<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>CBS 5  - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports</title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[CBS 5  - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:33:59 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><atom:link href="http://cbs5.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Oil, Gas Prices Hit Another Record]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/oil.prices.record.2.722822.html</link><description><![CDATA[Oil prices shot to a new record near $127 a barrel Tuesday on reports that Iran is planning to cut crude oil production. ]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/oil.prices.record.2.722822.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:09:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group: Fewer Passengers, Flights This Summer]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/summer.travel.forecast.2.722755.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fewer Americans are expected to fly this summer, but don't expect more empty seats as carriers pack planes to help offset surging fuel costs. <br />]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/summer.travel.forecast.2.722755.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:55:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ConsumerWatch: Ways To Boost Your FICO Score]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/raising.fico.score.2.722429.html</link><description><![CDATA[Your FICO score is the credit score most commonly used by lenders. Since so many borrowers are failing to pay debts, lenders are placing a lot more importance on that number.  But, there are ways to take control and boost your score.<br />]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/raising.fico.score.2.722429.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:53:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haggling Can Pay Off During Tough Economic Times]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/getting.the.best.2.722348.html</link><description><![CDATA[Everybody likes to save money, especially during tougher economic times, and sometimes all consumers have to do is ask. ]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/getting.the.best.2.722348.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:32:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Great Value for Your Wine Dollar]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/wine.Bordeaux.value.2.722249.html</link><description><![CDATA[Getting good value for your wine bottle is not hard if you know where to shop, and a little bit about how the wine world works. ]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/wine.Bordeaux.value.2.722249.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:12:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus Groups Offer Dollars For Your Thoughts]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/focus.group.paid.2.719580.html</link><description><![CDATA[In your wildest dreams, have you ever thought you could actually get paid to eat chocolate? Well, you can.]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/focus.group.paid.2.719580.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:24:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategy From The '70s Helps Reduce Grocery Bills]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/stocking.up.food.2.721817.html</link><description><![CDATA[Stocking the freezer and filling the pantry with sale-priced food items is an effective way to fight sky rocketing prices, says Randi Levin, a food authority and award winning author from Evergreen.]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/stocking.up.food.2.721817.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:30:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postage Rates Go Up Today]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/stamp.mail.letter.2.721595.html</link><description><![CDATA[Before you drop your letters or bill payments in the mail, you may want to double check the amount of postage you have on it. The cost to send a first class letter goes from 41-cents to 42-cents today.]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/stamp.mail.letter.2.721595.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:49:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Farmers: High Demand, Price Of Rice Good News]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/price.demand.rice.2.721264.html</link><description><![CDATA[The greater demand for rice and new foreign customers driving the global price
hike have been a boon to American farmers, who are welcoming the
reprieve after years of shouldering high fuel and fertilizer costs and
weak prices for their grain.									]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/price.demand.rice.2.721264.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 16:20:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wall Street Looks To Consumers For Direction]]></title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/wall.street.consumers.2.721316.html</link><description><![CDATA[With millions of stimulus checks going out to taxpayers, Wall Street
wants to know where that money will be spent -- and this week's data
could help investors gauge the mind-set of the average consumer.									]]></description><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/wall.street.consumers.2.721316.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:31:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>