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Nicky Smith and Vernon Wessels / Bloomberg 01:15 AM | November 02,2009
MTN, with operations in 21 countries from South Africa and Nigeria to Iran and Afghanistan, disengaged from four months of merger talks with Bharti on 30 September
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Siddharth Zarabi / CNBC-TV18 11:20 PM | October 06,2009
People know that Bharti Airtel is keen to be in Africa, emerging markets, said Sunil Mittal, chairman and managing director of Bharti Airtel Ltd
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Reuters 11:14 AM | October 06,2009
Bharti and South Africa’s MTN called off talks to seal a $24 billion tie-up last Wednesday, the second time the a proposed deal between the two had collapsed in just over a year
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Utpal Bhaskar 10:19 PM | October 05,2009
For a $1 bn mining firm, the utility will have to spend close to $500 mn more for washeries to process the coal
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Samanth Subramanian 11:47 PM | October 01,2009
Those who continue to champion Gandhian economics insist that his ideas bear relevance even--or especially--today, some compromises to the modern era notwithstanding
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Ravi Krishnan 10:00 PM | October 01,2009
Stock rose to highest level in more than four months as deal was called off; analysts see limited upside
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PTI 02:55 PM | October 01,2009
Vestec MD Paul Therombie, a strong supporter of the deal, expressed disappointment that discussions had ended
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Shauvik Ghosh 12:23 AM | October 01,2009
South Africa rejects merger; big setback to Sunil Mittal firm’s ambition of becoming global telecom force
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11:50 PM | September 30,2009
South Africa was right to demand a dual listing for the companies in India and South Africa
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Devidutta Tripathy and Gugulakhe Lourie / Reuters 05:56 PM | September 30,2009
Treasury to issue statement on deal; talks seen extended, but transaction may be ditched; merger faces increased political, regulatory scrutiny
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Reuters 11:53 AM | September 30,2009
Talks seen extended, but deal may be ditched; talks extended twice since end-July deadline expired; merger faces increased political, regulatory scrutiny
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Reuters 06:39 PM | September 29,2009
Bharti and MTN have extended the deadline for their exclusive talks twice, and the latest extension ends on Wednesday
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Reuters 03:48 PM | September 29,2009
Bharti and MTN had revived merger talks in May, a year after previous talks broke down over who would control a merged entity
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AFP 11:54 AM | September 29,2009
The deadline for the discussions, which have already been extended twice since talks began in May, expires on Wednesday
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AFP 03:09 PM | September 27,2009
The latest deadline set by Bharti Airtel, owned by tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal, and MTN to wrap up exclusive talks to create the world’s third-largest mobile phone operator by subscribers expires Wednesday
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