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CFO January 10, 2007 Alix Nyberg Stuart	Insult to Injury Already bruised by backdating scandals, companies may face an unexpected tax hit as well.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Make the Most of Stock Options: Taxes Stock options can be beneficial to both employees and their employers. In determining the best way to use your options, however, you have to understand the way they're treated for tax purposes.
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.
CFO August 1, 2007 Marie Leone	Lessons in Sitting Pretty Many "paper millionaires" understand less about their stock options than they think.
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 John Nersesian	Weigh Your Options Employee stock options are difficult to understand. Clients need your help to manage them effectively. Advisers who develop expertise in this area can attract and retain significant relationships with executives.
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 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.
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 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 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, 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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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.
Financial Advisor May 2004 Marla Brill	Employee Stock Options Planning Remains Confusing Advisors must contend with potentially complex tax and retirement issues
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.
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.
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.
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 November 1, 2004 Dayana Yochim	How to Shop on the Clock Doctors' bills? Disability insurance? Company stock? Put it on the boss's tab.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	Backdating Boredom It seems everyone from investors to the justice system is tiring of the stock options 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.
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 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 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 July 22, 2010 Tom Gardner	So You Want to Piss People Off? The company has treated shareholders to a decline in the value of their stock from an adjusted $118 at the peak 10 years ago to $5 per share today. Add to it the recent sentencing of former CEO Greg Reyes to 18 months in jail for options backdating.
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.
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.
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 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.
Salon.com July 17, 2002 Scott Rosenberg	When good options turn bad Sure, let's punish stock-option-scamming CEOs and tighten up options accounting. But when options benefit everyday employees, they're worth defending.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Shop on the Clock Why pay for things like doctors' bills, disability insurance, and baby-sitting if your boss is willing to pick up the tab? How to milk your employer for every last penny that is rightfully yours.
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.
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 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 December 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hoping for Progress The beleaguered software maker steps up to the plate to deliver its earnings report for fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006. Investors, take note.
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.