--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - January 13, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY -- Standard & Poor's lowered its debt rating for Verizon Communications and placed AT&T and BellSouth on CreditWatch for possible downgrade, citing an accelerating loss of customers to rival services from cable TV providers. S&P also said it was placing the debt of Cingular Wireless - jointly owned by AT&T and BellSouth - as well as CenturyTel and Verizon's majority-owned Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico on CreditWatch for possible downgrade as well.
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