Worldcom Quotes

Well, WorldCom`s growth exploded in the Clinton years, there`s no question, there`s no disputing that.

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

Mr. Sullivan was not the cause of the fraud at WorldCom. Mr. Ebbers was,

With Enron and WorldCom and others, this is the last time in the world that the Senate should weaken conflict-of-interest standards.

I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that.

WorldCom`s decision to retire the notes reflects the company`s strong liquidity position and positive free cash flow, ... The repayment of these notes is consistent with our stated objective of reducing overall debt.

Every day I regret what happened at WorldCom and I accept responsibility for the false and misleading information

Moody`s chairman, Clifford Alexander, was on the board of WorldCom up until last year, ... The biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history, and the chairman of Moody`s was on the board. There`s no way that should happen. He also shouldn`t be on the board of the National Association of Securities Dealers. They`re supposed to be independent.