Telecommunications companies <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCI_Communications" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="MCI Communications">MCI Communications</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldCom" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="WorldCom">WorldCom</a> complete their $37<span id="mwASI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>billion merger to form <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCI_WorldCom" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="MCI WorldCom">MCI WorldCom</a>.