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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
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
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. |
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. |
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? |
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
October 25, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Options Run Out at Comverse Greed strikes again. A financial officer at the telecom-software provider pleads guilty for his role in another backdating scandal. |
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. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Former Brocade Execs Charged in Stock Scandal Brocade becomes just the latest caught in the stock options mess. Feds say the company fraud cost investors millions. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 17, 2008 |
Brocade ex-CEO Sentenced in Backdating Mess Brocade Communications Systems' former CEO was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison for backdating stock-option grants in a scandal that has ensnared scores of U.S. companies and led to billions of dollars of restatements. |
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
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
September 21, 2007
David Needle |
Steve Jobs to Testify in Backdating Case Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to testify in a stock-options back-dating case against Apple's former general counsel, Nancy Heinen. |
Entrepreneur
November 2009 |
Candid Talk About Stock Options Companies are clear: Stock options may not gain value. But employees still expect them. A burned senior VP at a big bank says just to cut her a bonus check. |
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
September 11, 2008
Brian Orelli |
CEO Writes a Big Check for a Big Mistake UnitedHealth's former CEO has to pay for his backdating mistakes. |
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
January 17, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Digital River Bound for Rough Waters? The e-commerce outsource provider may have lurking backdating concerns. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Peter Burrows |
A Smaller Options Scandal? The campaign to lock up accused backdaters is moving slowly. Here's how a key case is playing out. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Comverse Fires Former Execs Over Options Scandal Comverse Technology has fired three of its top executives a week after they were charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Options Inquiry Weighs on Openwave A beleaguered cell-phone software maker faces lawsuits for wrongs as-yet unproven. For now, investors must wait and see what the internal and external investigations find in Openwave's books. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Dawn Kopecki |
Backdating: Why Penalties Are Puny The SEC considers options violations less serious than other kinds of financial fraud. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2006 |
Foolish Mid-Year Review: Grabbing Investors' Attention Backdating, hedge funds, and Home Depot made up the more memorable -- and infamous -- moments of early '06. Home Depot Abdicates Responsibility by Rich Duprey... Listen, Learn, Change by Ryan Fuhrmann... etc. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
Judge Nixes Apple Option-Backdating Suit Apple may be closer to clearing charges stemming from its post-dating of stock options, following a federal judge's dismissal this week of a lawsuit against the company. |
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. |
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
March 25, 2009
Rich Duprey |
Intel's Option Plan: Only Half Right A better option-repricing strategy is still no good. |
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. |
InternetNews
December 18, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Looking Back: A Scandalous Year For Tech From a pretexting scandal to backdated stock options and more, tech suffered some shameful exposure in 2006. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Abundant Options in Alternative Compensation While nearly every investor has heard of stock options, few are likely aware of their close cousins, restricted shares and stock appreciation rights. Even if investors have heard of them, fewer still probably understand how they work. |
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 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
August 9, 2006
Roy Mark |
Stock Options Scandal Hits Comverse Federal authorities charge Comverse Technology's former CEO and two others with criminal and civil complaints. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
Peter Burrows |
He's Making Hay As CEOs Squirm Erik Lie uncovered widespread backdating of stock options. Now he's reaping rewards. |
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. |
CFO
January 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Refusing to Roll Over One CFO refuses to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over accusations of backdating. |
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. |
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
September 22, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Dead Men Have No Options Cablevision admits that it granted stock options to a director -- after he died. |
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. |
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. |
