"Policies banning cell phone use while driving make sense as companies strive to improve employee safety and stay profitable." The majority of survey respondents represented manufacturing, ...

American Telephone and Telegraph ... which focused on basic research to improve phone technology. With control of phone service, phone manufacturing, and research, AT&T now had a solid monopoly.

The sale is part of a nonbinding agreement between the two companies that is anticipated ... "We believe we have the right cell and manufacturing capabilities in place to grow with the EV market ...