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Excerpt: Cold Steel

By Tim Bouquet & Byron Ousey

Published: September 22 2008 10:38 | Last updated: September 22 2008 10:38

Lakshmi Mittal sat, Aditya at his side, taking one last look at a series of bullet points on a piece of paper. In front of him was the phone. This was to be one of the most important calls of his life. He felt calm. He was certain that what he was doing was absolutely right. ‘Good luck,’ Aditya said as his father buttoned out the number: 00 33...

Five hours behind, Guy Dollé was in the Lufthansa businessclass departure lounge at Terminal 1 of Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport when his mobile rang. He fished it out of his pocket and looked at it quizzically. He didn’t recognise the number.

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