--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - March 24, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY -- Alcatel is in talks to buy smaller U.S. rival Lucent Technologies and create the world's largest telecoms equipment company with combined sales of $25.33 billion. Sources close to the matter said the new group would be incorporated and headquartered in France. An agreement could be announced as soon as next week, the sources said.
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