<?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>Personal-finance News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&amp;catid=84</link><description>News Feed for - Personal-finance</description><item><title>Study: Plan Design Key to Race Equality in 401(k)s &gt;</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96525066&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T02:26:00</pubDate><description>Equality in 401(k)s / / / / / Study Key to Race Equality in 401(k)s Study: Key to Race Equality in 401(k)s Rebecca Moore error: function(ret) November 24, 2009 --- A new analysis from the Center for Retirement </description><source>Plan Adviser</source></item><item><title>Ways &amp; Means To Take Over On 401(k) Fees</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96523515&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T02:08:00</pubDate><description>A major milestone leading to the enactment of 401(k) fee disclosure legislation is likely to occur in the next two or three weeks when the House Ways and Means Committee meets to approve its own version. </description><source>Total Securitization</source></item><item><title>BRIEF: How much will you save?: School districts across the county have slashed </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378689&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:49:00</pubDate><description>School districts across the county have slashed their tax rates as additional state K-12 funding kicks in. With valuations holding steady and some local governments making small cuts, that means homeowners </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Five ways the internet has transformed our personal finances</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96481329&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:05:00</pubDate><description>As The Telegraph marks 15 years of its online presence, we look at how the internet has transformed the way we deal with money matters. By Richard Evans Published: 3:40PM GMT 25 Nov 2009 1. Internet banking </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Catch a high-flying fund - up 56%</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96478249&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:21:00</pubDate><description>(Fortune magazine) -- When the herd of investors heads in one direction, count on Don Yacktman to steer his fund the other way. Back in the late-1990s tech boom, the Yacktman Fund (YACKX) lagged because </description><source>Fortune</source></item><item><title>Overdraft charges and your claims</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96475167&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:17:00</pubDate><description>The case will have an impact on many thousands of claims The UK's banks have won a significant victory against attempts to have their overdraft fees ruled unfair. The Supreme Court has decided that the </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>The Motley Fool Celebrates Banksgiving!</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96500938&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T20:57:00</pubDate><description>Click your browser's back button to try again. (We automatically recorded this error so we can find it and fix it.) 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So when I heardÂ Goldman SachsÂ oil oracle </description><source>Motley Fool</source></item><item><title>5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Hawkins</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96314559&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T19:38:00</pubDate><description>Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, specialty chemical small-cap Hawkins (Nasdaq: HWKN) has earned a </description><source>The Money Times</source></item><item><title>Salisbury tax rate up 72 cents</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96382908&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:08:00</pubDate><description>(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) If state revenue officials agree with the town's figures, taxpayers will see a tax rate of $9.88 per $1,000 of assessed value, representing a 72-cent rise from last year's </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Be frugal, even at clearance sale</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96469341&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:58:00</pubDate><description>That's the lesson from November's Frugal $ense winner, Robert J. 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