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WorldCom to File for Chapter 11 Protection

Mantour writes: "To everyone's big suprise ;), Worldcom is going for Chapter 11. 'The Chapter 11 filing by WorldCom would follow once high-flying companies like energy trader Enron Corp. and Global Crossing Ltd., which crumbled into bankruptcy amid a crush of accounting investigations by federal regulators.' You can get more info in this Yahoo story" Update: 07/22 12:21 GMT by T : mnordstr points out a CNN report calling this "the largest bankruptcy ever."

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  1. Re:Now is the time ot buy the stock by eyepeepackets · · Score: 2, Troll

    Yeah, for suckers and fools. P/Es are still very high, especially for tech stocks; there is no accountability on the corporate side because there are no real penalties on the legal side; there is no credibility on the part of the government with Mr. Bush as president ("I'm gonna run government like it's a business!" and they surely have tried.); Democrats aren't going to change much either because they're all owned by the same corporations as Mr. Bush and company.

    Face the facts: We, as a nation, have seen our national governance (and states as well) sold to corporations by our elected leaders and representatives. We've been sold out for a bunch of dollars, which are now tanking too.

    Gonna be a sucky next few years. Shit, I don't even feel good about having my money in a bank any more (they too own a shitload of these corporations.)

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