In 1880, Sir Joshua Waddilove, a Victorian philanthropist, founded Provident Financial to provide affordable loans to working-class families in and around Bradford, in northern England. This month his company, now one of Britain’s leading providers of "home credit"— small, short-term, unsecured loans—began the nationwide rollout of Vanquis, a credit card aimed at people that mainstream lenders shun. The card offers up to ￡ 200 ($ 380) of credit, at a price: for the riskiest customers, the annual interest rate will be 69%.
Provident says that the typical interest rate is closer to 50% and that it charges no fees for late payments or breaching credit limits. Still, that is triple the rate on regular credit cards and far above the 30% charged by store cards. And the Vanquis card is being launched just when Britain’s politicians and media are full of worry about soaring consumer debt. Last month, a man took his own life after running up debts
A. the failure of credit card providers is caused by the bursting of technology bubble
B. the politicians and the media play a negative part in promoting credit industry
C. higher national interest rate increases sub-prime lenders’ risks of not being repaid
D. credit industry has a better chance of development when the economy slows down
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art works about American life are showing now. All the works are from Chinese
who live in America. They use their brushes and pencils to draw what they have
seen and experienced in America. All the works are spoken very high, and some of
them have won prizes in International matches. Time: 8:00 a.m.～8:00 p.m., the first week of July. Place: International Exhibition Center Telephone: 67937284 Australian dance: The Australian Dance Company, one of the best dance group in the world, is going to give shows in five cities around China: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Nanjing. The names of their show are "Search for the Sun" and "The Dance of Sea" The dancers are all famous ones, for example, Patricia Ella, first of the Australian dancing match, Louis Jackson and Lily Wang. [单选题]灭火器“MFT50”中的“T”指的是( )
A.手提式 B.推车式 C.舟车式 D.二氧化碳 [单选题]编制建设预算时，工程量的计算应根据定额所规的工程量计算规则，按照设计图纸标示数据计算。如果图纸的设备材料汇总统计表中的数据与图示数据不一致时，应以（）为准。
A.设备材料汇总统计表 B.自行计算 C.图示数据 D.标准图集 [单选题] 智慧售电主要是整合负荷和储能资源，开展集合电量交易。（ ）
A. 正确 B. 错误 [单项选择]按地面生成墙面时，（）时候不生成墙面。
A. 直墙面 B. 弧墙面 C. 当有与其它地面相接的边 D. 当没有与其他地面想接的边 我来回答: 提交
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