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Red-eyed negotiations sealed deal

BOYD ERMAN and SINCLAIR STEWART AND JACQUIE MCNISH

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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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