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The United States Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit, that helps low and medium - income individuals and couples, primarily for those who have qualifying children. 

IUnknown as an interface of a COM object. Every COM object has to support IUnknown, besides optionally adding other interfaces.

IUnknown is made of QueryInterface, AddRef and Release.

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a relatively new phenomenon and are gaining popularity rapidly. This post outlines the key features of an ETF.

ETFs are like mutual funds because they hold an underlying asset like stocks, debt, commodities future contracts etc. If you are new to the concept of an ETF, think of it as a mutual fund, and build your understanding from thereon. An example of an ETF is the SBI Gold ETF, which holds physical gold as its underlying asset.

Advantages of 3G:

- Overcrowding is relieved in existing systems with radio spectrum
- Bandwidth, security and reliability are more
- Provides interoperability among service providers
- Availability of fixed and variable rates
- Support to devices with backward compatibility with existing networks
- Always online devices – 3G uses IP connectivity which is packet based
- Rich multi media services are available

Disadvantages of 3G:

- The cost of cellular infrastructure , upgrading base stations is very high
- Needs different handsets.
- Roaming and data/voice work together has not yet been implemented
- Power consumption is high
- Requires closer base stations and are expensive
- Spectrum-license costs, network deployment costs and handset subsidies subscribers are tremendous.

It refers to the possibility for an investor to experience  losses due to  factors that affect the overall performance of the financial markets. Market risk cannot be eliminated through diversification, though it can be hedged against. The sources of market risk include natural disasters, recessions, political turmoil, changes in interest rates and terrorist attacks.