Can Mike Save WorldCom?

摘要

As Michael Capellas steps onto the lawn of WorldCom's offices near Dallas for an all-hands meeting, you can feel the anticipation―and anxiety―of the crowd. Employees shade their eyes from the beaming mid-November sun and angle for better looks at the 48-year-old executive, just four days into his gig as CEO-elect of the bankrupt company. One worker nervously sidles up to a notebook-toting visitor. "Maybe we can get some positive press for a change," he says, jerking his thumb in Ca-pellas's direction.