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Looking to cut back your monthly costs, choosing a credit card with a low interest may be a good start. Here are 3 credit cards with an APR lower than 10%.

We all know that money spent on credit card interest charges is money wasted, so it’s important to find a card with the lowest rate possible. While credit may not be as free and easy as it was a couple of years ago, shopping around may still mean you can find a good deal with some credit card issuers offering APRs below the 10% figure.

If you are looking for low cost credit cards here are three of the bests with interest charges below 10% at the time of writing:

Sainsbury’s Low Rate Credit Card 6.9% APR – If looking for a really low rate, forget the bank and try the supermarket. Sains

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Brazil imported US$3.1bn of chemical products in January 2012, 16.1% more than in the same month last year, national chemical industry association Abiquim reported.

Exports in the month were up 6.4% year-on-year to US$1.1bn; however, when compared with December 2011, exports fell 11.5% and imports dropped 12.4%.

The trade deficit in chemicals amounted to US$26.9bn over the last 12 months, the report said.

In volume terms, imports of chemical products in January slipped 4.7% year-on-year to 2.5Mt, while export volumes grew 10.3% to 1Mt.

Thermoplastic resins were the most exported chemical product last month, with sales climbing 21.4% from January 2011 to US$201mn and volumes up 28.2% to 139,000t, according to Abiquim.

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Lloyds syndicate Travelers has announced the release of its Lloyds event cancellation cover by offering it to regional brokers.

The product, which is uniquely calculated to each individual case, is designed for businesses staging events such as annual general meetings, conferences, trade shows and corporate entertainment.

The cover was developed after the syndicate saw increasing demand for their product from around the country.

Alex Clegg, Product Manager, Media & Entertainment at Travelers commented, “Although this cover has been available through our syndicate for a couple of years now, we have seen a growing demand from non-Lloyd’s brokers and regional brokers,”

“By launching a bespoke version of our product through our insurance company operation, we are making our products more accessible for these brokers and moving forward the company’s goal of offering a broader range of products to our broker partners and customers.”

Travelers began writing event cancellation cover through its Lloyd’s syndicate in 2009. The maximum l

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Sure, maybe you can find people to help you with certain aspects, but we always like to do as much as possible ourselves. One thing about our approach is that we prefer to learn what we need to know so there is not any kind of need for anyone else.

Nevertheless we are very pleased to assist you with the following article, and we know it has been helpful to very many people.

Nothing more could be asked from anybody when it comes to what is possible or should be done.

There are many people who need help repairing their credit for a variety of reasons. Use this advice to help you get better credit, no matter how bad it may seem now.

To start, you should get a copy of your credit report so that you can discover your credit score.

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Verdict: The advantages to the Members 1^st Visa Platinum card are clear: no annual fee, no cost for balance transfers and a variable rate as low as 8.25%. With two versions of the card, including a rewards version that earns the cardholder their choice of cash back or points, it’s unfortunate that there are a few major drawbacks that make the card hard to recommend. The cash back system is tiered, so purchases under $1,000 earn only 0.25%. Spending must be over $3,000 to earn the standard 1% cash back that most rewards cards offer on all purchases. T

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Mexico’s energy regulator CRE may tender new transmission infrastructure required for wind development in Baja California and Tamaulipas states through a trust to speed up construction, the watchdog’s commissioner Francisco Josй Barnйs de Castro told BNamericas.

“This is the first time we would do this, and we are now exploring the exact legal instruments for how to do it without [state power company] CFE being directly involved,” said Barnйs.

The trust would manage the collective resources of the private companies that are awarded transmission capacity under CRE’s open season tenders. The trust’s technical committee would tender for the transmission works.

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Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance or other book of interest. Also available is a complete list of the hundreds of book reviews that have appeared on The Simple Dollar over the years.

I’ve had the blog Money Saving Mom bookmarked for years. In fact, it’s been a permanent mainstay on the list of 25 blogs I recommend that appears on every page of The Simple Dollar. The blog has a nice mix of couponing content paired with other articles on frugal living.

Unsurprisingly, I was glad when I heard that Crystal Paine (the woman behind Money Saving Mom) had written a personal finance book. Her

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