<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://kdka.com/business/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports</title><link>http://kdka.com/business</link><description><![CDATA[KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:40:30 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[BA Launches 3-Day Strike, Thousands Stranded]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/British.Airways.strike.2.1577248.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/British.Airways.strike.2.1577248.html</link><description><![CDATA[British Airways canceled more than 1,000 flights after its cabin crew launched a three-day strike Saturday, wreaking havoc on the plans of tens of thousands of passengers just before the busy spring holiday season. Hoping to keep as many passengers happy as possible, BA scrambled to rebook some on other services, chartered planes from rival airlines and drafted in volunteer crew. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:42:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dodd Requests Investigation Of Lehman Brothers]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/chris.dodd.lehman.2.1576407.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/chris.dodd.lehman.2.1576407.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Lehman Brothers whistleblower warned his bosses that accounting gimmicks the bank used before its collapse may have been illegal, his lawyer said Friday. Matthew Lee, a former Lehman senior vice president, was fired days after questioning the accounting tricks in a letter to his superiors, attorney Erwin Shustak said. Shustak gave a copy of the letter to The Associated Press.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Shut Down Small Bank In Ohio]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/ohio.bank.failure.2.1576150.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/ohio.bank.failure.2.1576150.html</link><description><![CDATA[Regulators have shut down a small bank in Ohio, boosting to 31 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday took over American National Bank of Parma, Ohio, with $70.3 million in assets and $66.8 million in deposits. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:29:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks Fall On Continued Greek Debt Woes]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1574936.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1574936.html</link><description><![CDATA[Stocks have halted their steady climb after renewed concerns about
Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global
economic recovery. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 37.19, or 0.3 percent, to 10,741.98. The Standard &amp; Poor's 500 index fell 5.93, or 0.5 percent, to 1,159.90. The Nasdaq composite index fell 16.87, or 0.7 percent, to 2,374.41.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:03:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Prices At Highest Level Since 2008]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/gas.prices.motorists.2.1573961.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/gas.prices.motorists.2.1573961.html</link><description><![CDATA[U.S. motorists are paying the highest prices for gas since October 2008. Retail gasoline prices rose on Thursday on an expected increase in demand and as more expensive spring and summer blends of gasoline make their way to the pumps. The nationwide average hit $2.799 per gallon, a penny higher than Wednesday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:13:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks End Mixed On Price, Jobless Reports]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1571993.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1571993.html</link><description><![CDATA[Stocks ended mixed Thursday after reports signaled that the economy is slowly regaining strength. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow rose 45.50, or 0.4 percent, to 10,779.17. That marks the highest close since Oct. 1, 2008. The Dow last rose for eight straight days in the period ended Aug. 27.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:45:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Signs Jobs Bill With Small-Business Tax Cuts]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/Obama.jobs.bill.2.1572167.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/Obama.jobs.bill.2.1572167.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has signed a jobs bill with $18 billion in tax breaks as well as $20 billion for highways and transit. Obama said many small businesses are on the fence about whether to hire new workers, but tax incentives in the jobs bill should make the decision that much easier.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:13:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Prices At Highest Since Oct. 2008]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/gasoline.prices.highest.2.1572416.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/gasoline.prices.highest.2.1572416.html</link><description><![CDATA[Motorists are paying the highest prices for gas since October 2008. Retail gasoline prices rose on Thursday on an expected increase in demand and as more expensive spring and summer blends of gasoline make their way to the pumps. The nationwide average hit $2.799 per gallon, a penny higher than Wednesday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. Prices have now jumped 18.9 cents in the past month and are 87.9 cents higher than year-ago levels. Back on Oct. 23, 2008 prices averaged $2.8215 per gallon.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:39:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeowners Pounce On Low Mortgage Interest Rates]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/home.mortgage.rates.2.1570243.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/home.mortgage.rates.2.1570243.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Stoberts of Brackenridge have just refinanced their home.&nbsp; Taking
advantage of lower interest rates, they are saving lots of money &#150;
about $300 to $400 a month.&nbsp; Mortgage broker Justin Police says
rates -- now averaging 4.86 percent on a 30-year mortgage -- are not
likely to get much lower.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:31:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks Climb After Fed Pledges To Hold Rates Low]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1568631.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/business/stocks.market.dow.2.1568631.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Dow Jones industrial average has closed at a new 2010 high as investors grow more confident that interest rates will stay at their current low levels. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow rose 47.69, or 0.5 percent, to 10,733.67. The Dow topped its earlier high for 2010 of 10,725.43 from Jan. 19. <br />
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