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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:telecommunications_company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:MCI_Communications
gptkb:Verizon_Communications
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gptkbp:countryOfOperation
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:defunct
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2006
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gptkbp:delistedDate
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2002
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gptkbp:filedForBankruptcy
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2002
Chapter 11
$107 billion
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Bernard_Ebbers
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gptkbp:foundedYear
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1983
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:Clinton,_Mississippi,_United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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WorldCom
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gptkbp:industry
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Telecommunications
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gptkbp:keyPerson
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gptkb:Bernard_Ebbers
gptkb:Cynthia_Cooper
gptkb:Scott_Sullivan
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:MCI_Communications
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Accounting scandal
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gptkbp:notableFor
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One of the largest accounting scandals in U.S. history
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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over 80,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:originalName
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gptkb:Long_Distance_Discount_Services,_Inc._(LDDS)
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:MCI_Inc.
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gptkbp:product
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Internet service provider
Data transmission services
Long distance telephone services
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gptkbp:renamed
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gptkb:LDDS
1995
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gptkbp:scandalDiscoveredInYear
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2002
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gptkbp:stockSymbol
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gptkb:WCOM
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:MCI_Inc.
gptkb:Verizon_Communications
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gptkbp:tradedOn
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gptkb:NASDAQ:_WCOM
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:MCI_Communications
gptkb:MCI_Inc.
gptkb:MCI_Mail
gptkb:MCI_WorldCom
gptkb:WorldCom_scandal
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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