MARTIN SAYS TALKS CONTINUE ON AT&T-BELLSOUTH MERGER

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Talks continue on the AT&T-BellSouth merger, but chances are slim for a 2006 approval, with commissioners leaving for the holidays, Chmn. Kevin Martin said Wed. 揑 still think it could get done early next year,?Martin said, acknowledging he has no magic answers for concluding the talks successfully. 揟he commissioners have tried very hard and there was already something on the agenda several times,?but, he said: 揑 think they抣l continue to work through it.?nnMartin is ready for questions from the new Democrat-run Congress, including a stream of 揇ingellgrams?from House Commerce Committee-designate Chmn. John Dingell, he said. 揑t may very well be that I get a lot more questions,?Martin said: 揑n the past I抳e gotten a lot of questions from Republican members both in the House and Senate as well. It may be that I get even more questions, and if we do we抣l spend the time necessary to respond to them.?/font>