Disconnected: Deceit and Betrayal at WorldCom
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LYNNE W. JETER has been the primary WorldCom reporter for the only statewide business journal in Mississippi (home of WorldCom HQ), the Mississippi Business Journal. Jeter has closely followed the company’s rise and fall since its inception as LDDS in 1983. As a native Mississippian, Jeter has a solid knowledge of the unique business climate of the Deep South and access to a wealth of information and contacts that no other reporter could possess on this topic. She is also a regular contributing reporter for the Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi’s largest daily newspaper. Jeter was named SBA Small Business Journalist of the Year for Mississippi in 1999.
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Connecting the Pipes: A WorldCom Time Line.
Prologue.
Chapter 1. Migrating South.
Chapter 2. Information, Please.
Chapter 3. The Spending Spree.
Chapter 4. The Power Surge.
Chapter 5. The Ultimate Drug.
Chapter 6. Masterstroke.
Chapter 7. The Honeymoon Is Over.
Chapter 8. The Courting of Sprint.
Chapter 9. Hockey, Pals, and the Farm.
Chapter 10. Pink Slipped.
Chapter 11. The Worst Job in Corporate America.
Chapter 12. The Dog Don't Hunt.
Chapter 13. Hoodwinked.
Chapter 14. Infectious Greed.
Chapter 15. Disconnected.
Epilogue.
Afterword.
Notes and Sources.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Index.
