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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.   |
Bio-IT World
November 14, 2003
Michael Greeley |
Show You the Money Venture capitalists need to balance two, at times conflicting, parameters when considering compensation for the executives at biotech companies in their portfolios: cash and long-term equity incentives. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2005
Richard Gibbons |
Executive Compensation Evolves Why Omnicare's restricted stock compensation may become the standard. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
John Churchill |
I Gotta Get Paid According to a 2005 study, revenue at independent financial advisory firms grew by 25% on average in 2004. |
CFO
July 1, 2004
Don Durfee |
Better Carrots? Big changes are under way in long-term incentive compensation, a new survey finds. But they may not be big enough. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2002
Jack Dolmat-Connell |
Cracking the Compensation Code The media and institutional shareholders have been jumping on the excessive executive compensation and stock options usage bandwagon as of late. Is executive pay in the life sciences out of control or too high? |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 29, 2003 |
Are Stock Options In Your Future? Given the recent turmoil surrounding stock options -- including well-publicized abuses of executive stock options, the depressed market, and anticipated new rules on the expensing of options -- has this once-popular form of compensation lost its appeal? |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
CEO Pay: The New Rules For CEOs and other senior executives in manufacturing, performance-related bonuses are up and performance-tied long-term incentives are more common. But will they make for better management decisions? That's not yet clear. |
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. |
Entrepreneur
November 2002
C.J. Prince |
There's No Hiding It All the cool companies are expensing their options. Can your business survive without that extra earnings padding? |
| 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? |
BusinessWeek
July 28, 2003
Nanette Byrnes |
Beyond Options However you slice it, the new mix will cost companies more |
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. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Are These Companies' CEOs Worth It? We're on the lookout for misaligned pay and performance. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Louis Lavelle |
A Payday For Performance Compensation is less outrageous this year, except for CEOs who delivered. Our survey of 367 CEO pay packages showed that: Total CEO pay was up smartly, to an average $9.6 million... CEO raises and total pay once again dwarfed those of the average worker... etc. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Facing the Bear: The 2002 Compensation Survey With stock options under scrutiny, companies are once again seeking the elusive link between pay and performance. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000
Schonbraun & Schindler |
Hitting the Grand Slam! Top producing executives, like the sultans of swat in baseball, can be expensive, but they are vital to a successful management team. The market for top executives is tight with the private real estate sector and other industries competing for the same talent pool as REITs and REOCs. |
CFO
October 1, 2004
Tim Reason |
Changing Fortunes: The 2004 Compensation Survey To be sure, stock options are not going away. But with those options tainted, pay packages grow more diverse -- and smaller. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
New Ways to Retain and Reward Employees (Hint: We're Not Talking Stock Options) A handful of technology companies are heading in alternative directions when it comes to giving employees incentives to stay and perform well. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2005
Traci Purdum |
Compensation: Lost In Translation A global marketplace means fewer premier posts for U.S. manufacturing executives, but the best of the best still will be in demand and highly compensated. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
James B. Wright |
Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny. |
CFO
December 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Daze Linking pay to performance is harder than it looks. Companies that consider linking equity awards to performance should prepare to dig in for deeper computations of the compensation's fair value. |
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? |
CFO
August 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
Pay for Nonperformance? Executive compensation practices won't change until accounting rules for options are fixed. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Portal & Hilzenrath |
New SEC Proposed Guidelines to Give Investors a Clear View at Executive Compensation REITs should conduct a thorough review of current compensation policies and practices and evaluate them in light of the new disclosure proposals. For some REITs, a complete overhaul of the compensation program may be necessary. |
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 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Boredom It seems everyone from investors to the justice system is tiring of the stock options scandal. |
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. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse Financial planning firms are on a hiring spree, but the competition for talent is even fiercer than the competition for clients, according to a new Moss Adams study. |
Managed Care
October 2005 |
Salary Slowdown Reported for Specialists Compensation growth for specialists fell behind that of primary care physicians in 2004 for the first time in several years, according to a survey. |
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. |
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 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. |
Inc.
November 2004
Alison Stein Wellner |
Are You Paying Yourself Enough? You're getting by on a paltry salary because that's what's best for your company. Or is it? An owner's low pay can send the wrong message -- to investors and employees. Here's how to pick the magic number. Plus: What other CEOs take home. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Plenty of Options at Yahoo! The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decreed that companies must begin expensing options this June -- a move that will make many of us watch the options-friendly tech giants such as Yahoo!, where there may be some chilling impacts to earnings. |
National Defense
January 2010
Moorhouse & Connolly |
Navigating Murky Executive Compensation Rules Executive compensation scrutiny is not new in the defense industry. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
Bogan & Doss |
Compensation Challenge Designing a compensation strategy that supports a firm's philosophical framework while also acknowledging its financial resources and goals helps ensure an effective plan that promotes the growth of people and profits. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Lavelle & Arndt |
Living Large In The Corner Office CEOs are raking it in again, even as boards keep a closer eye on performance. |
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
July 14, 2010
Julie Clarenbach |
Why Compensation Should Matter to You If you're an investor looking into a possible stock buy, what should you take note of regarding compensation? |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Russ Banham |
Losing Altitude CFO pay in 2008 fell for the first time in years as the recession dragged down corporate performance. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2006
Jim Mueller |
Too Many Options on the Menu Stock-based compensation weighs down the earnings of restaurants, of all things. Is it really necessary, though, if you are an established, profitable restaurant chain? |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Stephanie Bogan |
Who Will Succeed? There is little doubt that current and anticipated growth, the challenges of managing firms and related human capital dynamics will lead us further into uncharted waters. |
U.S. Banker
September 2008
Brian Dunn |
Is Compensation a Villain Of the Credit Crisis? There is likely to be a broad and deep investigation into Wall Street's compensation plans where there is a clear mismatch between performance and pay. |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
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
July 28, 2006
Anders Bylund |
SEC's Positively Foolish Option Accounting Rules New SEC rules may put a stop to backdating scandals. |
