<?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/19789731/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>U.S. Top News and Analysis</title><description><![CDATA[Top Business Stories from the U.S.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/19789731</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:17 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>South Africa Risks Downgrade; Rand Hits 4-Year Low</title><description><![CDATA[Further unrest in the South African mining sector has increased the chances of another credit rating downgrade, an analyst told CNBC on Monday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751113</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100751113</guid> </item>  <item><title>Monti: Italy Not Headed for Another Election</title><description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Mario Monti said he does not believe another Italian election will be called any time soon.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752588</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100752588</guid> </item>  <item><title>What Most Entrepreneurs Get Wrong</title><description><![CDATA[Some of Asia&#039;s most successful entrepreneurs confess to their most common mistakes.
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Rail Commuters Told to Stay Home</title><description><![CDATA[Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said commuters should stay home if possible following a collision of two trains.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751624</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100751624</guid> </item>  <item><title>United 787 Makes Uneventful Return </title><description><![CDATA[After four months of being grounded, Boeing&#039;s 787 Dreamliners are back in the sky.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751707</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100751707</guid> </item>  <item><title>GrubHub, Seamless Will Merge</title><description><![CDATA[Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub will combine and form a new company.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751513</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100751513</guid> </item>  <item><title>End 'Too Big to Fail': Fisher vs. Gregg</title><description><![CDATA[Dallas Fed&#039;s Richard Fisher and former Sen. Judd Gregg rail against &#039;too big to fail&#039; but differ on how to end it.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751144</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100751144</guid> </item>  <item><title>Hockey's Power Play in Shortened Season</title><description><![CDATA[Despite the shortened season, hockey is at the top of its game, says NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751280</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100751280</guid> </item>  <item><title>US Oil Boom a Shock Absorber From Dollar</title><description><![CDATA[The energy boom in the world&#039;s largest economy is providing a shock absorber of sorts for major oil companies.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100736360</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100736360</guid> </item>  <item><title>After Raid, Jittery Future for Bitcoin</title><description><![CDATA[After the authorities seized assets of the largest bitcoin exchange, traders are looking nervously at the future.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750803</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750803</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bryan Shaw Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud</title><description><![CDATA[The former KPMG partner is charged with receiving confidential trading tips, reports CNBC&#039;s Jane Wells.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169809</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100751221</guid> </item>  <item><title>Europe Is 'Searching for Scapegoats'</title><description><![CDATA[Nationalist and isolationist movements will increasingly come to the forefront in Western nations, according to HSBC&#039;s chief economist, Stephen King, in his latest book.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750705</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750705</guid> </item>  <item><title>Market and Economy: What the Fed Misses</title><description><![CDATA[The Fed faces the reality that its policies have been less effective at growing the economy than levitating stocks.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750350</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750350</guid> </item>  <item><title>Cramer: The Tumblr Acquisition 'Works'</title><description><![CDATA[Cramer said the Tumblr acquisition &#039;works&#039; 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Are you at risk of a data breach?]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100739585</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100739585</guid> </item>  <item><title>Rumors Spark Brazil Bank Run</title><description><![CDATA[Rumors that Brazil&#039;s social security fund called Bolsa Familia was to be cancelled led to a bank run over the weekend.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750288</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750288</guid> </item>  <item><title>Actavis to Buy Warner Chilcott</title><description><![CDATA[Generic drugmaker Actavis will buy Warner Chilcott in a stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750001</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750001</guid> </item>  <item><title>Consumer Spending to Pick Up: Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, according to a survey of business economists.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100749990</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100749990</guid> </item>  <item><title>QE Halt 'Too Violent' for Market: Fed's Fisher</title><description><![CDATA[The Fed should not go from &quot;wild turkey&quot; monetary policy to &quot;cold turkey&quot; overnight, the Dallas Fed president said Monday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100749826</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100749826</guid> </item>  <item><title>Chinese Hack Attacks Are Back: Report</title><description><![CDATA[Hackers working for China&#039;s army appear to have resumed their attacks on U.S. companies. 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