<div>UPDATE 3-Britain's Thomas Cook scrambles for $250 mln to avert collapse</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* Oldest travel company has 600,000 customers on holidays (Adds detail, background)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=VA_cRmT36kc:DsGRCILe4Z0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=VA_cRmT36kc:DsGRCILe4Z0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=VA_cRmT36kc:DsGRCILe4Z0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=VA_cRmT36kc:DsGRCILe4Z0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=VA_cRmT36kc:DsGRCILe4Z0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/VA_cRmT36kc" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters