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To: Tim Luke who wrote (44009)	5/21/1999 1:10:00 PM
From: steve susko	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

CS acting the deal is coming Monday.

To: Tim Luke who wrote (44009)	5/21/1999 1:10:00 PM
From: Jack Colton	Respond to of 90042

Thesp! Are you out there? ELNK hitting new lows! Looks like a bargain...

To: Tim Luke who wrote (44009)	5/21/1999 1:11:00 PM
From: Junkyardawg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

This has me confused. THis is a great great stock but yet the market has not let it trade very high. Great pick Tim!!!! DATE CLOSING PRICE OPEN HIGH LOW VOLUME -------- ------------- -------- -------- -------- ----------- 5/20/1999 3.500 3.625 3.625 3.500 600 5/19/1999 3.500 3.500 3.500 3.500 800 5/18/1999 3.625 3.625 3.625 3.625 300 5/17/1999 3.625 3.500 3.625 3.500 3,000 5/14/1999 3.500 .000 .000 .000 100 5/12/1999 3.500 3.531 3.531 3.500 3,900 5/11/1999 3.563 3.750 3.750 3.000 371,300 5/10/1999 3.625 3.750 3.750 3.625 4,000 5/07/1999 3.625 3.625 3.625 3.500 1,700 5/05/1999 3.625 3.625 3.625 3.625 1,800 5/04/1999 4.000 3.875 4.000 3.750 31,800 5/03/1999 3.625 3.375 3.750 3.313 19,700 4/30/1999 3.250 3.000 3.250 2.938 7,400 4/29/1999 2.875 2.875 2.875 2.875 1,300 4/28/1999 2.875 2.625 2.875 2.625 8,600 4/27/1999 2.875 2.875 2.875 2.875 1,500 4/26/1999 2.500 2.875 2.875 2.500 15,000 4/23/1999 2.875 2.875 2.875 2.875 500 4/21/1999 2.875 3.000 3.000 2.625 2,600 4/19/1999 3.000 3.125 3.125 3.000 4,300 4/16/1999 3.250 3.000 3.250 3.000 1,000 4/15/1999 3.000 2.500 3.000 2.500 6,100 4/14/1999 2.875 2.875 2.875 2.875 500 4/13/1999 2.813 2.813 2.813 2.813 3,000 4/09/1999 2.625 2.813 2.813 2.625 2,000 4/07/1999 2.625 2.875 2.875 2.625 4,200 4/06/1999 2.875 2.875 2.875 2.875 2,000 4/05/1999 2.625 2.625 2.625 2.625 100 4/01/1999 2.688 3.000 3.000 2.688 3,000 3/31/1999 2.875 2.875 2.875 2.875 2,000 3/30/1999 3.000 3.000 3.000 2.750 6,700 3/29/1999 2.750 2.750 3.000 2.750 8,500 3/26/1999 2.625 3.125 3.125 2.625 2,500 3/25/1999 2.750 3.063 3.063 2.750 3,100 3/24/1999 2.531 3.125 3.125 2.531 1,400 3/23/1999 2.750 2.750 2.750 2.500 15,900 3/22/1999 2.688 3.125 3.125 2.563 14,500 3/19/1999 3.250 3.250 3.250 3.000 18,000 3/18/1999 2.938 2.750 3.250 2.500 84,200 3/17/1999 2.500 2.500 2.688 2.500 36,700 3/16/1999 2.688 2.750 2.750 2.688 1,400 3/15/1999 2.875 3.125 3.125 2.875 5,300 3/12/1999 3.000 3.125 3.125 3.000 2,300 3/11/1999 2.875 3.125 3.125 2.875 900 3/10/1999 3.250 3.125 3.250 3.125 2,700 3/09/1999 3.188 3.313 3.313 3.188 700 3/08/1999 3.313 3.250 3.313 2.875 8,200 3/05/1999 3.375 3.500 3.500 3.375 900 3/04/1999 3.500 3.875 3.875 3.500 4,000 3/03/1999 3.875 3.875 3.875 3.875 1,000 3/01/1999 3.875 3.875 3.875 3.875 200 2/26/1999 3.875 3.875 3.875 3.875 200 2/25/1999 3.875 3.875 3.875 3.875 2,000 2/24/1999 3.875 3.875 3.875 3.875 500 2/23/1999 3.875 4.250 4.250 3.875 2,200 2/17/1999 4.375 .000 .000 .000 1,400 2/16/1999 4.375 4.375 4.375 4.375 100 2/12/1999 4.125 3.875 4.125 3.875 18,000 2/11/1999 3.875 4.000 4.000 3.875 1,600 2/10/1999 4.125 4.125 4.125 4.125 7,200 2/09/1999 4.125 4.375 4.375 4.000 12,600 2/08/1999 4.250 4.250 4.250 4.250 3,500 2/05/1999 4.250 4.250 4.250 4.250 100 2/03/1999 4.500 4.375 4.500 4.375 17,800 2/02/1999 4.375 4.375 4.375 4.313 7,800 1/29/1999 4.375 4.250 4.375 4.188 16,600 1/28/1999 4.250 4.250 4.250 4.250 300 1/27/1999 4.375 4.125 4.438 4.125 15,300 1/26/1999 4.125 4.125 4.125 4.125 700 1/25/1999 4.375 4.375 4.375 4.125 6,900 1/22/1999 4.188 4.125 4.250 4.125 22,200 1/21/1999 4.125 4.500 4.500 4.125 37,100 1/20/1999 4.313 4.250 4.500 4.250 1,900 1/19/1999 4.375 4.375 4.438 4.313 64,700 1/14/1999 4.250 4.250 4.250 4.250 500 1/12/1999 4.750 4.625 4.750 4.625 31,000 1/11/1999 4.875 5.000 5.188 4.875 15,500 1/08/1999 5.094 5.000 5.094 5.000 7,200 1/07/1999 4.750 4.750 4.750 4.750 2,600 1/05/1999 4.625 3.750 4.625 3.750 37,800 1/04/1999 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 3,000 12/31/1998 4.000 3.625 4.000 3.625 13,900 12/30/1998 3.688 3.375 3.875 3.375 20,900 12/29/1998 3.625 3.625 3.625 3.375 37,900 12/28/1998 3.625 3.625 3.750 3.625 91,900 12/24/1998 3.750 3.500 3.875 3.375 4,500 12/23/1998 3.625 3.500 3.625 3.500 26,400 12/22/1998 3.500 3.188 3.500 3.125 27,100 12/21/1998 3.563 3.500 3.563 3.375 20,100 12/18/1998 3.313 3.125 3.875 3.125 8,700 12/17/1998 3.375 3.500 3.500 3.375 9,000 12/16/1998 3.500 4.000 4.000 3.375 5,700 12/15/1998 3.375 3.750 4.000 3.375 2,900 12/14/1998 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 2,300 12/11/1998 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 1,000 12/10/1998 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 2,300 12/09/1998 4.375 4.500 4.500 4.250 8,400 12/08/1998 4.313 4.313 4.313 4.313 100 12/07/1998 4.750 4.750 4.750 4.750 600 12/04/1998 4.625 4.625 4.625 4.625 2,200 12/03/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 2,600 12/02/1998 4.250 4.625 4.625 4.250 3,100 12/01/1998 4.250 5.000 5.000 4.250 4,700 11/30/1998 4.000 4.000 5.000 4.000 600 11/27/1998 4.750 4.000 4.750 4.000 6,500 11/25/1998 4.375 4.375 4.375 4.375 4,400 11/24/1998 4.250 4.500 4.500 4.250 1,800 11/23/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 11,500 11/20/1998 4.375 4.375 4.375 4.375 600 11/19/1998 4.375 4.313 4.563 4.250 9,400 11/18/1998 4.563 4.750 4.750 4.500 9,800 11/17/1998 4.750 4.813 4.813 4.750 11,700 11/16/1998 4.813 4.625 4.813 4.500 27,400 11/13/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 200 11/12/1998 4.875 5.000 5.000 4.875 4,200 11/10/1998 5.500 5.875 5.875 5.500 15,300 11/09/1998 6.000 6.125 6.500 6.000 43,200 11/06/1998 6.875 5.125 7.500 5.125 88,100 11/05/1998 5.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 300 11/04/1998 4.625 4.625 4.625 4.625 100 11/02/1998 4.500 4.750 4.750 4.500 2,100 10/30/1998 4.875 4.750 4.875 4.750 10,500 10/29/1998 4.875 4.125 5.125 4.000 10,800 10/28/1998 3.875 3.875 3.875 3.875 1,000 10/27/1998 4.000 3.750 4.000 3.750 3,300 10/26/1998 3.625 .000 .000 .000 3,700 10/23/1998 3.625 3.625 3.750 3.625 47,600 10/22/1998 3.750 3.750 3.750 3.625 12,500 10/20/1998 3.625 3.625 3.625 3.625 1,300 10/19/1998 3.625 3.625 3.625 3.625 1,000 10/16/1998 3.625 3.625 3.750 3.625 212,700 10/15/1998 3.750 3.875 4.000 3.750 2,900 10/14/1998 3.500 3.688 3.688 3.500 10,300 10/12/1998 3.750 3.500 3.750 3.500 2,700 10/09/1998 3.375 3.375 3.375 3.375 600 10/08/1998 3.500 3.500 3.500 3.375 25,400 10/06/1998 3.375 3.375 3.375 3.375 19,900 10/05/1998 3.813 3.813 3.813 3.813 800 10/01/1998 3.813 3.438 3.813 3.438 2,400 9/29/1998 3.625 3.875 3.875 3.375 94,400 9/28/1998 3.625 3.625 3.625 3.625 100 9/25/1998 3.625 3.750 3.750 3.625 10,900 9/24/1998 3.625 3.813 3.813 3.625 6,600 9/23/1998 3.625 3.750 3.844 3.625 25,700 9/22/1998 3.688 3.688 3.688 3.688 1,000 9/17/1998 3.625 4.063 4.125 3.625 1,100 9/16/1998 4.125 3.688 4.125 3.688 14,700 9/15/1998 3.688 3.625 3.688 3.625 5,200 9/14/1998 3.625 3.813 3.813 3.500 200,500 9/11/1998 3.625 3.750 3.750 3.625 900 9/10/1998 3.625 3.750 4.000 3.625 101,800 9/09/1998 3.625 3.875 4.000 3.625 108,000 9/08/1998 3.750 3.125 3.750 3.125 7,600 9/04/1998 3.125 3.125 3.125 3.125 1,000 9/03/1998 3.000 3.000 3.000 3.000 4,900 9/02/1998 3.000 3.000 3.125 3.000 7,300 9/01/1998 2.500 2.750 3.000 2.500 14,800 8/31/1998 2.813 2.813 2.813 2.250 13,100 8/28/1998 2.875 3.000 3.000 2.625 9,200 8/27/1998 3.500 3.500 3.500 3.125 1,700 8/26/1998 3.500 3.500 3.500 3.500 100 8/25/1998 3.750 3.750 3.750 3.750 1,500 8/24/1998 3.750 3.750 3.875 3.625 5,300 8/21/1998 3.625 4.156 4.156 3.250 12,300 8/20/1998 4.125 4.125 4.125 4.125 1,700 8/19/1998 4.125 4.313 4.313 4.125 9,800 8/18/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 500 8/17/1998 4.125 4.125 4.125 4.125 500 8/14/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.125 1,300 8/13/1998 4.250 4.250 4.250 4.250 200 8/12/1998 4.875 4.250 4.875 4.188 2,200 8/11/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 700 8/10/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 1,000 8/07/1998 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 700 8/06/1998 5.000 4.813 5.000 4.813 1,200 8/05/1998 5.000 4.813 5.000 4.813 3,500 8/04/1998 4.813 4.938 4.938 4.813 1,100 7/31/1998 4.938 5.000 5.000 4.938 2,000 7/30/1998 5.063 5.063 5.063 5.063 15,000 7/29/1998 5.125 5.125 5.125 5.125 2,300 7/28/1998 5.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 2,000 7/27/1998 5.000 5.125 5.125 5.000 2,200 7/24/1998 5.250 5.000 5.250 5.000 7,500 7/23/1998 5.000 5.063 5.063 5.000 300 7/22/1998 5.250 5.000 5.250 5.000 700 7/21/1998 5.000 5.250 5.250 5.000 4,900 7/20/1998 5.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 1,300 7/17/1998 4.875 4.750 5.250 4.625 14,500 7/16/1998 4.875 5.250 5.375 4.750 12,700 7/14/1998 5.250 5.250 5.250 5.250 1,600 7/10/1998 5.375 6.000 6.000 5.375 4,300 7/09/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 100 7/08/1998 6.375 6.375 6.375 6.375 200 7/07/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 100 7/06/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 600 7/02/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 2,200 7/01/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 1,700 6/29/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 700 6/26/1998 6.250 6.000 6.250 6.000 3,500 6/24/1998 5.938 5.938 5.938 5.938 200 6/23/1998 5.875 5.875 5.875 5.875 300 6/22/1998 5.813 5.813 5.813 5.813 500 6/19/1998 6.188 6.188 6.188 6.188 600 6/17/1998 6.188 6.188 6.188 6.188 500 6/16/1998 5.750 5.750 5.750 5.750 4,000 6/12/1998 6.000 5.813 6.438 5.813 3,100 6/11/1998 6.125 5.688 6.125 5.688 3,300 6/10/1998 5.875 5.875 5.875 5.875 800 6/09/1998 5.750 5.750 5.750 5.750 2,000 6/08/1998 5.750 6.000 6.000 5.750 2,900 6/05/1998 6.000 5.563 6.000 5.563 1,400 6/04/1998 6.000 6.000 6.063 6.000 6,000 6/03/1998 6.250 5.688 6.500 5.688 11,700 6/02/1998 6.000 5.500 6.000 5.500 1,900 6/01/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 5.500 4,100 5/29/1998 6.000 6.250 6.250 6.000 300 5/28/1998 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 1,300 5/27/1998 6.125 6.000 6.250 6.000 2,600 5/26/1998 6.000 6.750 6.750 6.000 5,800 5/22/1998 6.500 6.125 6.500 6.125 1,400 5/19/1998 6.375 7.000 7.000 6.125 5,000 5/18/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 1,200 5/13/1998 6.375 6.375 6.375 6.375 3,000 5/12/1998 6.375 6.375 6.375 6.375 1,400 5/11/1998 6.375 6.125 6.375 6.125 3,100 5/07/1998 6.250 6.375 6.375 6.250 600 5/06/1998 6.500 6.500 6.500 6.500 1,300 5/05/1998 6.375 6.375 6.375 6.375 5,400 5/04/1998 6.375 6.375 6.375 6.375 3,600 5/01/1998 6.438 6.500 6.500 6.438 2,200 4/30/1998 6.500 6.313 6.500 6.313 6,900 4/29/1998 7.000 7.000 7.000 7.000 700 4/28/1998 6.375 6.500 6.500 6.375 1,100 4/27/1998 6.625 6.375 6.625 6.375 11,300 4/24/1998 6.500 6.625 6.750 6.500 29,600 4/23/1998 6.625 6.625 6.750 6.625 7,800 4/22/1998 6.750 7.000 7.000 6.750 800 4/20/1998 7.000 6.750 7.250 6.750 64,200 4/17/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 2,400 4/15/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 2,800 4/14/1998 6.750 6.625 7.000 6.625 2,700 4/13/1998 6.625 7.000 7.000 6.625 12,000 4/09/1998 7.000 7.125 7.125 7.000 2,200 4/06/1998 6.750 6.625 6.750 6.625 10,200 4/03/1998 6.625 6.750 7.125 6.625 5,600 4/02/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 1,000 4/01/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 500 3/31/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 10,300 3/30/1998 6.625 6.375 7.000 6.375 2,700 3/27/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 1,000 3/25/1998 7.000 7.063 7.063 7.000 3,000 3/24/1998 7.125 7.125 7.125 7.125 600 3/23/1998 7.250 6.875 7.500 6.875 2,600 3/20/1998 7.500 6.938 7.500 6.938 53,200 3/19/1998 6.875 7.000 7.000 6.875 1,600 3/18/1998 7.000 6.938 7.250 6.938 13,500 3/17/1998 7.000 6.875 7.000 6.875 12,700 3/16/1998 6.750 6.938 6.938 6.750 1,100 3/13/1998 6.938 6.500 6.938 6.500 1,400 3/12/1998 6.625 6.500 6.625 6.500 2,200 3/11/1998 6.500 6.500 6.500 6.500 1,600 3/10/1998 6.625 6.375 6.625 6.375 2,900 3/09/1998 6.500 6.750 7.000 6.500 2,300 3/06/1998 6.875 6.875 6.875 6.875 200 3/05/1998 6.875 7.000 7.000 6.875 200 3/04/1998 6.875 7.125 7.125 6.875 2,700 3/03/1998 7.000 6.750 7.063 6.750 4,200 3/02/1998 7.125 7.125 7.125 7.125 200 2/27/1998 7.000 6.938 7.250 6.938 5,500 2/26/1998 7.375 6.875 7.625 6.688 53,600 2/25/1998 6.688 6.688 6.688 6.688 5,200 2/24/1998 6.750 6.688 6.750 6.688 15,100 2/23/1998 6.688 6.688 6.688 6.688 2,500 2/20/1998 6.688 6.813 6.813 6.688 5,600 2/19/1998 7.063 6.750 7.063 6.750 5,700 2/18/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 1,400 2/13/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 500 2/11/1998 7.000 7.000 7.000 7.000 4,800 2/10/1998 7.000 7.125 7.125 7.000 5,900 2/09/1998 7.125 6.875 7.125 6.875 20,400 2/06/1998 6.875 6.875 6.875 6.875 11,300 2/05/1998 6.625 6.625 7.000 6.625 7,400 2/04/1998 6.625 7.188 7.188 6.625 5,300 2/03/1998 6.750 6.625 6.750 6.625 18,800 2/02/1998 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 700 1/30/1998 6.688 6.500 6.750 6.500 13,300 1/29/1998 6.281 6.125 6.281 6.000 15,400 1/28/1998 6.125 6.250 6.250 6.000 5,100 1/27/1998 6.125 6.000 6.125 6.000 1,200 1/26/1998 6.250 6.250 6.250 6.250 200 1/23/1998 6.125 6.250 6.250 6.000 302,600 1/22/1998 6.125 6.250 6.375 6.125 297,500 1/21/1998 6.500 6.563 6.563 6.125 103,800 1/20/1998 6.375 6.625 6.625 6.188 6,300 1/16/1998 6.375 6.625 6.625 6.375 21,300 1/15/1998 6.438 6.438 6.438 6.438 500 1/14/1998 6.438 6.438 6.438 6.438 400 1/13/1998 6.500 6.438 6.688 6.438 4,200 1/12/1998 6.500 6.500 6.500 6.500 1,000 1/09/1998 6.625 6.250 6.625 6.250 3,200 1/08/1998 6.625 6.500 6.625 6.500 2,300 1/07/1998 6.438 6.500 6.500 6.438 7,300 1/06/1998 6.500 6.500 6.500 6.375 6,100 1/05/1998 6.375 5.875 6.375 5.875 17,300 1/02/1998 6.125 6.125 6.375 6.125 10,000 12/31/1997 6.250 6.000 6.500 5.875 20,000 12/30/1997 6.000 6.000 6.125 6.000 19,800 12/29/1997 6.250 6.250 6.250 6.000 19,500 12/26/1997 6.375 6.500 6.500 6.250 9,100 12/24/1997 6.500 6.125 6.500 6.125 27,500 12/23/1997 6.438 6.500 6.500 6.250 5,200 12/22/1997 6.500 6.500 6.625 6.500 5,000 12/19/1997 6.688 6.750 6.750 6.688 1,500 12/18/1997 6.875 6.938 6.938 6.875 2,800 12/17/1997 6.625 7.125 7.125 6.625 37,200 12/16/1997 7.031 6.750 7.188 6.750 14,600 12/15/1997 6.750 6.625 6.750 6.625 8,300 12/12/1997 6.625 6.750 6.750 6.500 59,500 12/11/1997 6.500 6.625 7.000 6.500 469,000 12/10/1997 6.500 7.000 7.000 6.500 20,300 12/09/1997 7.000 6.625 7.000 6.625 8,600 12/08/1997 6.969 6.875 7.000 6.875 17,100 12/05/1997 6.875 6.750 7.000 6.688 12,500 12/04/1997 6.563 6.563 6.594 6.563 900 12/03/1997 6.531 6.500 6.531 6.500 3,200 12/02/1997 6.500 6.500 6.625 6.500 5,200 12/01/1997 6.500 6.625 6.625 6.500 7,400 11/28/1997 6.625 6.625 6.625 6.500 900 11/26/1997 6.375 6.375 6.375 6.375 200 11/25/1997 6.750 6.625 6.750 6.313 3,500 11/24/1997 6.875 6.750 6.875 6.625 9,800 11/21/1997 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 500 11/20/1997 6.813 6.750 6.813 6.750 11,400 11/19/1997 6.750 6.813 6.813 6.750 4,600 11/18/1997 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 1,600 11/17/1997 6.875 6.750 6.875 6.750 2,100 11/14/1997 6.750 6.750 6.750 6.750 2,300 11/13/1997 7.000 7.000 7.000 7.000 4,000 11/12/1997 7.000 7.000 7.000 7.000 1,700 11/10/1997 7.000 6.875 7.250 6.875 7,000 11/07/1997 7.125 6.875 7.125 6.875 5,200 11/06/1997 7.125 7.000 7.125 7.000 1,900 11/05/1997 6.875 7.000 7.000 6.875 18,600 11/04/1997 7.125 7.000 7.125 7.000 1,400 11/03/1997 7.125 7.250 7.250 7.000 8,100 10/31/1997 6.938 7.000 7.000 6.938 1,800 10/30/1997 6.938 6.938 6.938 6.938 400 10/29/1997 7.000 7.000 7.000 6.875 16,400 10/28/1997 6.875 6.875 7.125 6.875 15,800 10/27/1997 7.125 6.750 7.125 6.750 36,000 10/24/1997 7.000 7.000 7.125 6.938 383,700 10/23/1997 6.875 7.000 7.125 6.875 9,900 10/22/1997 7.000 7.500 7.500 7.000 17,200 10/21/1997 7.250 7.250 7.625 7.125 20,900 10/20/1997 7.250 7.250 7.250 7.250 500 10/17/1997 7.313 7.188 7.375 7.125 4,100 10/16/1997 7.250 7.250 7.500 7.250 6,500 10/15/1997 7.281 7.500 7.500 7.250 8,800 10/14/1997 7.250 7.250 7.500 7.063 3,800 10/13/1997 7.000 7.063 7.063 6.938 73,200

To: Tim Luke who wrote (44009)	5/21/1999 1:17:00 PM
From: BRANDYBGOOD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

Tim, Did you see this article on WCOM? I wonder who they will be using those shares to buy. Any ideas? B MCI WorldCom Plans to Double Number of Shares, WSJ Reports Bloomberg News May 21, 1999, 1:34 a.m. ET Jackson, Mississippi, May 21 (Bloomberg) -- MCI WorldCom Inc., the No. 2 U.S. long-distance phone company, is doubling the number of shares it can issue, a move that would allow Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers to use the stock to pay for a purchase without having to get explicit approval from the board, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported, citing people close to the situation. Shareholders approved a resolution increasing the number of available shares from 2.5 billion to 5 billion, to improve the company's financial flexibility, the WSJ said. MCI WorldCom recently ended talks with Nextel Communications Inc. because it would have meant the assumption of billions of dollars of debt, and people familiar with the company said MCI WorldCom could buy Sprint Corp. or a regional Bell operating company in the U.S., the newspaper said. MCI WorldCom is expected to buy a wireless company within a year, even after talks between the No. 2 U.S. long-distance phone company and wireless provider Nextel failed, analysts said on May 6. (The Wall Street Journal Europe 5/21 www.wsj.com) news.com.