£40,000 debt of the average family - 2004-02-03
Personal debt is set to touch the trillion pound mark by this summer, leading to warnings we are on the edge of a financial meltdown as a nation.

According to new figures published by the Bank of England, the average household now owes around £40,000 through mortgage debt, credit cards and personal loans. Overall, British households now owe more than £934bn to banks and credit providers
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Columbia shares lower amid changes - 2004-02-03
Shares of Columbia Bancorp continued to drop from a one-year high last month as the banking company declared management changes and modest gains for 2003.

The company attributed the declining fourth quarter to a sale of a building in the similar quarter the previous year and a drop in mortgage refinancing activity that has affected banks nationwide.
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