UPDATE 3-British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, stranding hundreds of thousands <!-- no image --> <div>* CEO: I apologise (Adds details on stranded customers, Fosun quote, background)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=fbHMHQvIXHA:pumb83IUq3k: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=fbHMHQvIXHA:pumb83IUq3k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=fbHMHQvIXHA:pumb83IUq3k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=fbHMHQvIXHA:pumb83IUq3k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=fbHMHQvIXHA:pumb83IUq3k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/fbHMHQvIXHA" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters