Herndon / Edmonton / Omaha / Arlington / Jackson / Savannah / Atlanta / Vancouver / Cleveland / San Jose / New York / /
Company
Intellicom Solutions / Williams Technology Group / Enron / UUNet / Hancock Venture Partners / Master Corporation / Peter Kiewit Sons / MFS Communications / Dell / Paine Webber / New Enterprise Associates / Menlo Ventures / Sprint / Accel Partners / Level 3 Communications / IDB WorldCom / Computer Sciences Corporation / Microsoft / Advantage / General Electric / Goldman Sachs & Co. / Advanced Telecommunications / MCI / the Washington Post / WorldCom / LDDS / America Online / AT&T / CNN.com / Lotus Development / Salomon / Ford / Grid Partners / GE Information Services / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Columbia / Canada / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / Person Communication and Meetings / Funding / Person Travel / Name Change / Employment Change / IPO / Product Release / Product Issues / Product Recall / Business Partnership / /
Facility
Hotel Elysee / Purdue University / Mississippi College / /
IndustryTerm
telecommunications industry / dial network / Internet access service / experimental network / Internet initiatives / police car waiting / Internet access / technology dude / online service / network carrier / now-defunct technology supplement / retail customers / construction giant / Internet / technology boom / real estate agent / venture capital money / car dealership / software / investment bank / public relations / telecom software / /
OperatingSystem
UNIX / /
Organization
Center for Seismic Studies / Baptist church / USENIX / Mississippi College / Purdue University / USENIX Association / Victoria Composite High School / Long Distance Discount Service / Securities and Exchange Commission / Internal Audit Committee / Mississippi Republican Party / Defense Department / Department of Defense / /
Person
James (Jim) Crowe / Bill Fields / Willie Nelson / Walter Scott / Bernie Ebbers / Richard Adams / John Sidgmore / Scott D. Sullivan / David Myers / Murray Waldron / David Singleton / Diana Day / Linda / Jack Grubman / Stiles A. Kellet Jr. / Mitch Kapor / /
Position
chief executive / founder / contractor / CEO / board member / Colonel / country-and-western singer / chief executive officer / accountant / local reporter / head / chief technology officer / king / executive / copywriter / basketball coach / Chief Financial Officer / assistant treasurer / mere accountant / chief operating officer / possible governor / waitress / analyst / Controller / chairman of the board / the king / /
Product
Abbas / WorldNet Internet access service / Microsoft Network / WorldNet / /
ProvinceOrState
British Columbia / California / Alberta / Texas / Rhode / Virginia / Rhode Island / Mississippi / Georgia / /
PublishedMedium
the Washington Post / BusinessWeek / the Jackson Journal / /
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