Bharti revisits MTN merger with $4bn loan by StanChart

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Bharti revisits MTN merger with $4bn loan by StanChart

India’s Bharti Airtel has lined up a $4bn loan from Standard Chartered to support its potential $23bn merger with MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile phone company, in what could be the biggest debt facility for an Indian borrower since 2007.

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