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To: Mark Palmberg who wrote (1950)	2/17/1999 3:23:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4298

Looks like it's a done deal presuming we get TCI shareholder approval... dailynews.yahoo.com Wednesday February 17 3:11 PM ET AT&T-TCI Merger Wins FCC Approval AP Photo By JEANNINE AVERSA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators agreed today to give AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T - news) permission to acquire cable giant TCI in a deal that could give consumers one-stop shopping - from local calling to high-speed Internet access - over cable TV lines. Federal Communications Commission officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the agency voted to clear the deal, which was valued at nearly $32 billion when it was announced in June. But the action isn't considered official and final until the commission publicly releases information on the order. It's not clear when that will be. Details weren't available, but the FCC officials said no major conditions were imposed on the merger. AT&T declined to comment until the FCC publicly releases information on its action. ...