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NorthernSun

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Sun Jul-16-06 01:01 AM
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Phone Mergers Face Review

Competition Is Issue; Judge Seeks Papers In AT&T, Verizon Deals
July 15, 2006
By BRUCE MEYERSON, Associated Press

NEW YORK -- A federal judge said Friday that he wants to examine internal FCC documents regarding two large recent telephone company mergers to see whether the Justice Department protected market competition in approving the buyouts.

http://www.courant.com/business/hc-phonemergers0715.artjul15,0,3922081.story?coll=hc-headlines-business

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w4rma

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Sun Jul-16-06 01:46 AM
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1. AT&T and Verizon are merging now? WTF? (nt)

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Mon Jul-17-06 08:44 AM
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2. Now THAT Would be Something

But what the article meant was the merger of SBC with AT&T and also the merger of Verizon with MCI.

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