AT&T's new connection;Phone company to offer local service in NY state; Bell may also benefit.(includes numerous brief articles)

Crain's New York Business, December, 1999 by news, bloomberg

AT&T Corp. will begin offering local residential telephone service throughout New York state as part of a package of services. The plan, called AT&T Local One Rate, will provide consumers with local service plus the phone giant's 7-cents-a-minute long-distance plan for $24.90 a month in New York City.

By providing competition in the local market, AT&T may also help bolster Bell Atlantic Corp.'s case at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, where it has applied to become the first large regional phone company to offer long-distance service. CITIBANK CHIEF Citigroup Inc. named Marge Magner, the head of its consumer finance arm, to take over Citibank in North America and Primerica Financial Services. She replaces Joseph Plumeri, who is retiring at the end...