--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - March 06, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - A day after AT&T and BellSouth announced plans to merge through a $67 billion deal, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he's looking forward to reviewing "the applications expeditiously" that will be tied to the transaction. "The FCC's primary responsibility is to determine whether the proposed transaction is in the best interest of consumers. We will carefully weigh the information presented, examining any allegations of specific harm in individual markets and the potential benefits for the deployment of new services," he said in a statement.
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