BarCap, Calyon and Lehman close to Reliance, MTN tie-up

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BarCap, Calyon and Lehman close to Reliance, MTN tie-up

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Barclays Capital, Calyon and Lehman Brothers are close to arranging the financing behind Reliance Communications’ takeover bid for MTN, Africa’s biggest mobile phone company, following the collapse of talks between MTN and Bharti Airtel.

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