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Minding Your Money

Ice Cream Shop

An ice cream store gets a makeover and reopens in Taunton.

Elderly Personal Finances

NBC 10's Mario Hilario reports.

Success Story

Eric Shorr started his company, P.C. Troubleshooters, years ago.

Living On Less

For one Burrillville family, a job loss, leads them to saving hundreds per month by making simple changes.

You Tube Resume

A Florida boy makes a touching video to help his father find a job.

Living On Less

Check out how some Rhode Islanders are living on less.

Workshare

A state program can keep people employed rather than face layoffs.

Unemployment Rate

Rhode Island's jobless rate inches up slightly.

Great Depression - Looking Back

A look back during times of crisis.

Great Depression - Food

Sam Barnhill remembers sharing food with the entire farming community.

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Turn To 10

Turn To 10 reports on consumer, financial issues.

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Going Green

Your money can travel further. We'll show you how.

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Home Heating

Find out how you can lower your heating bill.

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Coping

Rising costs have forced us how we live, eat and work.

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Mass. window and door factory closes

Fall River restaurant auctions property

Wet weather puts damper on economy

Consumers share credit-card nightmares

Success Story: Narragansett Reproductions

Talk Back To 10

Is your business thriving in this tough economy? Share your keys to success.

How are you living on less? Share your story.

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Rhode Island Current Conditions Index

EPA: Mercury-containing light bulb recycling

Financial Interactives

Consumer confidence is low, and Wall Street is in a state of flux. Find out how the recent economic crisis started and how it's having an impact over the world.

Financial Crisis: A timeline chronicles the current financial crisis.

Wall Street Meltdown: Take a look at the reshaping the financial landscape.

Global Impact: The global impact of the financial crisis.

Financial Crises: From the Depression to today.

The Great Depression

Black Thursday: October 24, 1929, when 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicked investors. The following Tuesday, the stock market collapsed completely.

Banks: Between 1929 and 1934, 9,812 banks collapsed; the worst year was 1933 when 4,000 banks suspended operations.

Dow Jones: The average high in the decade of the 1920s was 100; the low was 67. On July 8, 1932, the market dropped to 41.22. Stock market fell 80 percent between 1930 and 1933.

Average Annual Earnings: In the 1920s, the average was $1,236; in the 1930s, it was $1,368. Wages fell 42.5 percent between 1929 and 1933.

Unemployment: In 1929, the jobless rate was 3.2%; it peaked at 24.9% in 1993, when 11.4 million people were out of work. The rate was 17.2% in 1939.

Food Spending: Americans spent $19.5 billion on food in 1929; the figure fell to $11.5 billion in 1933.

The New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs included the Works Progress Administration, which gave jobs to thousands of unemployed in everything from construction to the arts.

Social Security: President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935, assuring retired workers age 65 and older of a steady income.