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Without a rescue, the UK's largest water utility will collapse into a government supervised administration process by early next year.

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Just look at Wonga, the British payday loan company that collapsed into administration in 2018 after being accused of predatory lending for years.

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Real estate woes have hit the Chinese economy heavily since then and debt struggles have led to the collapse of major market players such as Evergrande.

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In the plant's offices, walls lay collapsed and a large Soviet mosaic that once adorned the hall has been shattered across the floor.

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Earlier that day, markets analyst Edwin Dorsey published a report External link warning Pheton was likely “being manipulated by overseas stock manipulation groups and is at risk of a near-term, severe stock collapse.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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