After no serious bidders emerged, MCI (the renamed WorldCom) offered 80 cents a share with the blessing of the bankruptcy court. It raised the offer on OCt. 24 to win over stakeholders David J. Greene & Company LLC and JMB Capital Partners, which held 7.1 million shares between them.

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