<?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>Finance News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=5&amp;catid=-1</link><description>News Feed for - Finance</description><item><title>The Fed Waltz With AIGâ??A Must Read for Taxpayers &amp; Congress</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229783&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:02:00</pubDate><description>Gretchen MorgensonThe New York TimesA ray of sunlight broke through the Washington fog last week when Neil M. Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, published his officeâ??s </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>Stocks take a break from rally</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96209959&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:26:00</pubDate><description>Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy at his party's meeting</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96150563&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:39:00</pubDate><description>Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports. Putin's call for developing high-tech industries echoes statements by his successor </description><source>Buenos Aires Herald</source></item><item><title>US SEC puts hedge fundsâ?? high  frequency trading under scanner</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96053198&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:09:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON: US securities enforcers are looking at some of the high frequency trading that hedge funds are doing, a top Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Friday. The SEC is looking at </description><source>Economictimes</source></item><item><title>Forex: Ron Paul's Fed Audit Proposal Passes Financial Services Committee</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96003897&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:40:00</pubDate><description>(RTTNews) - The U.S. House Financial Services Committee added a provision to a financial system reform bill late Thursday night that could potentially give Congress the right to order the Government Accountability </description><source>Forex TV</source></item><item><title>show patience on economy, says Obama</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96149238&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:19:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for US exports, countering criticism he had returned </description><source>Oman Tribune</source></item><item><title>FINRA Will Permanently Disclose Former Brokers Disciplinary Actions</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95830393&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T04:16:00</pubDate><description>Critics complain that customer complaints and prior arbitrations still wonâ??t be made public for those who leave the industry Â¦ The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is expanding its BrokerCheck </description><source>On Wall Street</source></item><item><title>Apple Gives Green Light to Mobile VoIP iPhone App from Rebtel</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95974467&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:56:00</pubDate><description>Rebtel's iPhone app lets users make calls to anywhere in the world for just pennies per minute without having to search for a Wi-Fi hot spot. And free calls are possible between any of the 53 countries </description><source>Entrepreneur.com</source></item><item><title>Back to Business: Wall St. Finds Profits Again, Now by Reducing Mortgages</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96198580&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:08:00</pubDate><description>As millions of Americans struggle to hold on to their homes, Wall Street has found a way to make money from the mortgage mess. Investment funds are buying billions of dollars? worth of home loans, discounted </description><source>New York Times</source></item><item><title>Stocks slide for third straight day</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96108369&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:29:00</pubDate><description>Client News Release City of Industry, CA --(www. FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/20/2009 - US Market industry news provided by Financial News USA. US stocks fell for a third straight day, while the dollar </description><source>Financial News USA</source></item><item><title>ECB'S Paramo says euro zone rates 'appropriate'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96224896&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T09:45:00</pubDate><description>MADRID, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank believes euro zone interest rates are 'now appropriate', Executive Board member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo said in a press interview published on </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Fannie Mae Rentals</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96228304&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T11:08:00</pubDate><description>Homeowners going through foreclosure can rent their houses through Fannie Mae rather than lose them entirely. The 'deed for lease' program lets homeowners transfer their title to Fannie Mae and sign up </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Road deaths cost world economy $500bln - Kremlin</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95977035&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:29:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called on world powers to battle a rising tide of road accidents which he said killed the equivalent of a major city each year and drained </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>TABLE-Iraq key economic indicators</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96224663&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T09:38:00</pubDate><description>BAGHDAD, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Following are the latest Iraqi economic indicators, including data from the Central Bank, the Central Organisation for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT), the Oil </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Pensioners hardest hit when inflation returns next year economists warn</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96216854&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:21:00</pubDate><description>The pensioner RPI price inflation was as low at 0.4 per cent in October but could peak at around 5 per cent early next year, according to figures calculated by Capital Economics. The expected rise remains </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Golf courses suffer as recession deals a bogey</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96208389&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:10:00</pubDate><description>From his backyard, Joseph Leggett used to look out over the green, manicured fairways of the Palm Desert Country Club golf course.Lately, what he saw looked more like weedy vacant lots. Swaths of the </description><source>Los Angeles Times</source></item><item><title>Stocks ripe for defensive switch</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96068233&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T04:04:00</pubDate><description>By Dominic Lau and Blaise Robinson - Analysis LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in telecoms and utilities have returned to the top of European equity investors' menu, signaling that a shift away from outperforming </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>JAL mulls 30 pct pension pay cut for retirees-Nikkei</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96205162&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T04:22:00</pubDate><description>TOKYO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Japan Airlines (9205. T) is mulling to propose a plan to cut pension payments to its retirees by 30 percent on average, a reduction in cuts from its original plea of more than </description><source>Reuters</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=5&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>Structure of Amlak-Tamweel merger to be finalized before year-end</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96073356&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:37:00</pubDate><description>MENAFN - Khaleej Times - 21/11/2009 (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The structure of the merger of mortgage lenders Amlak and Tamweel will be finalised before the end of â?¨the year. 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