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Why Apple's board is standing by Jobs

Insight news analysis Unlike boards at some companies, Apple's directors are sticking with the CEO in the face of a stock options scandal.

Friday, February 02 2007 10:21 AM

Tags: Employee communications, Business ethics

Dell to cut bonuses, trim management

News Michael Dell, who recently returned to the helm of the PC maker he founded, announces cost-cutting measures to employees in a memo.

Monday, February 05 2007 11:18 AM

Tags: Desktops, HR policies and procedures

Apple's board defends Jobs amid hefty Q2 profits

News Board issues statement in support of Apple CEO just before company reports solid increases in revenue, profit, and shipments of Macs and iPods.

Thursday, April 26 2007 05:54 AM

Tags: Accounting, Sales/revenue, Stock options and grants, Leadership

Report: Apple's Jobs maintained stock-option ignorance

News Apple CEO Steve Jobs told the SEC in a 2008 deposition that he had no idea Apple lawyers had falsified documents nor did he understand the accounting implications of backdating.

Friday, April 24 2009 11:31 AM

Tags: Stock options and grants, Corporate law, Apple Inc., Backdating, CFO, stock-option backdating, Stock, Stock options and grants, job, SEC

Apple settles backdating lawsuit for US$14M

News Stock-option backdating troubles at Apple appear to be history following the settlement of a shareholder suit filed against company executives.

Thursday, September 11 2008 05:58 AM

Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Backdating, Lawsuit, Compensation, Stock, Associated Press, SEC, shareholder

Apple escapes charges in US stock-options probe

News The U.S. Department of Justice will not file charges over stock-option backdating at Apple, as a two-year criminal probe is concluded.

Monday, July 14 2008 12:46 AM

Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Security, Backdating, Stock, general counsel, San Jose, shareholder, Wall Street Journal

Ex-Apple CFO says Jobs advised of stock options accounting

News Fred Anderson comes out swinging at company's public statements on backdating, as SEC moves against former Apple lawyer Nancy Heinen.

Wednesday, April 25 2007 07:08 AM

Tags: Legal, Stock options and grants

Brocade to acquire Foundry Networks

News Brocade makes bid to be a leading enterprise storage and networking provider.

Tuesday, July 22 2008 06:41 PM

Tags: Storage, Mergers, Acquisitions, Security, Foundry Networks Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Stock, network, shareholder, data center

Apple execs reaped 'millions' in unlawful profits, shareholders allege

News The stock option scandal at Apple continues, as a new lawsuit brings the total to four.

Thursday, August 24 2006 11:11 AM

Tags: Financial

Apple's Jobs brushes aside backdating concerns

News Some institutional shareholders castigate the CEO for his role in stock option scandal, but most praise him for making them richer.

Friday, May 11 2007 07:18 AM

Tags: Personal Computers, Handhelds, Mac OS

RIM chairman quits over stock options

News Jim Balsillie loses his role as chairman in the wake of a US$250 million stock options scandal.

Wednesday, March 07 2007 10:34 AM

Tags: Investor relations, BlackBerry

Google shareholders vote down proposal on censorship

News Resolution that would have forced Google to dump its self-censored Web search site in China is rejected.

Friday, May 11 2007 09:34 AM

Tags: Web sites, Search

HP investigator to plead guilty, testify

News Bryan Wagner cuts a deal with federal prosecutors to testify against others involved in the company's probe of leaks to the media.

Friday, January 12 2007 10:36 AM

Tags: Security, Privacy

Apple, CA wrestle with stock option irregularities

News Internal probes at both companies reveal possible problems in past employee stock options policies.

Friday, June 30 2006 09:42 AM

Tags: Mac OS, Business applications, Lawsuits, Stock options and grants, Stock buybacks

Juniper expects Nasdaq delisting warning

News Networking-equipment supplier is latest company to encounter problems over handling of stock options.

Monday, August 14 2006 10:42 AM

Tags: Financial, Audits