent, giving the market its second straight advance. <br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:38:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[United Auto Workers Say They'll Renegotiate]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/uaw.bailout.plan.2.879048.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/uaw.bailout.plan.2.879048.html</link><description><![CDATA[The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delays payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in government loans.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:21:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schwan Food Co. Sells European Pizza Business]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/schwan.pizza.business.2.879038.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/schwan.pizza.business.2.879038.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Schwan Food Company says it's selling its European frozen-pizza businesses to Dr. Oetker UK Ltd, and the Freiberger Group.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:20:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Warns It Won't See New Year Without Aid]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/financial.aid.auto.2.878638.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/financial.aid.auto.2.878638.html</link><description><![CDATA[A top General Motors executive repeated claims Wednesday that the auto giant may not make it to New Year's Day if Congress doesn't approve a federal bailout for the beleaguered industry.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: 49 States Get 'F' In College Affordability]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/college.affordability.study.2.878880.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/college.affordability.study.2.878880.html</link><description><![CDATA[An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability - an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts. <br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:47:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress: Banks Need More Oversight On Bailout]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878890.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878890.html</link><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers want the Treasury to insist that banking institutions sharing in the $700 billion bailout comply with limits Congress imposed on executive salaries and use the money for its intended purposes. <br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:20:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keewatin Taconite Plant To Be Idled]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/keewatin.taconite.plant.2.878865.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/keewatin.taconite.plant.2.878865.html</link><description><![CDATA[Keewatin Taconite is among three U.S. Steel facilities expected to be idled sometime within the next several weeks.									]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:56:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worker Productivity Better Than Expected In 3Q]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/business/worker.productivity.slows.2.878719.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/business/worker.productivity.slows.2.878719.html</link><description><![CDATA[Worker productivity slowed in the summer while wage pressures increased, but both developments were better than expected and are unlikely to raise inflation alarms at the Federal Reserve. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:08:22 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>