Short Take: AT&T calls shareholder meeting

By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News

AT&T said today it would hold a special shareholders meeting to vote on the company's merger with Tele-Communications Incorporated. The meeting is scheduled for February 17, in Secaucus, New Jersey. The merger agreement, valued at some $48 billion, has yet to be approved by federal regulators.

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