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InternetNews
October 4, 2006
David Needle |
Jobs Knew of Backdating Apple Computer released results today of an investigation into the backdating of stock option grants, saying it found that CEO Steve Jobs was aware of the practice.   |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Meade Zooms In on Options The telescope maker finds stock-option errors but says they're not related to backdating scandals. When the company gets around to finally filing its revised financial statements, let's hope shareholders aren't knocked so badly that they're seeing stars. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2007
Rich Duprey |
McAfee Orders a Recount The security software maker reprices backdated stock options. The total cost to McAfee -- and shareholders -- is currently unknown. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2006
Seth Jayson |
How Many More Monsters? The famous Web job listings provider Monster is the latest tech darling to join the alleged backdating hall of shame. Though it will be a while before this all shakes out, shareholders would do well to pay attention right now. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2006
David Meier |
Bed Bath & Beyond Comprehension The company tries to absolve itself in the stock options controversy, but doesn't. Investors, corporate America is just greedy, and this whole backdating issue exposes another layer of that problem. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Apple: Rotten at the Core Apple's board whitewashes its options scandal. Big surprise. Apple's board ought to step up here. Jobs' admitted knowledge of cherry-picked grant dates -- it's clear that something other than a pain-free apology is in order. |
InternetNews
November 22, 2006
Catherine Pickavet |
VeriSign to Restate $250M Following Options Probe Internet security company VeriSign will be forced to restate as much as $250 million in earnings during 2001 to 2005 and part of 2006 due to what it termed "incorrect measurement dates" and other administrative blunders. |
InternetNews
April 24, 2007
Michael Hickins |
SEC Charges Former Apple Attorney With Fraud SEC levies fraud charges at Apple's former general counsel and settles with its former CFO in connection with a stock options backdating scandal. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Is Backdating Really So Bad? Is repricing options really a crime, or simply a mild accounting gimmick? However, backdating stock options carries a real cost to shareholders. |
InternetNews
December 29, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Apple Voices Support For Jobs in Options Probe Apple admits it will have to adjust earnings dating back to 2002. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Taking Bullets for Jobs Underlings take the blame; This is disingenuous and shameful at the least, because the trail of slime leads all the way up to CEO Steve Jobs. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Grand Jury Tunes In to CNET A month after the SEC began an inquiry into the potential backdating of stock option grants at CNET Networks, a grand jury subpoena has also been issued to get to the bottom of this. Shares are trading more than 4% lower today on the news. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Apple Gets Back to Business Apple puts to rest one of the many stock options scandals. Investors can get back to timely and complete earnings releases when the first quarterly report of fiscal 2007 comes due in a couple of weeks. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2007
Rich Duprey |
A Monster of a Problem Prosecutors scrutinize the job search site over stock-option backdating allegations. What does it mean to investors? |
InternetNews
August 23, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Sympathy For Stock Option Backdaters? Whatever you want to call the chowder pot of stock option backdating cases, it still boils down to sketchy accounting. |
InternetNews
July 5, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Mercury Heads May Face Stock-Option Probe The SEC may pursue three Mercury Interactive directors in relation to a stock-option grant backdating scandal. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: You Mean It's Wrong to Steal? Barnes & Noble incorrectly priced its stock options, but doesn't feel too badly about it. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: Costco's CEO Makes Things Right The retailer and its management team have once again proven the company takes its duty to shareholders seriously. CEO James Sinegal returned his ill-gotten stock-option gains. |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2006
Rich Duprey |
KLA's Optional Disclosure The chip manufacturer waits for a long weekend to announce the results of an options probe. The ultimate cost to the company and the amount of restating that will have to take place will likely be significant. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Backdating Scandal Bites Apple Apple may "think different" when it comes to accounting practices, too. The company announced that an internal investigation led to the uncovering of mishandled stock option grants between 1997 and 2001. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
July 10, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
A Board With Its Back To The Wall UnitedHealth directors aren't ready to oust embattled CEO McGuire. Here's why. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Apple Joins Widening Stock Option Probe Apple has joined a growing list of companies to find themselves involved in a widening probe into controversial practices involving stock option grants. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 25, 2006
Desai & Margolis |
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts, where the practice of backdating options for top executives is only part of the problem. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Apple's Rotting Core? Although the computer maker absolved its CEO of wrongdoing, should investors be so lenient? |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Digital River Bound for Rough Waters? The e-commerce outsource provider may have lurking backdating concerns. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Boredom It seems everyone from investors to the justice system is tiring of the stock options scandal. |
InternetNews
August 4, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Apple Stock Option Probe Escalates Apple Computer Inc. said it may have to restate past financial results after uncovering additional accounting regularities during its internal investigation into stock option grants. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2006
Philip Durell |
An Open Letter to UnitedHealth's Chairman The possibility of the backdating of stock options has cast a shadow over the company's long-term outperformance. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
June 26, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
Another Dodgy Way To Dole Out Options Grants intentionally timed to good news are becoming the focus of greater scrutiny. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Battle The SEC investigates stock option backdating at a dozen companies. Should the investigations uncover actual proof of wrongdoing at these or other companies, not only should the executives be held accountable for their actions, but the boards of directors should be punished as well. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Make the Most of Stock Options: The Basics Stock options can give employees of successful companies a huge incentive to work hard toward building shareholder value. Options can be a valuable part of compensation, but you have to manage them well. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
CNET Version 2.0 CNET CEO Shelby Bonnie steps down as the company admits to backdating stock options. It would seem that today's weakness in CNET is related more to its earnings warning than the accounting news. |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2008
Rich Smith |
Not Cool, Ceradyne Shares take a beating, along with management's credibility. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2006
Anders Bylund |
SEC's Positively Foolish Option Accounting Rules New SEC rules may put a stop to backdating scandals. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2005
Seth Jayson |
More News You Should Lose A Reuters article predicts ceramic specialist Ceradyne will move 8.4%. One can likewise predict Apple will sell some iPods. It may be financial, and it may be news, but it's important to investors only to the extent that they can see through the inane prattle and profit from those who don't. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages? |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 18, 2007
Mihir Desai |
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field A Harvard Business School professor argues that investors and regulators are served poorly by the U.S. corporate financial reporting system, which allows companies to declare different profit figures to the IRS than they report to shareholders. |
InternetNews
August 7, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Ex-Brocade CEO Convicted in Backdating Scandal Former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory L. Reyes was convicted Tuesday of defrauding investors by improperly disclosing the backdating of stock options and filing false financial statements. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Truth About CEO Compensation While CEOs fulfill very important roles, they should remember that they are employees, too. They must answer to shareholders, instead of their own greed and hubris. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006
David Henry |
How The Options Mess Got So Ugly--And Expensive As stock option grants soared in the 1990s, so did the temptation to cheat when issuing them. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Scandals Enter Final Lap The sentencing of Brocade's CEO shows that the race is almost run -- and shareholders have lost. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Dueling Fools: Stock Options Bull Rebuttal Investors, stock-based incentives can be a powerful motivational tool -- if done right. It's not the granting of options we need to get rid of, it's the misuses of those grants. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: Stock Options Bear Companies will have to scale back on exercising new grants or knock down their paychecks. Stock options, that wonderful concept on paper, has been abused badly by compensation committees. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Al Capone Tax bills will be due soon in the options backdating scandal that will likely sink many executives. In addition to misrepresenting to the IRS the real profits earned, backdating also misrepresents the true cost of stock options to shareholders. |
InternetNews
July 13, 2006 |
Feds Eye Bay Area Tech in Options Scandal The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California is looking into allegations that several Bay area companies abused the practice of timing stock options; something of a tradition in the tech industry. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Apple's 'Pretty Big Scheme' May Include Forgery Investigators may have found the smoking gun proving that officials at Apple willfully broke the law when they backdated option grant dates. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2007
Michael Goode |
The $620 Million Refund UnitedHealth's former CEO agrees to pay a $620 million fine to compensate the company for his inappropriate backdating of options. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2004
Bill Mann |
House Meddles in FASB Matters The House of Representatives moves to block the independence of America's top accountants. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Ceradyne's Broken Armor The numbers look great, but an options dating issue should make investors wonder if things are as great as they seem. |
CFO
January 10, 2007
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Insult to Injury Already bruised by backdating scandals, companies may face an unexpected tax hit as well. |
