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<LEGEND>
Note: This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted from the
Form 10-Q for the Quarter  Ended June 30, 1999 and is  qualified in its entirety
by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>              OUTSOURCING SOLUTIONS INC.
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