<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100003114/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Top News and Analysis</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100003114</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:24 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>UK Bank Chiefs Slated as ‘Brash’ and ‘Deluded’</title><description><![CDATA[Bank chiefs at HBOS, once one of Britain&#039;s biggest banks, were condemned as a &quot;model of self-delusion&quot;, in a report by Britain&#039;s Banking Standards Commission on Friday. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100616604</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100616604</guid> </item>  <item><title>Consumer Credit Posts Biggest Rise in Six Months</title><description><![CDATA[US consumer credit in February recorded its biggest increase in half a year as consumers borrowed money for cars and student loans.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100610859</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100610859</guid> </item>  <item><title>Corzine's Push for Prop Trading: 'Client Facilitation'</title><description><![CDATA[Corzine really wanted to do prop trading at MF Global.  But he didn&#039;t want to call it prop trading.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619860</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619860</guid> </item>  <item><title>The Big Business of 'Mad Men'</title><description><![CDATA[The highly-anticipated sixth season of &quot;Mad Men&quot; returns to AMC Sunday night with a two-hour debut show. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619954</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619954</guid> </item>  <item><title>Why Facebook Phone Means Huge Problems for Google</title><description><![CDATA[Facebook&#039;s new Home application for Android devices may put the social giant at further odds with Google. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619460</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619460</guid> </item>  <item><title>Who's Winning in 'Game of Thrones?' Think Local</title><description><![CDATA[Who&#039;s winning in &quot;Game of Thrones?&quot; &#039;GOT economies&#039; may be the biggest winners in HBO&#039;s series.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619559</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619559</guid> </item>  <item><title>Relax! New SEC Social Media Ruling Is a Good Thing</title><description><![CDATA[The SEC has thrown another curve ball at investor relations professionals across the land adding social media into the mix.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619783</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619783</guid> </item>  <item><title>Boeing 787 Test Seeks to Answer Safety Question</title><description><![CDATA[Boeing said it plans to make a test flight later on Friday with its 787 Dreamliner jet.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100610861</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100610861</guid> </item>  <item><title>Forever Fed: Jobs Blues Sets Up Eternal Easing</title><description><![CDATA[March&#039;s miserable jobs report stoked a debate about the strength of the economic recovery but helped settle any uncertainty over Fed policy.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619512</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619512</guid> </item>  <item><title>Sequester Hasn't Hit Jobs Yet: Goldman's Hatzius</title><description><![CDATA[Despite the disappointing March jobs report and an expected slowdown in growth, the overall data have been encouraging, Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius told CNBC. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619335</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619335</guid> </item>  <item><title>Beware Those Crying 'Bubble' About Bonds</title><description><![CDATA[Assessing whether the bond market is in a bubble.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619357</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619357</guid> </item>  <item><title>Busted! Secret Offshore Account Leak Rattles Nerves</title><description><![CDATA[Thousands are suddenly anxious after the leak of 2.5 million files detailing offshore bank accounts. The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619555</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619555</guid> </item>  <item><title>Jeff Bezos Bets on Henry Blodget's Business Insider</title><description><![CDATA[Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has invested a &quot;significant&quot; amount of money in Business Insider, according to an internal memo.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619196</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619196</guid> </item>  <item><title>Unemployment Rate Falls, but Don't Pop the Corks Yet</title><description><![CDATA[If you&#039;re thinking a drop in the jobless rate is reason to celebrate, bad news: You might want to keep that bottle of bubbly corked.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619438</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619438</guid> </item>  <item><title>Advisers Get Paid to Put Clients in Certain Funds</title><description><![CDATA[Two fund managers are paying advisers based on the assets their clients put in certain mutual funds, a new report says.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619256</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619256</guid> </item>  <item><title>Tale of Two Wealth Effects</title><description><![CDATA[CNBC&#039;s Robert Frank explains the &quot;wealth effect&quot; and what today&#039;s market sell off says about the wealthy. ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000159356</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619465</guid> </item>  <item><title>More Finger Lickin' Without the Bones? KFC's Latest</title><description><![CDATA[KFC wants to make it easier for people to eat chicken so it&#039;s getting rid of the bones.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619029</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619029</guid> </item>  <item><title>US Job Creation Plunges, but Rate Drops to 7.6%</title><description><![CDATA[Job creation slowed to a crawl during March, with the U.S. economy creating just 88,000 positions though the unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618938</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618938</guid> </item>  <item><title>US Must 'Play to Win' on Economy: Rep. Eric Cantor</title><description><![CDATA[The prospects for U.S. economic growth are &quot;still too little&quot; and &quot;too uncertain,&quot; House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told CNBC.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618953</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618953</guid> </item>  <item><title>North Korea to Foreign Embassies: 'Consider Evacuating'</title><description><![CDATA[North Korea has asked embassies in Pyongyang that might wish to get staff out to submit plans to it by April 10, Britain said.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618963</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618963</guid> </item>  <item><title>Boeing to Take Grounded Dreamliner Off Probation</title><description><![CDATA[Boeing may take a key step toward returning its grounded 787 Dreamliner back to the skies, a U.S. government official told Reuters on Thursday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100617742</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100617742</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bitcoin Great for Narco-Dollar Traffickers: Pro</title><description><![CDATA[Digital currency bitcoin has seen a spike in interest, but it has divided opinion with analysts differing on whether it&#039;s an advancement in the monetary system or just a large ponzi scheme.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618934</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618934</guid> </item>  <item><title>Obama Offers Up Cuts to Social Security, Medicare</title><description><![CDATA[Obama will offer cuts to Social Security and other entitlement programs in a budget proposal, an official said.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618856</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618856</guid> </item>  <item><title>Wal-Mart's Food Fight: Betting on Data, Not Bodies</title><description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores is betting it can take on these labor-intensive categories by adding efficiency, not bodies.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618849</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618849</guid> </item>  <item><title>March Jobs Report Will Be Flat, Full of Excuses </title><description><![CDATA[The US is expected to have added fewer jobs in March than in February.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100617512</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100617512</guid> </item>  <item><title>Blackstone Is About to Change the Dell Dynamic</title><description><![CDATA[Blackstone will visit Dell to begin an in-depth analysis of the company, a sign the firm is proceeding with an offer that could upset founder Michael Dell&#039;s buyout bid.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100617899</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100617899</guid> </item>  <item><title>'I'm Guilty Too' of Common Investor Pitfall, Says Mobius</title><description><![CDATA[Investors are starting to &quot;wake-up to the reality&quot; that stocks are the only game in town, Templeton&#039;s Mark Mobius told CNBC.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618815</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618815</guid> </item>  <item><title>NYSE, Nasdaq Feud: I Had More IPOs! No, I Did!</title><description><![CDATA[Rivals NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group both claim that to have listed the most IPOs in the first quarter.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100618824</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100618824</guid> </item>  <item><title>Why Finland Leads World in Bitcoin Search Traffic</title><description><![CDATA[Interest in bitcoins has reached fever pitch around the world in the last month. 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