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Expect more stock option cases, warn Feds
News Expect to see more legal action in the coming months against executives suspected of stock option mischief, federal officials told US senators on Wednesday. Like other forms of corporate fraud, the Department of Justice takes stock option...
[September 7, 2006, 9:55]
Autodesk drawn into stock option 'scandal'
News The stock fell three percent after Autodesk revealed that, like many other companies, it had begun a review of its stock option grant practices. Even Apple has faced an inquiry on the stock option issue.
[August 18, 2006, 13:25]
Apple faces 'false document' claims
Blog Shares in Apple dropped five percent on Wednesday amid unconfirmed rumours that federal prosecutors were looking closely at "apparently falsified" stock option documents. Law.com reported that a three-month internal probe had turned up evidence...
[December 27, 2006, 15:57]
Apple execs settle stock-options lawsuit
News Apple executives have settled a shareholder lawsuit filed over its stock-option backdating practices for $14m (£8m). Unless anything else surfaces, this is likely to be the end of Apple's stock-option troubles, which forced the company to take an...
[September 11, 2008, 8:40]
The M7 Chaos Matrix
Downloads Forecasting Add-In for Excel 2000 with Stock Market Option. Stock Market Option is easy and quick. Fully functional system with the SQL generators. System adds forecasting ability to Excel 2000. Uses existing database and/or spreadsheet information.
[January 16, 2001, 6:00]
Stock-swap programme costs Microsoft millions
News Hit with a stock-option transfer programme and higher payroll costs, Microsoft's server and tools business posted a hefty operating loss in the December quarter. In January, Microsoft reported earnings that topped expectations, excluding...
[February 9, 2004, 9:25]
Former CFO quits Apple in stock options probe
News Apple's investigation into stock option grants has led to the resignation of a former chief financial officer from the company's board of directors. An investigation by a special committee of Apple's board found irregularities with stock option...
[October 5, 2006, 9:10]
Former McAfee exec wants damages made public
News Former McAfee president Kevin Weiss, exonerated of wrongdoing in a stock option-backdating scandal, plans to ask a judge on Monday to unseal the arbitration award that cleared him of wrongdoing and ordered McAfee to pay damages for firing him...
[August 24, 2009, 11:57]
Novell to share details of Microsoft pact
News Novell will share details of its patent pact with Microsoft this month in a regulatory filing that has been delayed by a stock option investigation. The report has been held up by Novell's investigation into its stock option compensation practices.
[May 24, 2007, 10:45]
StrategyExplorer (Windows Mobile 6)
Downloads StrategyExplorer is a tool for planning option spreads and stock hedging strategies. It plots intrinsic option values and profit profile vs.underlying stock price for any combination of a stock and up to three options drawn on that stock.
[August 21, 2009, 4:21]
StrategyExplorer (Windows Mobile 5)
Downloads StrategyExplorer is a tool for planning option spreads and stock hedging strategies. It plots intrinsic option values and profit profile vs.underlying stock price for any combination of a stock and up to three options drawn on that stock.
[August 21, 2009, 4:21]
Siebel offers employees cash for stock
News After the tech bubble burst, many option-holders were left with so-called underwater options -- that is, the strike price is higher than the current value of the stock. Underwater options have presented a problem for tech companies that want to...
[September 2, 2002, 14:35]
Former Brocade execs face stock options charges
News In a case with far-reaching implications for Silicon Valley, former top executives of Brocade Communications Systems are facing civil and criminal charges relating to allegations of stock option backdating.
[July 21, 2006, 8:35]
Siebel staff: we'll take cash
News A stock option is underwater when the strike price is higher than the current value of the stock. Siebel Systems' employees have spoken: they'll gladly give up stock options for cold, hard cash. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange...
[October 4, 2002, 15:48]
Apple celebrates rosy results
News Apple reported preliminary fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that easily topped analyst's expectations, but warned that its results could change once the company completes a probe into past stock option granting practices.
[October 19, 2006, 9:15]
Juniper faces $900m charge in options scandal
News On Thursday morning, Juniper announced the results of an internal investigation into its historical stock-option granting practices. The company reached a conclusion that the actual measurement dates for financial accounting purposes of numerous...
[December 21, 2006, 12:05]
Google results exceed profit, revenue estimates
News Factoring out various costs, including stock-option expenses, however, the result was $5.10 per share, 15 cents above the $4.95 expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Google also announced a stock option exchange programme intended to...
[January 23, 2009, 7:46]
Former Apple lawyer settles stock-options lawsuit
News The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Heinen last year charging her with cherry-picking grant dates for stock-option awards to Apple executives — including chief executive Steve Jobs — and falsifying paperwork in...
[August 15, 2008, 10:24]
Intel's owners want to expense options
News Intel will wait to adjust its stock option policy, if necessary, until after the regulations regarding expensing become clearer. Despite the loss on the options vote, Intel won a vote on a plan that will let shareholders review stock option grant...
[May 20, 2004, 9:10]
Nasdaq warns Apple it must comply with rules
News Apple said last week it would delay its quarterly filing, pending an inquiry into stock option grant irregularities. Apple is the best-known of dozens of companies that are under inquiry by either the SEC or the US Attorney's Office regarding the...
[August 14, 2006, 16:00]
