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Anna Wood, a policy manager for Breast Cancer Care, said the rise in single mothers meant that many with small children and no financial protection were distraught when diagnosed. She said: "It is all very difficult, because many of these women are very young, and have never thought about breast cancer for a moment. But if they are on their own and they are diagnosed, their first thought is their children, and what will happen to them, particularly if they can't leave them provided for financially.

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Purchases qualify for how much credit is complicated, though.In most cases, taxpayers must rely on manufacturers to certify that theirproducts meet the energy-saving standards that qualify them for the credit.Time is a factor in determining the credits, as well. Many types of homeenergy-saving improvements only qualify for the credits during 2006 and 2007.A hybrid car qualifies for a full credit only until the manufacturer has sold60,000 qualifying vehicles -- then the credit phases out. On October 1, thecredits for Toyota Prius, Highlander and Camry hybrids plus the Lexus hybridwere cut in half.

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However, before you call one of those phone numbers broadcast on late-night television promising to help you wipe out credit card debts. Often they're pitching a home-equity loan that you would use to pay off the credit card debt, which carries an annual interest rate of around 20 percent, with tax-deductible home-equity debt at close to the prime rate, recently 8.25 percent. That can be a sound money-management practice, but with one big drawback: You're putting your home at risk to pay off what had been unsecured credit card debt. If you fall behind on the home-equity loan, you could lose your home to foreclosure. Credit counselors sometimes will recommend the strategy, but they warn that it's dangerous unless the consumer has revamped the household budget to bring down spending and forswears running up the credit card balances again.

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More consumers need to get credit counseling now, so those in distress can get the help they need, and those who aren't sure of their stability can get the information and guidance they need to feel confident in their financial future," said Steve Bartlett, president and CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable. "We are at a critical juncture of examining the bankruptcy law's effect, which involves gathering a sense of how many people felt they were in situations where they needed to consider bankruptcy or file outright, as well as if Americans know or take advantage of resources available to them like credit counseling."

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Reimbursement streamlines letter-of-credit (LC) transactions processed in U.S. dollars or Euros between banks that deal in different currencies and between banks that do not have an account relationship.Export letters of credit protect against nonpayment by overseas and domestic customers. JPMorgan Chase Vastera will receive the LC on your behalf and verify its authenticity. Standby LCs substitute Chase's name on the exporter's behalf to assure the counterparty of one's ability to meet the financial commitment of a domestic or international business transaction. Export working capital loan allows export-related accounts receivable and inventory to become loan collateral to support foreign purchase orders. Chase Trade Channel serves as an Internet portal and single point of access to Web-enabled trade applications and processes, including trade information retrieval and transaction initiation, trade document preparation and purchase order management.

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