ADVISORY/20 Billion Pounds Sterling in the Red: UK Consumers Warned About the Dangers of Debt.Lifestyle Editors, Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. NOTE TO EDITORS: MULTIMEDIA ASSETS AVAILABLE WITH THIS STORY INCLUDE Video, Corporate Logo, Text --(BUSINESS WIRE) Britons borrow hundreds of millions of pounds each year - much of it on credit cards - and the temptation Temptation Terror (See HORROR.) apple as fruit of the tree of knowledge in Eden, has come to epitomize temptation. [O.T.: Genesis 3:1–7; Br. Lit. to spend is never greater than at Christmas Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks after Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany (Jan. 6). . Today a major campaign will be launched nationally by The Office of Fair Trading The Office of Fair Trading or OFT is a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforces both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the UK's economic regulator. warning people of the dangers of debt and signposting sources of advice for those already experiencing problems. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1552 This multimedia news story is for free and unrestricted use on your news or information site (and for print or broadcast too). Visit http://www.newstream.com to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. video, audio, text, graphics, and photos. If you have any questions about the story, or about Newstream.com, please write to us at info@newstream.com. |
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