WorldCom

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The paper relates that WorldCom has suffered tremendously as a result of the company's illegal disclosure and accounting practices. The paper looks at WorldCom now, as a subsidiary of Verizon and its specific focus on land-line services. The paper notes the three strategic problems that impact WorldCom's long-term decision-making process.

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"WorldCom, up until its bankruptcy and financial scandal in 2003, was the world's second long distance telephone company. Its growth strategy during the 1990s was primarily to acquire other telecommunications companies such as MCI communications. However, the company free-fell after the discovery that it was involved in one of the biggest financial scandals of the American history, with the worst financial collapse of any American company in the wake of Enron. The bankruptcy of WorldCom in the wake of accounting scandals was symptomatic of internet excess during the era of the technology bubble. It was eventually sold to Verizon in 2006 for 7.6 billion dollars."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Lawson, Stephen. "Verizon and MCI close merger", InfoWorld, January 06, 2006.
• Lynne W. Jeter (2003). Disconnected: Deceit and Betrayal at WorldCom. Wiley

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