<?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=5&amp;catid=84</link><description>News Feed for - Personal-finance</description><item><title>British home insurance group HomeServe reports a stronger first-half profit</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96613509&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T01:19:00</pubDate><description>British home-insurance group HomeServe Plc posted a higher first-half profit from core operations, aided by growth in customer and policy numbers, and said it would not be affected by the recent floods </description><source>News-Insurances</source></item><item><title>Consumers less confident about jobs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96441996&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:14:00</pubDate><description>OTTAWA - Canadians are becoming more pessimistic over the strength of the economic recovery and what it will mean for their finances and job security, a new consumer confidence survey shows. The monthly </description><source>Canoe Money</source></item><item><title>House insurance likely to rise 10 per cent - Tower</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96573385&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:34:00</pubDate><description>Rob Flannagan. Photo / Martin Sykes The cost of house insurance is likely to rise by 10 per cent this year, says insurance company Tower. Speaking at the company's annual results yesterday chief executive </description><source>New Zealand Herald</source></item><item><title>Personal Finance Daily: The debilitating cost of long-term care</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96530474&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:34:00</pubDate><description>Alert Email Print Don't miss these top stories: Thanksgiving Day shopping rites Alzheimer's disease is like a sneak thief who cannot be captured, robbing you of your memories and stealing away with more </description><source>MarketWatch</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=5&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=5&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=5&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>Personal bankruptcy up, business bankruptcy down in the North</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96604931&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T23:30:00</pubDate><description>Personal bankruptcies are up more than 50 per cent across Sudbury and Thunder Bay in the first nine months of 2009 over the same period last year, according to a third-quarter 2009 report published by </description><source>Northern Ontario Business</source></item><item><title>Beware text message scam in Merced County: Note seeks personal information from </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96556944&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T21:03:00</pubDate><description>A new text message scam has been reported in Merced County -- and sheriff's investigators are warning residents to beware. The scam, first reported Monday afternoon, has generally appeared in the form </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Job security and personal finances are the major worries</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96587357&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:26:00</pubDate><description>The Canadian Press A new survey shows Canadian consumers are feeling less confident in economic recovery and their job security. The monthly survey by the Conference Board of Canada shows consumer confidence </description><source>Investment Executive</source></item><item><title>Personal Accounts tag will not last beyond 2012</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96582352&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T17:03:00</pubDate><description>The Personal Accounts title will definitely be dropped before the introduction of the auto-enrolment scheme in 2012, according to PADA. Helen Dean, policy and product development director for the Personal </description><source>IFAonline.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Banks growing as number of personal accounts rise</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96577344&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:10:00</pubDate><description>Within 12 months the number of personal bank accounts in Poland increased by over 1.3 million The number of personal bank accounts in Poland increased by over 1.3 million within 12 months. However, the </description><source>Warsaw Business Journal</source></item><item><title>Switch from credit card to personal loan</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96559427&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T10:58:00</pubDate><description>THESE are times with many choices. Here's just one other choice that many of you might be pondering over -- should you shift to a personal loan to pay off your credit card dues? Raghu has the same question. </description><source>Moneycontrol.com</source></item><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=5&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=5&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=5&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>The Motley Fool Celebrates Banksgiving!</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96500938&amp;Channel_ID=5&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.) If you'd like to report this error, please mention error code 02-66-03-63-13.</description><source>Motley Fool</source></item><item><title>Dream Stocks for Biotech Investors</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96500912&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T20:57:00</pubDate><description>Be A Motley Fool Millionaire! David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! See what heā??s recommending that you buy NEXT. 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Despite the stock market's climb, investors are skeptical of </description><source>Motley Fool</source></item><item><title>How You Can Get Rich With 4 Dumb Mistakes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96491183&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T19:28:00</pubDate><description>I've written a lot of stupid things over the years. It's true. I've been with since 1995, and I'm closing in on a whopping 10,000 articles. As a limb-venturing analyst, I take big swings from time to </description><source>Motley Fool</source></item><item><title>Rupert Murdoch Saves the World</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96482908&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=84</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:11:00</pubDate><description>Rupert Murdoch saved Journalism as we know it. And wouldn't you know it -- he saved it from Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). 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