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InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Monster Takes $339M Stock Options Charge Monster Worldwide, the parent company of online job site Monster.com, said it will take a $339.6 million charge to pay for stock-option grants that former employees "intentionally" recorded incorrectly between 1997 and March 31, 2003.   |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Monster's Monstrous Contretemps The job-listing service is the latest to join the backdating club. So where will this stock-option dishonesty lead us? Most of the companies besmirched by stock-option dating irregularities have seen their share prices remain generally unaffected. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Stock Option Probes Claim CNet, McAfee CEOs Tech leaders become latest casualties in stock-option mess. |
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. |
InternetNews
May 29, 2007 |
VeriSign's CEO to Step Down VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos is stepping down and will vacate his role on the board of directors. |
InternetNews
December 19, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
SEC Launches Formal Investigation of Broadcom Chipmaker Broadcom said it is the focus of a formal Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into improperly dated stock option grants. |
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
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
December 27, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Monster Adds Options Investigator to Board Monster Worldwide has added a former SEC commissioner to its roster of directors looking into options backdating practices. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Apple to Delay Filing Annual Report Apple Computer became the latest tech company to file an IOU with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 24, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Ceradyne Cooks More Than Ceramics There was options backdating, but "no intentional misconduct?" Baloney. Shareholders deserve better. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
Former McAfee Exec. Facing Options Charges McAfee's former general counsel is facing a seven-count federal fraud indictment over stock option grants in 2000 and 2002. |
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. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2006
Paul Shread |
Juniper Hit By Options Probe Juniper Networks on Thursday became the latest tech company to get hit by the growing stock option scandal... Stocks posted solid gains... Salesforce.com climbed 6.5% on a Citigroup upgrade... etc. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2006
Clint Boulton |
McAfee Settles SEC Score McAfee will pay $50 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges related to the software maker's finances dating back to 2000. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: Scandal Saps Sapient's Strength The business software and services provider will report preliminary third-quarter 2006 financial results because the company still has not completed its stock-option backdating review. |
InternetNews
July 5, 2006
David Needle |
Courts Pick Apple in Stock Options Probe Apple said it's been notified of derivative lawsuits filed against it in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the Superior Court for Santa Clara County. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
McAfee Exec.: Not Guilty on Options Charges Former McAfee general counsel Kent Roberts, charged with fraud and lying to SEC, gets $1 million bail. |
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
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
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
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. |
InternetNews
May 31, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SEC Settles Backdating Cases With Mercury, Brocade The Securities and Exchange Commission settled stock-option backdating cases with Mercury Interactive and Brocade Communications Systems totaling $35 million. |
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
April 13, 2007
Steven Mallas |
New Manager for Monster The recruitment services Web site changes CEOs again -- will things work out this time? Investors, take note. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Another Mutation for the Monster First it was the CEO, and now the CFO has left, too. What should Monster Worldwide's shareholders be thinking? |
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
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
July 31, 2006
Tom Taulli |
McAfee's Bad Options Though it continues to grow nicely, the computer security software maker now must deal with the distraction of the options accounting scandal. The uncertainly will likely keep a ceiling on the stock price for the foreseeable future. |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
Peter Burrows |
In The Valley, Scars That Could Last A Long Time Not a day seems to pass without an announcement that a company has dug up options bookkeeping misdeeds and is firing top executives and restating financials. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Altera Backpedals on Backdating Options backdating forces the programmable chip maker to restate 10 years of financials. Investors, beware. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2006
Rich Duprey |
UnitedHealth's CEO Weighs His Options As one of the prime beneficiaries of the backdating scandal, the insurer's CEO decides to step down. It's a nice gesture, but a little hollow at this point. |
CFO
January 10, 2007
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Insult to Injury Already bruised by backdating scandals, companies may face an unexpected tax hit as well. |
InternetNews
July 30, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Monster Pink Slips 800, Trims Sales Targets Job site operator to write off between $50 million and $75 million in the next year. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Robert Barker |
Monster's Monstrous Appetite For Cash Investors in Monster Worldwide have been paying dearly in the hope that Monster someday will wind up as one of the great Internet businesses, even as cash keeps going out the door faster than it comes in. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Progress at Last? The significant news this week is that software maker completed its review of historical stock options grants, filed its restated financials with the SEC, and laid bare its stock options story in astonishingly frank detail. Investors, take note. |
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. |
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
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
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. |
InternetNews
February 8, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
VeriSign Plans $100M DNS Upgrade VeriSign to expand Internet infrastructure to handle 'radical change' in online attacks and usage. |
