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Help for investors
The deal: A federal judge approved settlements that will return more than $6.1 billion to investors burned by the WorldCom accounting fraud.
The catch: Despite the large size of the deal, lawyers said many investors will get back only a fraction of what they lost in the company’s historic collapse.
The CEO: Former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers, above with his wife, Kristie, after his criminal conviction in March, will give up many of his personal assets, including a multimillion- dollar home in Mississippi and his interests in a lumber company, a marina and a golf course.
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