Something about this one that I don't like...

The original was so much better...

I know it's not that recent, but as far as logos currently in use by very large corporations, Verizon's is about the worst I've seen.

Brandnew, perhaps unintentionally, has become *the* place to go for the latest in bad corporate logo design:

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/