I click into the article in alarm. This is the biggest news this week. Athereal Corporation is one of our biggest clients and central to our company’s success. There is no way that they are facing troubles! Especially not from the second most major real estate firm in the city. I continue to be in denial as the page loads the harrowing news.

”Athereal Corporation today find themselves in hot water - a real liquidity crunch after the bankruptcy of the second biggest real estate firm in the city. The company has declined to respond to interviews but we have managed to gather quite substantial intel based on anonymous sources.”

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”One source puts the company chance of surviving at a mere 3%. There is panic across every department of the company as they rush to restructure their financing for their major construction project. Years upon years of hard work and late nights are proving worthless. Is this the end for Athereal Corporation?”

The rest of the article is as negative if not more negative. I scan the rest of the page for more clues but cannot find any. Our major client! What are the chances.

As I look at the dried patch from my spilled coffee. I was reminded of the fact that I am in a major corporation who have very diversified sources of income and assets. Therefore we will likely be stable even if Athereal Corporation is to collapse tomorrow. In fact we will hardly notice the impact to our bottom line and future despite them being a major client. If any, a one percent exposure is the most likely outcome. I close the webpage as soon as my manager comes up behind me. That is too close for comfort.