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Baptism of fire for new WorldCom chief

New WorldCom head John Sidgmore faces a daunting task: restoring Wall Street and rank-and-file faith in a struggling telecoms giant with more than £17bn in debt Read more

1 May, 2002 by John Borland

WorldCom chief quits

Bernard J. Ebbers will leave the US telecommunications giant amid plummeting fortunes on Wall Street and a regulatory probe, according to reports Read more

30 April, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

WorldCom confident MCI deal will go through

...71 billion. That was the half-joking assertion of a supremely confident Bernard Ebbers, the rapier-wit president and chief executive officer of WorldCom, who... Read more

2 October, 1997 by Randy Whitestone

Worldcom new boy tucks in to 'total restructuring'

...total restructuring of the company to get it back on its feet. Bernard Ebbers, CEO of Worldcom until last Monday morning, resigned amid mounting pressure... Read more

1 May, 2002 by Suzanna Kerridge

WorldCom CEO ousted by the board

Ebbers trips over the fine line between jumping and being pushed... Bernard Ebbers, CEO of Worldcom, has resigned following intense pressure from fellow board... Read more

30 April, 2002 by Suzanna Kerridge

New telcos beat chests over broadband access

...the network. Executives from some of world's most powerful telcos - including Bernard Ebbers, CEO of Worldcom and David Wickham, head of Energis - have presented... Read more

21 November, 2001 by Julian Goldsmith

Larry Ellison loses $27bn

...along the way. Other notables to slip out of the listing include Bernard Ebbers, CEO of WorldCom and MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor. David Wetherall, founder... Read more

28 September, 2001 by Kate Hanaghan

Mighty Microsoft turns for the worse and Sprint falls foul of the law

...the merger and cashing in soon after. The accused include industry heavyweights Bernard Ebbers, head of Worldcom, William Esrey, chief of Sprint, and board members... Read more

15 December, 2000 by Deborah Schofield

Quotes of the Week, Sept 29-Oct 3

...to see this through. This is not a joking matter." -- WorldCom boss Bernard Ebbers on the hostile bid to snatch away MCI. "Intel had been... Read more

3 October, 1997 by Martin Veitch

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