Posted AT 8:07 PM EST on 04/07/08
Red-eyed negotiations sealed deal
BOYD ERMAN and SINCLAIR STEWART AND JACQUIE MCNISH
Globe and Mail Update
An emissary from one of BCE Inc.'s suitors walked into a Toronto boardroom almost two weeks ago and gave the phone company's directors an ultimatum that would make or break the $35-billion deal to sell to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
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