Friend, In its NEWS IN BRIEF summary, 11 22 95 Financial Times reports: BRUSSELS/LONDON - SELLING - A ban on telephone "cold calling" throughout the European Union was on Tuesday approved by Euro-MPs, to the consternation of direct mar- keting and distance selling organisations. In a move de- signed to spare people from what MEPs consider to be ir- ritating telephone calls, a key parliamentary committee voted to make prior consent from consumers obligatory before a seller can approach them by telephone. The proposed ban also applies to communications by e- mail, raising fears among publishing organisations that the development of the information society in Europe could be damaged. Ban fear, for we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Cordially, Jim NOTE. The URL of one Financial Times Group website is: http://www.usa.ft.com