Posted AT 3:36 AM EST on 22/08/08
Dressed to embarrass
MADRID — If more confirmation were needed of the funereal state of Spain's economy, it can be found in the shape of The Debt Collector in Top Hat and Tails.That's a translation into English of "El Cobrador del Frac," the name of a company that specializes in sending out men dressed like extras from a 1930s Fred Astaire movie to humiliate debtors into paying up. Its business is booming.
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