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- Option Tracker (zip)
- Option Tracker allows one to track up to 4 lots of stock options, equity options or securities. Select the mode from the toolbar (Security, Equity Option or Stock Option). Enter the purchase/option price for the stock or option and the number of shares related to each price. You can set...
- Tags: Stock Option, Stock, Equity, Terracode, Investment, Stock Options, Financial Services, Finance, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants
- Software downloads 2008-09-04
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Brocade to acquire Foundry in $3 Billion deal
- Brocade has said it will acquire Foundry Networks, a company that does enterprise and service provider switching and routing, in a deal valued at $3 billion. The acquisition, which still needs final approval, comes on the heels of corporate problems for Brocade, notably the criminal misconduct sentence...
- Tags: Stock Option, Foundry Networks Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Backdating, Stock Options, Benefits, Investment, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- VMWare employees to receive new pricing on underwater stock options
- The last thing any employee wants is stock options that are "under water." But that's exactly what some VMWare employees who were issued options after the August IPO are stuck with. After the IPO, VMWare's stock climbed and climbed - from $57.71 on its first day to about $125 in...
- Tags: Stock Option, Employee, Stock, VMware Inc., Pricing Strategy, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Jobs back in the hot seat over options
- Given no time to bathe in the excellent earnings announced yesterday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is again coming under fire for his receipt of backdated stock options. According to Wikipedia: Options backdating is the practice of granting an employee stock option that is dated prior to...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., Stock Options, Stock Option, Stock, Investment, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Stock Options & Grants, Job, Finance, Human Resources, New York City Employees
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Jury convicts Brocade ex-CEO in options trial
- Jury convicts Brocade ex-CEO in options trialStatute of Limitations and Balmer and GatesA sad addition to this story is that one of the first abusers of backdated stock options is Microsoft. It is their accounting firm that provided a list of clients to the feds who they knew also...
- Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, stock option, options trial, Brocade ex-CEO, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., stock
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Ex-Apple CFO says Jobs advised of stock options accounting
- Ex-Apple CFO says Jobs advised of stock options accountingThis will kill the *Pod culture...With the illegal activities now coming to light, how can anyone in good conscience purchase Apple products? The Zune player is there for the taking and is backed by a fully credible and honest company. I went...
- Tags: Investment, Zune Player, stock, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple Inc., Microsoft Zune, job, stock option
- Discussion threads 2007-04-24
- Pixar options probe clears Jobs
- Although Disney discovered options backdating at Pixar the company has cleared Steve Jobs of any wrongdoing. According to SiliconValley.com:An internal investigation concluded that Pixar backdated stock options before Walt Disney acquired the film studio, but "no one currently associated with the Company engaged in any intentional or deliberate acts of...
- Tags: Stock options, job, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., stock option
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
- Options cloud hangs over Macworld Expo
- The run up to Macworld Expo each January is unquestionably the most exciting time of the year for the Mac faithful. The rumor mill is working overtime with predictions about new products that could be announced and Apple consumers and journalists prepare for the annual pilgrimage to San Franciscos Moscone...
- Tags: Finance, Macworld Expo, stock option, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-12-29
- Apple: In Jobs we trust
- Apple Computer filed its tardy quarterly and annual statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday and indicated that Steve Jobs was "aware or recommended" backdated options. However, Apples board has "complete confidence in Steve Jobs and the senior management team." In other words, anyone worried about Jobs standing amid...
- Tags: Apple, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-29
- Report: Apple executives faked stock-option documents
- Report: Apple executives faked stock-option documentsMust beA slow news day. Then again, this is ZDNet. Any story that makes Microsoft look better is a good story.Lying is not a sin ... if you are an Apple CEO.[b]All his life[/b] he has mislead the public about Apple products – e.g. illusions...
- Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, Strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., stock option
- Discussion threads 2006-12-27
- Stock options backdating in Silicon Valley
- MIT dean on stock options problem in Silicon ValleyHow did backdating stock options become such a pervasive problem? Are business schools teaching ethics? Richard Schmalensee, dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management, recently spoke with CNET News.com's Jim Kerstetter about today's business problems and innovation in Silicon Valley.
- Tags: stock, stock option
- Videos 2006-10-24
- Apple announces fiscal Q4-2006 earnings
- Apple yesterday announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal 2006 fourth quarter ended September 30, 2006. They also noted that the preliminary results may be subject to "significant adjustment" as a result of a likely restatement of historical results.The company posted revenue of $4.84 billion and net quarterly profit of...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., IPODS, stock option
- Blog posts 2006-10-19
- Apple threatened with NASDAQ delisting
- Apple received a Staff Determination letter on Friday from the NASDAQ threatening that its stock could be delisted from the prestigious exchange because it is "not in compliance with the exchange's rules." According to CNet's Ina Fried: Apple is the best-known of dozens of companies that are...
- Tags: stock option grant, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-08-14
- Former Comverse execs charged with stock option fraud
- Former Comverse execs charged with stock option fraudComverse eh?Why am I not surprised?Do a search with the terms "Comverse," "Amdocs," "Odigo," and "911," paying particular attention to hits that describe insider trading and the taxpayer trillions gone missing under the watch of Dov Zakheim. Then study how angry you...
- Tags: Stock options, PRODUCTIVITY, Investment, Strategy, Comverse Technology Inc., Microsoft Corp., monopolist, stock option, stock, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-08-09
- McAfee profit dips amid stock option probe
- McAfee profit dips amid stock option probeDarn, if you lose the big McAfeeyou're stuck with the big Symantec. . . . Time to scale down.well, not quite......or the teeny-tiny Microsoft OneCare.
- Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, McAfee Inc., stock option probe, stock option, stock
- Discussion threads 2006-07-28
- Behind the stock options uproar
- Behind the stock options uproarWhat about me?My last company backdated some of my options, which are long gone (ca-ching!). Who cares if the company's in trouble? I better not be facing liability here.Huh?[i]In addition, other companies, such as Apple Computer and The Cheesecake Factory have announced their own,...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Benefits, Stock options, Investment, tax, tax code, stock option, compensation, stock
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
- Where's the outrage on stock options now?
- You may recall that Scott NcNealy, at the time two years ago as chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, used the occasion of the JavaOne developers conference to chat up the crowd on pending action to amend accounting rules to make stock option grants an expense item for public corporations....
- Tags: stock, outrage, stock option
- Blog posts 2006-07-14
- Take-Two, CNET face more stock option issues
- Take-Two, CNET face more stock option issuesLet's hear more about CNETI want to know more about how the company that gives me my morning news fails to account for stock options.Wow,and some of you thought nothing much of a little hot coffee spilled. It seems to be a ledger...
- Tags: Stock options, Benefits, Financial accounting, Investment, stock option, stock-option issue, Take-Two
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- EA requests stock option revamp to keep employees
- EA requests stock option revamp to keep employeesno need for stock optionwho needs stocks when they are down?If EA want to keep the employee happy, they should embrace Linux!Floundering, to be followed by drowning?Maybe someday. Maybe sooner than later. It's inevitable.atari did.. they hit it big with ut2k4Wish more would.....
- Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, Electronic Arts Inc., stock, stock option
- Discussion threads 2006-07-06
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