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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
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
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. |
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
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
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
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 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. |
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
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
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
January 2, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Apple's Rotting Core? Although the computer maker absolved its CEO of wrongdoing, should investors be so lenient? |
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
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
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
April 26, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Apple's Green Road Paved With iPhone Takers Apple is in a good position to take on the challenge of reshaping its business model around the upcoming iPhone, financial analysts said after the company announced its earnings yesterday. |
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
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. |
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
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
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. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
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
October 23, 2006
Rich Duprey |
SafeNet Executives Without a Safety Net Top two executives at an information security firm resign over results of an options probe. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
Bar Hopping Already considered one of the most severe civil penalties for securities violations, officer and director (O/D) bars have been embraced by the Securities and Exchange Commission with a new zeal. |
InternetNews
October 28, 2010 |
Verizon Settles With FCC for $25M The $25 million settlement resolves charges that Verizon profited from millions of dollars in accidental data charges to customers over the past three years. |
CFO
February 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
What's in Your Wallet? The CD&A gives investors a better view of executive pay. It could also give CFOs a raise. |
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 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
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
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. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
CFO Staff |
And Justice for All? CFOs facing civil or criminal trials today might wish they had settled or done their time already... More than 80,000 U.S. employees of Arthur Andersen, which closed its doors on August 31, hit the job market this summer... 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. |
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
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
April 8, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Former CA Execs Facing Up To Fraud Charges Former Computer Associates CFO Ira Zar and two others expected to plead guilty in court Thursday. |
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. |
CFO
January 10, 2007
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Insult to Injury Already bruised by backdating scandals, companies may face an unexpected tax hit as well. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Thomas O. Gorman |
SEC v. Bank of America: Where to Go From Here? The SEC thought it had completed an investigation, brought an enforcement action and then settled it. |
CFO
April 1, 2003 |
From All of Us Middle managers certify their numbers... Auditors make a company fire its sterling CFO... blind trusts for stock options... the SEC levies fines but doesn't collect them... etc. |
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 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
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. |
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. |
CFO
January 10, 2007 |
In Whose Best Interest? How Accounting Firms Would Change Their Industry... Why Performance Scorecards Still Fail... The Uninspired American Employee... M&A and Option Backdating... The CFO as Investor-Relations Professional... etc. |
InternetNews
June 5, 2007
Clint Boulton |
IBM, SEC Come to Terms Over Financial Gripe IBM settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission today for issuing misleading statements about the impact of employee stock options on its 2005 earnings. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Kris Frieswick |
What Does Your CEO Really Know? How much do chief executives know about company finances? We asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ. |
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
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
August 14, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Eyes on the Wise A mini-jumbo roundup of recent corporate governance gaffes. A million to one shot, doc!... Ken Lay's gifts from beyond the grave... |
