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The Motley Fool
February 22, 2005
Philip Durell |
How You Can Profit from Bankruptcy Investors have earned over 50% in six months on bankruptcy survivor MCI. Here's how.   |
CFO
February 2008
Katz & Homer |
WorldCom Whistle-blower Cynthia Cooper What Cynthia Cooper was feeling and thinking as she took the steps that, as it turned out, would change Corporate America. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2005
Erin Joyce |
Ebbers' Fraud Trial Under Way Defense for former CEO of failed WorldCom seeks to point finger at others in accounting fraud trial. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2005
Tim Gray |
WorldCom Execs Face Sentencing Former execs learn how much time they will serve for their roles in the telecom's massive fraud. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2005
Tim Gray |
Ebbers Found Guilty Bernard Ebbers, former WorldCom CEO, is found guilty on fraud charges in connection with accounting scandal behind the collapse of Worldcom. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Report: WorldCom Class-Action Accord Near Former directors said to settle a suit stemming from accounting fraud for a total of $54 million. |
InternetNews
February 7, 2005
Tim Gray |
Former WorldCom Exec Details Accounting Fraud During ongoing fraud trial, Scott Sullivan tells jurors that ex-CEO Bernard Ebbers encouraged him to cook the books at the telecom. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Will WorldCom Rise Again? Is there any hope for WorldCom? The erstwhile telecommunications darling of Wall Street money managers seems to have lost its footing... |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Bill Mann |
WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders WorldCom's CFO finally gives up the goods on the top man in an $11 billion fraud case. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Charles Haddad |
MCI's Expert Repairman Has A Tough Assignment Michael Capellas has the credentials to save the former WorldCom, but this game may be unwinnable. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
CFO
April 1, 2007
Roy Harris |
Say Again? An explosion in accounting errors -- in part reflecting the difficulties of today's complex rules -- has forced nearly a quarter of U.S. companies to learn the art of the restatement. |
InternetNews
February 8, 2005
Tim Gray |
Sullivan: Two Sets of Books to 'Hit The Numbers' Prosecutors continue to hammer away at former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers' fraud trial with testimony from finance chief Scott Sullivan. |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
Rosenbush & Haddad |
Commentary: MCI Is under a New Cloud, but It Can Weather the Storm While the allegations could slow down the timetable for getting out of bankruptcy, there's little chance that those plans will be derailed. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
David M. Katz |
The Insiders Do internal auditors have a bigger role to play in ensuring the integrity of financial reports? |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Ebbers: I Don't Know Nothin' WorldCom's ex-CEO claims he had no idea about the massive accounting fraud. The empire's last proxy statement is a stark lesson in the kind of abject corporate governance that any smart investor should avoid. |
BusinessWeek
February 13, 2006 |
Defining the Role of Ethics Monitor Fraud can't be eliminated completely, says former SEC Chairman Richard Breeden. But it can be caught before the damage is done. |
InternetNews
February 3, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Qwest Said to Bid $6B For MCI The Baby Bell reportedly makes a $6 billion offer for the long-distance specialist, but Verizon is also interested. |
CFO
August 1, 2002 |
TGIM A funny name for the erstwhile PwC Consulting... WorldCom gets caught in a storm... executives are asked to swear; securities suits target nontechs... etc. |
InternetNews
March 21, 2005
Tim Gray |
Tightening Honchos' White Collars The WorldCom verdict, along with legislation regulating on corporate accounting practices, has sent a clear signal to company bosses. |
Fast Company
October 2003
Charles Fishman |
Thanks for Nothing Michael Capellas of MCI calls a press conference to announce not much at all. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Phil Wohl |
MCI Exits Bankruptcy Can the former telecommunications industry giant be competitive? |
InternetNews
August 11, 2005
Tim Gray |
WorldCom Finance Boss Gets Five Years The government's key witness in the biggest fraud scandal in history is spared a long sentence. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Kris Frieswick |
What Does Your CEO Really Know? How much do chief executives know about company finances? We asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ. |
CFO
January 1, 2006 |
Into the Fire It seems Robert Blakely is making a habit of rescuing scandal-ridden companies... General Motors Corp. CFO John Devine has been traded in for a new model... |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2005
Rich Smith |
Sullivan Does the Electric Slide The WorldCom CFO gets off easy. His victims won't be so lucky. Yes, once caught, he helped the government catch a bigger fish -- and for that he got his deal. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Grow & Yang |
MCI's Capellas: "We're Not A Phone Company" CEO Michael D. Capellas is pushing MCI into tech services. Can he keep buyers at bay? |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004
Yang & Grow |
Can MCI Hold The Line? As losses mount, the long distance carrier MCI Inc. is racing to roll out new products -- and stave off predators. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
On Trial This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some corporate movers and shakers. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Flashbacks: 20 Years of Finance Two tumultuous decades, from Treadway and Black Monday, to reengineering and ''irrational exuberance,'' to Reg FD and Sarbanes-Oxley. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2004
Lita Epstein |
No More Cheering for Nortel With its CEO and CFO fired and the SEC formally investigating, it's time to stop. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Big Bummer for Bernie "I didn't do it," doesn't work for ex-WorldCom czar Bernie Ebbers. He could get up to 85 years. |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Brian Grow |
Commentary: Bring Fund Managers on Board Though known for voracious profit hunting, these smart-money gurus can bring considerable advantages to a corporate board of directors. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Capitalists without a clue Once all-seeing captains of industry, America's CEOs are now playing the Sgt. Schultz dumbo card, braying "I know no-thing, no-thing!" |
InternetNews
December 30, 2003
Colin Haley |
Verizon Agrees to Pay MCI $169M Settlement between telecoms over interconnection fees officially ends six years of legal wrangling. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
White-Collar Crime: Who Does Time? Corporate criminals are punished more harshly today than in the '80s, but hands-off executives may still face better odds. |
CFO
June 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Second Acts After bankruptcy, companies often teeter between encore and final curtain call. |
CFO
August 1, 2003
David Campbell |
Seeing Is Relieving Oil companies pressured to disclose payments to developing nations... IPO market limps back... Congress may ask CEOs to sign tax returns... investor relations visits Madison Avenue... a candid look inside the WorldCom fraud... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2004
Rich Duprey |
MCI Gets Dumped An investment firm sells all of its shares after realizing a quick profit. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Lori Calabro |
I Told You So To controversial securities litigator Bill Lerach, the current wave of corporate fraud scandals was both inevitable and preventable. |
BusinessWeek
December 27, 2004
Amy Borrus |
Auditors: The Leash Gets Shorter Providing tax services to audit clients will no longer be allowed. |
InternetNews
February 14, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Verizon Makes Move On MCI Following the SBC-AT&T mega-merger blueprint, Verizon aims for a global enterprise reach in a deal worth $6.7 billion. |
CFO
July 1, 2004 |
Canary Chorus At least a dozen former finance executives are preparing to sing for prosecutors... NASA still hasn't found that $2 billion... CFOs on the move... |
InternetNews
March 24, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
MCI, Qwest Return to The Table The decision to resume the exchange comes after Qwest CEO blasts MCI for stopping acquisition talks. |
CFO
January 1, 2005 |
Blame It on Boca The house of former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan has been languishing on the booming Boca market... CPA of the Month... CFOs on the move... |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Ebbers on CEO Death Row Ebbers gets no mercy: received a 25-year sentence (and there is no parole in the federal system). It's about time a clear message was sent. Hopefully, many CEOs will now think twice before engaging in illicit conduct. |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Henry & Borrus |
Honesty Is A Pricey Policy Execs are grumbling about the steep costs of complying with new financial controls. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
