CNN Money & Main Street

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Times are tough; tougher than most Americans have witnessed in their lifetimes. People are losing their jobs, watching their homes fall into foreclosure and seeing their savings disappear.

But in small towns and big cities across the country, Americans are fighting back by starting a new business because the old one shut down; by finding a way to pay the mortgage and stay in their homes, and by rebuilding their communities to save them from becoming economic statistics.

Anderson Cooper, Ali Velshi and a panel of financial experts will explore how the country is picking up the pieces, moving on and moving ahead in the next CNN Money Summit: Money and Main Street, airing Thursday night at 8p.m. ET.

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