NPR's Jim Zarolli reports on the merger between Nynex and Bell Atlantic. which will be the second largest phone company in the U.S. With a stock market value of $51 billion, more than 127,000 employees and 38 million customers, the company would dominate the market on the Eastern seaboard. The deal comes on the heels of a merger of two other so-called "Baby Bells," Pacific Telesis and SBC Communications.
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