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The Motley Fool April 6, 2005 Bill Mann	MCI: Show Me the Money How is it possible that MCI can claim that a bid that is 20% higher than Verizon's is inferior? Investors, read on.
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.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Ben McClure	Does MCI Deserve More? MCI should, at the very least, consider Qwest's takeover bid. Qwest has a whole lot to gain from the merger. With both companies relying on a lot of stock to fuel their takeover bids, the distinction counts for MCI shareholders.
InternetNews March 17, 2005 Jim Wagner	Qwest Meets Deadline, Increases MCI Offer Qwest met its St. Patrick's Day deadline and raised its bid for MCI nearly $500 million, increasing the value of the acquisition to $26 per share.
InternetNews March 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	Qwest Readies New Bid For MCI Qwest's chairman says its bid will demonstrate its commitment to winning MCI... Verizon faces pressure to raise its own MCI Bid.
InternetNews April 4, 2005 Colin C. Haley	A Continuing Qwest For MCI Feeling insecure, Verizon threatens to walk if MCI looks Qwest's way.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Palmeri & Grow	Why Qwest Can't Take No For An Answer MCI's board has accepted Verizon's bid over Quest Communications for the second time, but the fight isn't over yet.
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.
InternetNews May 2, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Bids Bitter GoodBye to MCI Pursuit Qwest has harsh words for MCI and winning bidder Verizon as it drops its three-month pursuit.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2005 Tim Beyers	MCI Hangs Up on Qwest A new offer from Verizon ought to end the squabbling. But Qwest's offer is still richer for shareholders.
InternetNews May 13, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Closes in on MCI Stake Verizon will soon own 13 percent of MCI after a $1.1B deal with a private stockholder. But the larger merger vote looms.
InternetNews June 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Deephaven Wants to Deep-Six MCI-Verizon Qwest has said it's time to move on after MCI accepted a lower takeover offer from Verizon, but Deephaven Capital isn't ready to give up.
InternetNews February 17, 2005 Jim Wagner	Qwest Prepares New MCI Bid Qwest will take another run at the long-distance carrier in hopes of displacing Verizon.
InternetNews April 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Quiet Ahead of MCI Deadline The carrier has until midnight to try and displace Qwest as MCI's merger partner.
InternetNews February 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	Qwest Keeping Tabs on MCI Against the backdrop of its less-than-stellar annual financial results, Qwest executives are keeping their MCI option open, but analysts are less optimistic.
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Shareholders OK Verizon Merger MCI shareholders today voted to accept Verizon's $8.4 billion takeover offer, moving one step closer to completing telecom's latest mega-merger.
InternetNews April 25, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest For MCI Rewarded Qwest's $9.7B offer is one MCI can't refuse, but Verizon may not be done.
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Gives MCI 2 Weeks For Qwest Talks Verizon is confident MCI will conclude that a Verizon-MCI deal is more compelling than a Qwest-MCI combination in terms of long term prospects - despite a lower price tag.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 David Henry	Will Dividends Drive A Slew Of New Deals How do you make a $6.7 billion deal look like a $5.3 billion bargain for shareholders? A look at the prerequisite 2003 tax cut on dividend income, and fallout from Verizon's purchase of MCI and beyond.
InternetNews April 11, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Shareholders: Verizon's Slim Deal Sounds Shady Some shareholders are upset that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu is receiving a higher price for his MCI shares than they are.
CFO February 1, 2006 Don Durfee	Meet Your New Bankers Hedge funds have a pile of cash to lend. Should you take it?
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest to MCI: Why Not Us? Qwest's CEO said during a meeting with financial analysts that he wants to find out why MCI prefers a merger offer from Verizon.
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.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Isn't Done Yet Qwest submits a third bid for MCI and chastises the network operator's board.
InternetNews March 22, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Blasts MCI Over Disconnected Talks CEO Richard Notebaert has harsh words for MCI's board and even harsher ones for rival bidder Verizon.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI-Verizon Merger Vote Set MCI shareholders will weigh in on Verizon's acquisition offer next month.
CFO June 1, 2005 Roy Harris	Holding Out for a Lower Bid As the fight for MCI shows, a top-dollar offer for a company doesn't always win. Sometimes it shouldn't.
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.
HBS Working Knowledge August 9, 2004 Lucian A. Bebchuk	Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders.
CFO July 1, 2004 Joseph McCafferty	Extreme Makeover How Robert Blakely and an army of accountants turned fraud-ridden WorldCom into squeaky-clean MCI.
InternetNews April 22, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Ups Bid For MCI The regional carrier makes its 'best and final offer' of $9.7 billion for the network services provider.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Chooses Verizon, Spurns Qwest MCI accepts Verizon's merger offer after the Baby Bell raises its bid by $1 billion, to $7.6 billion.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2005 Tim Beyers	Qwest for a Meeting The beleaguered telco takes its bid for MCI straight to investors.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2005 Tim Beyers	Mating Takes Time, MCI MCI snubs troubled suitor Qwest in favor of Verizon; investors ask a judge to force another look.
InternetNews May 9, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Gets Defensive The telecom will handle Web hosting for a Department of Defense unit under a 10-year contract. Also, Qwest officials have been talking with large institutional shareholders about the Verizon proposal, which will be voted on by MCI shareholders in late June or early July.
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InternetNews May 2, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Returns to Verizon After a brief flirtation with Qwest, MCI's board endorses Verizon's new $8.4B takeover bid.
InternetNews February 24, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Will Persistence (and Cash) Pay Off For Qwest? Qwest restructures its bid for MCI, putting new pressure on MCI's board and Verizon's standing bid.
CFO June 1, 2007 David M. Katz	Hedge-fund Bullies Activist fund managers can make life miserable for CFOs and other executives as they promote their agendas. They can be brutal, but there are ways to fight back.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Tim Beyers	Verizon's Qwest in Peril? Troubled telco Qwest makes one more bid for MCI. Will Verizon up its offer? Investors, take note.
InternetNews February 28, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Won't Quit; Verizon Swipes Back Qwest may revise its $8 billion offer for MCI again, while Verizon refutes some earlier claims.
InternetNews February 23, 2004 Ron Miller	Legal Battle Ended for AT&T, MCI The long-haul and VoIP rivals agree to settle a lawsuit over whether MCI passed along fraudulent call-routing charges.
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The Motley Fool February 14, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Goodbye, MCI As expected, there's more consolidation in telecom. Verizon and MCI plan to merge in a $6.75 billion deal.
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