Fortis bailout adds to markets' worries

Yesterday’s €11.2bn government bailout of Fortis Bank, the largest euro-zone bank rescue sinc the credit crunch began, is the starkest evidence yet that the region’s banking system is not immune to the problems which have recently hit the US and UK.

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