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- Stock-Options 1.0 (Windows)
- Simple Spreadsheet with Stock Options Online Indicators. Implied Volatility, Covered Call Rate and Coverage for all stock options listed and expirations. Useful for beginners to understand important stock options indicators and simulate them on real time.
- Tags: Stock Option, Stock, Microsoft Windows, Options Trade Data, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-08-28
- Bonds and Stock Options 3.0 (Mobile)
- Bonds and Stock Options This financial assistantwill help you to easily calculate the Price and Yield to Maturity of a bond.When using stock options section, it will help you calculate the earnings andreturn of investment when exercising your options either call or putoptions. Some of the features are: 1) Easily...
- Tags: Stock Option, Mobile, Bond, Stock, Lakshmi Solutions LLC, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-03-26
- Intel aims to reprice employee stock options; Otellini total comp tops $12.7M
- Intel on Monday told employees that it would reprice its employee stock options. In a regulatory filing, Intel detailed plans to reprice stock options at a lower price, similar to what Google did. In addition, Intel said that it would freeze salaries of senior executives in 2009....
- Tags: Stock Option, Stock, Employee Stock Option, Intel Corp., Stock Options, Stock Options & Grants, Benefits, Investment, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating
- SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdatingThis should put a cold, dampening effect on RIM.Those crooks working at RIM have given APPLE the upper hand. Thanks RIM. For a personal side note, APPLE ROCKS!"In a world without walls & fences who needs windows & gates?"SEC is useless!SEC...
- Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, Personal finance, Construction, Research In Motion Ltd., stock option backdating, SEC, stock option, stock
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating
- The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Ltd., and four of its senior executives for stock option backdating. The SEC's complaint alleges that Ontario, Canada-based RIM, its former CFO Dennis Kavelman, former VP of Finance Angelo Loberto, and Co-CEOs James Balsillie and...
- Tags: Stock Option, Research In Motion Ltd., Stock, SEC, Backdating, Stock Options, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Dell to record Q4 charge of $280 million
- Dell said today that it plans to record charges of about $280 million, or 11 cents per share, for its fourth quarter, $135 million of which stems from a long-term workforce reduction plan. The remainder is related to stock-option expenses. Dell has been trimming expenses, all part...
- Tags: Stock Option, Dell Computer Corp., Workforce, Stock Options, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Benefits, Personal Finance, Payroll Solutions, Investment, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- RIM's co-CEOs face record fines in options backdating matter
- Regulators in Canada may hit RIM's top two executives with a record penalty as high as C$100 million (U.S. $80 million) for their roles in a stock option backdating matter that began more than a decade ago, according to a report in the Globe and Mail. Ontario Securities Commission staff...
- Tags: Stock Option, Research In Motion Ltd., Backdating, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-22
- Yahoo's Bartz to earn $1M plus bonuses, options
- Carol Bartz, Yahoo's new CEO, will earn a base salary of $1 million, not counting bonuses, as well as stock options of 5 million shares, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Her offer letter, excerpted below, lays out details on bonuses and stock options, as well...
- Tags: Compensation Committee, Stock Option, Compensation, Stock, Yahoo! Inc., Company, Benefits, Stock Options, Investment, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
- Bonds & Stock Options 3.0 (Mobile)
- This financial assistant will help you to easily calculate the Price and Yield to Maturity of a bond. When using stock options section, it will help you calculate the earnings and return of investment when exercising your options either call or put options. Some of the features are: 1) Easily...
- Tags: Stock Option, Mobile, Bond, ROI, Lakshmi Solutions LLC, Investment, Roi/Tco, Stock Options, Financial Accounting, Benefits, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants
- Software downloads 2009-01-06
- 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
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