Travel firm Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy Monday after being unable to raise emergency funds. The downfall of the 178-year-old firm put 9,000 staff in the United Kingdom out of work and left 150,000 British holidaymakers stuck overseas.

Travel firm Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy Monday after being unable to raise emergency funds. The downfall of the 178-year-old firm put 9,000 staff in the United Kingdom out of work and left 150,000 British holidaymakers stuck overseas.
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