<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs4.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports</title><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Television Stations Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:22:46 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Citizens Rate Hikes For 2010 Approved By State]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/citizens.property.insurance.2.1324896.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/citizens.property.insurance.2.1324896.html</link><description><![CDATA[Homeowners that use Citizens Property Insurance might want to put a little bit of extra money aside for 2010. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty approved the new rates for Citizens high-risk accounts on Thursday. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreclosures Continue Rising For Fixed-Rate Homes]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/foreclosure.crisis.homes.2.1324974.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/foreclosure.crisis.homes.2.1324974.html</link><description><![CDATA[Main Street continues to suffer through the effects of what many have dubbed, "The Great Recession." According to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association, 14 percent of homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on payments or in foreclosure at the end of September. Perhaps more troubling for an economic recovery is that a rising number of the foreclosures are among fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:32:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Minute: Watching Out For Phishing Scams]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</link><description><![CDATA[Phishing scams -- spelled with a P-H instead of an F but sounding just like "fishing" -- can get you into some hot water. It starts when you get an honest looking e-mail that tries to trick you into revealing your usernames, passwords and credit card details. According to CNET.com, more than 55,000 phishing attacks were launched in the first half of 2009. In this week's CNET Tech Minute, CNET.com's Brian Cooley tells us how to avoid getting hooked.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:13:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Unemployment Rate Hits 34-Year High]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/unemployment.rate.florida.2.1324326.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/unemployment.rate.florida.2.1324326.html</link><description><![CDATA[Despite the glowing news coming from Wall Street, the recession still has a strong grip on Main Street and that's especially evident in the unemployment numbers. In the month of October, the unemployment rate in Florida reached 11.2 percent, according to The Agency for Workforce Innovation. The October rate in Florida was the highest since June of 1975 when it was also 11.2 percent. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria Prompts Vicks Nasal Spray Recall]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/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[Tire Prices On The Rise After Tariff On China]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/tires.china.prices.2.1323469.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/tires.china.prices.2.1323469.html</link><description><![CDATA[The days of cheap tire prices may be gone for good. Tire prices are on the rise, in large part due to an effort by President Obama to save American jobs, CBS station KCNC-TV reports.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:02:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eBay Sets Skype Loose At $2.75 B Valuation]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/eBay.Skype.acquisition.2.1323294.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/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[Feds Charge Dozens In Deaf Phone Scam]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/deaf.phone.scam.2.1323293.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/deaf.phone.scam.2.1323293.html</link><description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors have charged more than two dozen people with scheming to steal millions from a telephone program for the deaf. Authorities say a number of companies schemed to create phony calls to a video service that allows the deaf to converse over phone lines to hearing people.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:04:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canned Pumpkin Shortage Could Pinch Piemakers]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/pumpkin.pie.nestle.2.1322650.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/pumpkin.pie.nestle.2.1322650.html</link><description><![CDATA[So what's a traditional Thanksgiving or holiday dinner without a homemade pumpkin pie?  Some families may find out this year. Because of the heavy rain during the pumpkin harvest, Nestle said there may be a shortage of its Libby's pumpkin pie products.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie Popcorn, Soda Pack Surprising Calorie Wallop]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/movie.popcorn.calories.2.1321782.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/movie.popcorn.calories.2.1321782.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ordering a medium popcorn and soda combo from a major national movie theater chain is the equivalent of eating three McDonald's Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter, according to a new study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. <br />
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