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Cash-strapped consumers looking to keep a lid on holiday spending in 2009 will catch a break for Thanksgiving because the cost of turkey and the fixings for the traditional meal should be about the same, or less, than in 2008, according to food industry members.
Slightly higher heating prices likely this winter
Federal data predicts it will cost Rhode Islanders who use oil heat $1,547 this winter, $1,222 for those who use natural gas and $1,088 for those who use electric heat. Those figures are based on a 2,000-square-foot house with a thermostat constantly set at 68 degrees.
R.I. gasoline prices drop for second week
More Americans to use cash, debit cards for holidays
Vet returns to fight another battle: Rhode Island sales tax
R.I. economic report cites cost of Medicaid, fire protection
Property tax in R.I. near the highest
RIPEC: State tax burden 15th highest
PUC won't ease rules for R.I. customers who are shut off
Realtors hopeful as R.I. housing market shows signs of life
Plan for supermarket in Cranston moves ahead
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Neil Downing: Big changes affect estate planning in Rhode Island
If you're doing some estate planning -- for yourself or a loved one -- be aware of a big change coming for Rhode Island's estate tax. At issue is a tax that applies to your "estate," which generally means the value of real estate, investments and certain other assets you leave behind upon your death. Under current law, your estate escapes Rhode Island's estate tax -- also known as the death tax -- if its overall value is $675,000 or less.
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Explaining the big changes in federal deposit insurance
Is the bank bailout a good idea?
Comparing current financial crisis to S&L crisis
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Michelle Singletary on personal finance
Tense days at home for parents, adult children
Yes, I think the financial well-being of your children should always be your business, whether they are living with you or on their own. I know I'll be advising my children about financial issues even when it moves from my full-time to part-time job.
This helpful book translates finance advice -- in dollars or dinero
Every month, I search for those books I find useful or unique. For this month's Color of Money Book Club pick, I'm recommending a book that literally translates the language of money.
Debt collection reform is necessary now
Students may have to stay home to study
Don't ignore open enrollment choices
It still makes sense to invest in a 401(k)
Rate increases wear down cardholders
Burden of college debt crushes too many
Longtime joblessness takes a heavy toll
A financial adviser cries out, 'Enough'
Questions about whether to save, spend
Watch out for fake checks, cloned cars
Shining light on target date retirement funds
Federal 'Cash for Clunkers' program has its faults
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Search the corporations database at the Rhode Island Secretary of State's Office
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Rhode Island
Product recalls from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Saving around the home
How to shop organic and keep your budget whole
Gail Ciampa: You can eat out and stay in your budget
