<?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/consumer/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/consumer</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 05:45:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Cars, Cash And Congress]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/congress.bailout.automakers.2.879451.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/congress.bailout.automakers.2.879451.html</link><description><![CDATA[As Congress mulls over a bailout for U.S. automakers, some may be thinking about more than jobs and the economy. The auto industry spent nearly $50 million lobbying Congress in the first nine months of this year.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:59:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schwan Food Co. Sells European Pizza Business]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/schwan.pizza.business.2.879038.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/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[Study: 49 States Get 'F' In College Affordability]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/college.affordability.study.2.878880.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/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[Advice For Men On How To Shop For Women]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/shopping.personal.shopper.2.878819.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/shopping.personal.shopper.2.878819.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fellas, chances are the lovely lady in your life has received some not so lovely gifts - maybe from you. Experts suggest staying away from lingerie and anything suggesting work -- like, say, a stove -- and instead focus on warm, cozy, everyday sweaters and comfortable snuggly flannel pajamas. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:10:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine 101: What To Serve, What To Give]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/wine.101.holidays.2.878823.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/wine.101.holidays.2.878823.html</link><description><![CDATA['Tis the season for dinner parties, and whether you are hosting or attending, wine is always an issue. What do you serve, what do you give your hostess? Wine guru Gary Vaynerchuk has answers to those questions.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:30:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: Be Wary Of Stem Cell Web Sites]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/stem.cell.web.2.878798.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/stem.cell.web.2.878798.html</link><description><![CDATA[Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. <br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:13:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['Dear Santa' Letters Reflect Awful Economy]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/dear.santa.letters.2.878578.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/dear.santa.letters.2.878578.html</link><description><![CDATA[The letters begin with a familiar salutation: "Dear Santa." But the circumstances that bring the often heartrending requests -- as many as a half million of them -- to Manhattan's main post office tend to be anything but ordinary.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:01:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home-Based Business Industry Booming]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/virtual.assistant.sbtv.2.878582.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/virtual.assistant.sbtv.2.878582.html</link><description><![CDATA[In this tough job market many people are finding new careers by working from home. CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City has more on alternative jobs that are paying off. Tania Lopez lost her job as a tech specialist a year and half ago. Now she works from home as a virtual assistant, doing everything from web design to organizing her clients' e-mail. She does everything a personal assistant would do, but with the flexibility of choosing who she works for and when.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:41:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Dealerships Sink, Towns Suffer]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/dealerships.towns.struggle.2.878384.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/dealerships.towns.struggle.2.878384.html</link><description><![CDATA[Nationwide, 750 dealerships have already closed this year and 150
more are expected to shut down by year's end, putting nearly 40,000
employees out of work.									]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:18:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychic Businesses Booming Amid Economic Downturn]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/consumer/psychic.reading.economy.2.878383.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/consumer/psychic.reading.economy.2.878383.html</link><description><![CDATA[With a lot of people cutting back in this tough economy, more and more people are looking to psychics for answers, reports CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>