<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Business News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=1&amp;catid=-1</link><description>News Feed for - Business</description><item><title>China mine blast death reach 87</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96056377&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:56:00</pubDate><description>At least 87 people are now known to have died in a coal mine blast in northern China, state media reports. Another 21 miners are reportedly still trapped at the pit in Hegang City in Heilongjiang province. </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>LyondellBasell says receives offer from Reliance</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96168147&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T03:26:00</pubDate><description>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Indian energy giant Reliance Industries has made a non-binding cash offer to buy a controlling interest in bankrupt petrochemicals company LyondellBasell Industries, LyondellBasell </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Deadly explosion kills 87 in NE China colliery</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96123611&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:33:00</pubDate><description>Rescue workers stand by the mine entrance as smoke billows out after a gas explosion at a coal mine in Hegang City, in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, November 21, 2009.[Xinhua] More photos The </description><source>CHINAdaily</source></item><item><title>Royal Bank of Scotland shows lack of loyalty and ethics as it backs Krafts bid for </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96089559&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:26:00</pubDate><description>The state-controlled bank does the chocolate maker a discourtesy as it opts for a quick buck  There's a sequel to my story last week about Royal Bank of Scotland coming under fire for using taxpayers' </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Labour backs down over unmasking banks' top earners</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193801&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:25:00</pubDate><description>Government retreats over naming bank top earners Top 20 highest paid employees now unlikely to be identified unless they have boardroom roles Thousands of the highest-paid bankers in the City look likely </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Jacko 'moonwalk' glove sells for 350,000 US dollars</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193902&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:26:00</pubDate><description>The rhinestone-encrusted glove worn by pop icon Michael Jackson for his first 'moonwalk' dance in 1983 sold Saturday for 350,000 US dollars at a frenzied auction in New York. The sparkling piece of pop </description><source>Sydney Morning Herald</source></item><item><title>Budgets Cut A "Time Bomb" For US Jobs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95943274&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:20:00</pubDate><description>Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of US jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending TEXT SIZE : A | A | A TOOLS (Reuters) RELATED </description><source>Businessworld India</source></item><item><title>US Senate healthcare vote begins</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96176659&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:10:00</pubDate><description>Mr Reid's healthcare bill is more than 2,000 pages long The US Senate has begun voting on whether to hold a full debate on a bill designed to overhaul the country's healthcare provision. Earlier, Democrats </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Iran to hold aerial defense maneuver</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96160066&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:36:00</pubDate><description>TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran will launch a large-scale joint aerial defense maneuver on Sunday to prepare itself for any potential attack against the country, local English-language PressTV reported </description><source>Xinhua News Agency</source></item><item><title>Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96145481&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:34:00</pubDate><description>CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Venezuelan president praised Carlos - whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez - during a speech Friday night saying: "I defend him. It doesn't matter to me what they say tomorrow </description><source>Miami Herald</source></item><item><title>Patients fed up with health care look abroad</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96155372&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:15:00</pubDate><description>Medical tourism is the practice of traveling abroad to get operations not covered by provincial health care plans, or those too expensive to get in the U.S. It has proved to be a very successful business </description><source>CTV.ca</source></item><item><title>Indians return to Alcatraz</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96205880&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T04:19:00</pubDate><description>On the night of Nov. 20, 1969, two rented boats filled with activists billing themselves 'Indians of All Tribes' pulled ashore on Alcatraz. The lone inhabitant, a caretaker of the island's empty federal </description><source>San Francisco Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Hearing for US army base 'gunman'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96202572&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T03:02:00</pubDate><description>Maj Hasan was reportedly unhappy about being sent to Afghanistan The army psychiatrist charged over the Fort Hood army base massacre in Texas has had his first court hearing - in a hospital room where </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>India challenges Himalayan melt, climate link</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96203905&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T03:30:00</pubDate><description>Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh released a report last week that says there is no conclusive evidence that climate change has caused the melting of the Himalayan glaciers. The report says that not </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Top South Korea think-tank sees 2010 GDP at 8-yr high</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96203525&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T03:24:00</pubDate><description>SEOUL, Nov 22 (Reuters) - South Korea's top state-run think-tank on Sunday urged the authorities to exit from emergency policy measures gradually, predicting that in 2010 the economy would grow at its </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>China's premium income top 936 bln yuan</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96198326&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:36:00</pubDate><description>SANTIAGO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China is a dynamo of the world economy and is playing a central role in helping a global economic recovery, said Alicia Barcena, executive secretary of the Economic Commission </description><source>Xinhua News Agency</source></item><item><title>Medvedev tells ruling party to fight fairly</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96069197&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:45:00</pubDate><description>RUSSIA'S President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday sharply criticised officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for using its clout and undermining democracy in recent regional votes, saying it must learn </description><source>The Scotsman</source></item><item><title>US suspects ISI link to Headley; breakthrough soon</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96182016&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:04:00</pubDate><description>suspects ISI link to Headley  Story US suspects ISI link to Headley Correspondent, Sunday November 22, 2009, Geneva Sources say that American investigators may be close to a breakthrough in the Headley-Rana </description><source>NDTV</source></item><item><title>Poll boost for PM as economy grows</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96195678&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:47:00</pubDate><description>Chance of hung parliament as Conservative lead falls to 6%  Labour's hopes of avoiding a general election rout at the hands of David Cameron's Tories will be boosted today as a new poll shows a sharp </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Water companies face price curbs from Ofwat</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96172356&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T23:58:00</pubDate><description>OFWAT is expected to deliver a blow to the water companies this week with tough restrictions on customer price rises making only small concessions to compensate them for increasing bad debts and higher </description><source>Telegraph</source></item></channel></rss>