http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/020721/worldcom_bankruptcy_16.html -- Jeff Workman | jworkman@pimpworks.org | http://www.pimpworks.org
Oh goodie - now maybe my BUY order for 50,000 shares at $0.01 will execute. :-> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Workman" <jworkman@pimpworks.org> To: <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:23 PM Subject: Act Surprised.....
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/020721/worldcom_bankruptcy_16.html
-- Jeff Workman | jworkman@pimpworks.org | http://www.pimpworks.org
On 06:23 PM 7/21/02, Jeff Workman wrote:
I *am* surprised. How does a company file BK on a Sunday? jc
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, JC Dill wrote:
On 06:23 PM 7/21/02, Jeff Workman wrote:
I *am* surprised. How does a company file BK on a Sunday?
jc
Although most people aren't aware of it, *technically*, the Courts are a 24x7 operation. Of course, if you are just another Joe, I wouldn't count on getting that level of service (just because YOU paid for it!)... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 02:40:49AM -0700, JC Dill wrote:
On 06:23 PM 7/21/02, Jeff Workman wrote:
I *am* surprised. How does a company file BK on a Sunday?
The better to not have to pay the bills on monday... An easy way to spot a chpt11 filing-to-be is to watch for mysterious changes in payroll which result in regular employees being paid a day or more in advance of normal. WCOM(soon to be Q.OB)'s prepay made it to f***** company, I called sunday when that happened and I was right. :) When GBLX filed they paid regular employees early and claimed it was a "bank change", but what they actually did was file a day before severence checks for the month were to be paid to all the people they had already laid off. That money has still not been paid, and probably never will. But now back to something operational... Does a betting pool on chpt11 dates count as operational? :) -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
At 2:40 am -0700 22/7/02, JC Dill wrote:
On 06:23 PM 7/21/02, Jeff Workman wrote:
I *am* surprised. How does a company file BK on a Sunday?
They go to the Judge in Chambers and avoid upsetting the market in the middle of the day. Easy and quite common. How else do you get a search warrant in the middle of the night, you just page the on-call Judge. So to go on topic which bits of the non-US network are owned by the US corporation and subject to disruption? f
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