MCI Communications Corp. BACKGROUND MCI Communications Corp., a long distance telecommunications company, had been a sluggish performer in a buoyant market, and the management sensed a growing restlessness on the part of shareholders. To enhance the shareholders’ value, the company planned to repurchase some of its outstanding common stock. To guide the management in its decision, the company sought the advice of Lynch Investments in establishing a program to repurchase some of its outstanding common
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effectively has MCI financed its needs in the past? In looking through case data from Pg. 2 (68 of course-pack), Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 9A, we see that MCI has gone through two stages: 1. Startup stage from FY1972 through 1977, where the firm generated negative OI 2. Growth stage from FY1978 onwards where the firm started generating positive OI The financing for the startup phase was performed predominantly through common stock as expected, followed by debt financing. During this stage, MCI had grossly
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MCI Communications Corp., 1983 En abril de 1983, Wayne English, director financiero de MCI Communications Corp., se enfrentaba al problema de establecer una política financiera en un ambiente caracterizado por una gran demanda potencial de fondos externos y una gran incertidumbre en relación con el futuro de MCI. Esta compañía, que ofrecía servicios de telecomunicación a larga distancia en competencia con AT&T, había visto crecer sus ingresos de casi nulos en el año fiscal de 1974 (terminado
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money; the required return on debt (r D ) and the required return on equity (r E ). To do this, an equity Beta for MCI is needed. This was done by comparing MCI returns to S&P 500 returns for a p eriod of 3 years and a period of 5 years. The Beta s were vastly different and so the Beta for the 3 yea r period was used so that the more current correlat ion could be used. MCI has been dramatically changing over the past 3 years and it would be more appropriate to use the more recent equity
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effectively has MCI financed its needs in the past? In looking through case data from Pg. 2 (68 of course-pack), Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 9A, we see that MCI has gone through two stages: 1. Startup stage from FY1972 through 1977, where the firm generated negative OI 2. Growth stage from FY1978 onwards where the firm started generating positive OI The financing for the startup phase was performed predominantly through common stock as expected, followed by debt financing. During this stage, MCI had grossly
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discovered, such as MCI Communications Corporation (MCI). Financial scandals can be minimized by the use of effective internal controls. According to Chao and Foote, effective internal controls reasonably prevent material misstatements in financial reporting and fraud while weak internal controls have the opposite effect (2012). Extensive research about the MCI’s financial scandal has provided proof that Chao and Foote’s analogy of internal controls is correct. Ultimately, the problems MCI had were caused
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several mergers that began in 1985 after the board elected Bernie Ebbers as the company CEO, the company grew by leaps and bounds. On November 4, 1997, WorldCom and MCI Communications announced their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom, making it the largest corporate merger of U.S. history. On October 5, 1999, Sprint Corporation and MCI WorldCom announced a $129 billion merger agreement between the two companies. This deal did not finalize because of opposition from the U.S. Department of Justice
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majority of the video is an interview with Walt Pavlo of MCI Worldcom. He explains his case and the steps that lead him to take the actions that landed him in prison. While he is telling his story two gentalmen describe how Walt’s story relates to the world of auditing as a whole and what steps a company and auditors need to take to avoid cases of fraud. 1. What were the three major fraud factors that led Walt Pavlo to commit fraud at MCI Worldcom? * Meeting Analysts’ Expectations *
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MCI Communications Corporation FOUNDED: 1968 Contact Information: HEADQUARTERS: 1801 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20006 PHONE: (202)872-1600 FAX: (202)887-3140 URL: http://www.mci.com OVERVIEW MCI is the second-largest long-distance provider in the United States after AT&T. It is a leader and innovator in the telecommunications industry. MCI was instrumental in forging an opening in that industry for companies to compete with AT&T. It continued in the late 1990s to lead all
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of Tyco, or Gary Winnick of Global Crossing.3 Personally, Bernie is a hard guy not to like. In 1998 when Bernie was in the midst of acquiring the telecommunications firm MCI, Reverend Jesse Jackson, speaking at an all-black college near WorldCom's Mississippi headquarters, asked how Ebbers could afford $35 billion for MCI but hadn't donated funds to local black students. Businessman LeRoy Walker Jr., was in the audience at Jackson's speech, and afterwards set him straight. Ebbers had given over
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