TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Hughes’ Armstrong Seen as Top Contender for AT&T; Job: C. Michael Armstrong, the chairman and chief executive of Hughes Electronics Corp., is the leading candidate for the job of AT&T; Corp. president, the New York Times reported in today’s editions. The new president is likely to be the eventual successor to Chairman Robert E. Allen. The announcement could come as early as Wednesday, after AT&T;’s board is expected to make a decision at a regularly scheduled meeting, the paper said. Armstrong told the Times that he had not been offered the job, but he declined to comment on whether he was in discussions. W. James McNerney Jr., chief executive of General Electric’s GE Lighting subsidiary, and William T. Esry, chairman of Sprint Corp., are also said to be serious prospects.