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The story goes that, before he left India, liquor baron Vijay Mallya had a meeting with a lender from a consortium of banks. As they sat in an office with large glass windows, Mallya explained he was behind on his payments because his airline had been struggling and said he would make good in due course. The banker listened carefully, paused, and then pointed to the street below. “That car you came here in, that is your interest payment for a month,” he said. Parked below was a Mercedes-Benz Maybach — a beast Mallya clearly wasn’t about to sell.
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