Stock Option Backdating
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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

Michael Dell back as CEO, Rollins resigns

News Kevin Rollins' resignation comes after a terrible year for the company, in which it lost its lead in PC market share to Hewlett-Packard.

Thursday, February 01 2007 09:50 AM

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Financial, HR policies and procedures

BEA's financial restatements key to warding off Icahn

News Company needs to get financials in order if it hopes to keep its biggest shareholder from taking control of a possible buyout, legal experts say.

Monday, November 05 2007 11:33 AM

Tags: Acquisitions, Mergers

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

HP snaps up Mercury Interactive

News Acquisition of Mercury Interactive will lend a big boost to the size of the tech giant's software business.

Wednesday, July 26 2006 09:28 AM

Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Leadership

McAfee seeks gag on exec ousted over options

News Former McAfee President Kevin Weiss wants to clear his name after being awarded damages over his firing, but McAfee wants the information to remain confidential.

Monday, August 24 2009 09:23 AM

Tags: Antivirus software, Stock, Dallas, McAfee Inc., arbitration, SEC, Texas, tax, president, stock option

Criminal charges filed against ex-Brocade CEO

News Criminal and civil charges against former top execs cover dodgy stock option moves at the data storage networking company.

Friday, July 21 2006 10:04 AM

Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Lawsuits, Stock options and grants, Regulations

Report: Apple executives faked stock option documents

News Apple's probe into its stock options backdating mess has determined that documents were falsified, according to report.

Friday, December 29 2006 12:32 PM

Tags: Antitrust

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

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

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

Apples for the students seen lifting Mac sales

News Company is expected to report a slight decline in the growth of the iPod phenomenon, but higher Mac sales.

Thursday, October 19 2006 11:35 AM

Tags: MP3 players, Mac OS, Music

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