US investment bank Bear Stearns said today it had been forced into a funding bail-out after a cash crisis for the business worsened in the past 24 hours.
In a move which raises the spectre of crisis-hit mortgage lender Northern Rock, the firm will access funds from fellow investment bank JP Morgan Chase and the US Federal Reserve for an initial period of up to 28 days.
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