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VMware Reprices Stock Options: VMware, whose stock value has dropped 65 percent from its $124.83 peak in October, is seeking shareholder approval to re-price its stock options, according to the Financial Times (and, sorry, but it requires a paid subscription). The board has already approved the move. by Erik Sherman; Tags: Stock options, Corporate governance, Investment, Financial accounting, Erik Sherman, stock, stock option, VMware Inc.; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Stock Options and Reserve Errors: Stock options create an incentive for managers of companies to maximize the value of their company's stock. The current study tests whether the awarding of stock options to insurance company executives is associated with the accuracy of reserve estimates. We test two competing hypotheses. The first hypothesis is that the...; Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, stock option, hypothesis, insurance company, stock, incentive, insurance; White papers
Stock Option Expiration Cycles: Understanding what expiration months are available for stocks: Deciding to trade a stock option requires choosing an expiration month. Because option strategies require making modifications during the life of a trade, you need to know what months the options will expire in the future. The expiration month you choose will have a significant impact on the potential success...; Tags: Investment, Stock options, Equade Internet, stock option, stock; White papers
The Key Issues in the Debate on Expensing Stock Options: There are many issues surrounding the debate over whether or not employee stock options should be expensed for company financial reports. This debate is now heating up and it could have some serious repercussions that extend beyond accounting practices. Investors need to be aware of some of the key issues...; Tags: Stock Options & Grants, Stock options, Benefits, Investment, Financial accounting, Equade Internet, employee stock option, stock option, accounting, stock; White papers
Should I Exercise My "In-The-Money" Stock Options?: When your employee stock options are "In-the-money" (that is, the stock price is greater than your grant price), you can choose one of three basic sell strategies: Exercise your options, then hold the stock for sale at a later date exercise and hold; hold your options and exercise them later...; Tags: Investment, Stock Options & Grants, Stock options, Benefits, Financial accounting, Yahoo! Inc., employee stock option, stock, stock option, stock price, strategy, tool; Tools & templates 2008-01-01

Annual Stock Option Grants: Many companies issue annual stock option grants to their employees. Receiving a stream of stock options over a period of years can be an incredible benefit. Use this tool to project how much a series of annual stock option grants could be worth to you.; Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, stock option, stock, benefit, tool; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Stock Option Calculator: Receiving options for your company's stock can be an incredible benefit. Even after a few years of moderate growth, stock options can produce a handsome return. Use this tool to determine the value of your stock options for the next one to twenty-five years.; Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, stock option, stock, benefit, tool; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Tax Planning: Employer Stock-Option Tax Estimators: The good news is that the tax rules surrounding NonQualified Stock Options, or NQSOs, are simple. The bad news is that the IRS treats NQSOs less favorably than Incentive Stock Options, but there isn't much you can do about that. When you exercise a NQSO, the spread between your exercise...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, stock option, incentive, income, stock; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Techniques of the Office Politics Masters: How five of the country's top CEOs maneuvered to reach the top and stay there. Steve Jobs CEO, Apple Political Style: The charismatic visionary Passion is Jobs’ greatest asset in motivating employees, negotiating deals, and cultivating a...; Tags: Kelly Pate Dwyer, PepsiCo, Steve Jobs, office politics, stock option, staffing, CEO, Apple Inc., asset, career, technique, acquisition, worker, stock, job; Articles 2007-07-20
The Unintended Consequences of Stock Options: Stock options are designed to encourage executives to focus on the needs of the shareholder. Giving the CEO a stake in the company's market performance sounds like an elegant and effective way to make sure his or her attention is in the right place. But a study from management professors...; Tags: Investment, Stock options, Financial accounting, Jessica Stillman, stock, stock option, strike price; Blog posts 2007-11-14
Deciding Whether to Become a Contract Employee: “Contract employee” is another way of describing “work portfolio,” a term coined by Irish author and philosopher Charles Handy in his 1989 book The Age of Unreason. Envisioning a new work structure, Handy contended that many professionals were increasingly likely to have not one career with one or two organizations...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Benefits, payroll solutions, BNET Editorial, career, talent, 401(k) plan, health insurance, job, stock option, payroll, workplace, health care, collaboration, stock, network; Articles 2007-08-23
BNET Daily Dispatch: Take-Two, AT&T, Barnes & Noble, and Retail Theft: The SEC opened an investigation yesterday into Take-Two Interactive Software, maker of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series, over its past stock-option grants practices. In February, Take-Two's CEO pled guilty to criminal charges over backdating options, and became the first ex-CEO to do so. Take-Two said reviews of its...; Tags: Stock options, Investment, Financial accounting, Andrew Hines, Telecom Italia, Barnes & Noble Inc., AT&T Corp.; Blog posts 2007-04-05
Options Pricing Of Dynamic Strategies: Managers responsible for capital investment decision making need valuation models that can navigate both corporate finance and competitive strategy to generate well-grounded prices. Real options provide the firm with flexibility to adapt to changes in its environment. The dynamic nature of real options in the new economy makes them more...; Tags: Stock options, Investment, Financial accounting, Benefits, Carnegie-Mellon University, stock option, competitive strategy, valuation, stock, finance, asset, strategy, environment, security; White papers 2006-03-01
BNET Dispatch: March 19, 2007: Airbus' A380 superjumbo jet, the world's largest passenger plane, made its U.S. debut today, as two of the jets landed in New York and Los Angeles. Airbus designed the aircraft to challenge Boeing's command in the large plane market. But due to several delays, Airbus has suffered billion dollars of...; Tags: Stock options, Benefits, Investment, Financial accounting, HEALTHCARE, Joseph De Avila, Airbus, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Disney Corp., stock option, Steve Jobs, stock; Blog posts 2007-03-19
Executive Stock Options And IPO Underpricing: In about one-third of US IPOs between 1996 and 2000, executives received stock options with an exercise price set equal to the IPO Initial Public Offerings offer price rather than a price determined by the market. Among firms with such "IPO options", 58 percent of top executives receive a net...; Tags: Financial Planning, Investment, University of Southern California, IPO, offer price, stock option, pre-IPO, stock; White papers 2006-07-31
Upfront: Stock Options Down But Not Out: Although stock-option grants have become more costly since expensing them was mandated, they still might be a good deal. Since the Financial Accounting Standard Board and the International Accounting Standards Board mandated expensing of stock options, companies have been relying less on stock-option grants in their executive compensation plans. A...; Tags: Stock options, Benefits, Investment, Penton Media Inc., stock option, financial accounting, stock, survey, financial; White papers 2005-10-01
Firms Replacing Stock Options With Restricted Shares Face a Tough Sell to Employees: David Ayre approaches employee communications like a marketer approaches an advertising campaign. Pepsi, like many companies, realized it eventually would be required to expense stock options and got to work on developing a new compensation program. This paper describes how getting information out early - even before all of the...; Tags: Stock options, Benefits, Investment, Financial accounting, Crain Communications Inc., stock option, compensation, stock, worker, advertisement; Case studies 2005-09-01
JPMorgan Stock Option Plan Throws a Lifeline to Employees When Shares Are Underwater: JPMorgan's program allows workers to get value out of worthless options and could benefit companies facing new rules on expense reporting. Some companies are beginning to doubt the value of stock options as a compensation tool, and it's easy to see why. There has been a spate of lawsuits involving...; Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Operational accounting, Crain Communications Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., stock option, income statement, stock, compensation, income, accounting, worker, benefit; White papers 2005-08-01
Employee Sentiment and Stock Option Compensation: The use of equity-based compensation for employees in the lower ranks of large organizations is a puzzle for standard economic theory: undiversified employees should discount company equity heavily, and any positive incentive effects should be diminished by free rider problems. The paper analyzes whether the popularity of option compensation for...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Benefits, National Bureau of Economic Research, equity, compensation, stock market, stock, stock option, incentive, theory; White papers 2005-06-01
Stock Option Expensing: The Battle Has Been Won; Now Comes the Aftermath: The decision by many companies to curtail or eliminate ESO issuance, combined with double-digit operating profit growth over the past two years, means that the earnings impact from mandatory ESO expensing will not be as significant as it would have been three or four years ago. This paper estimates that...; Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Goldman Sachs & Co., S&P 500, operating profit, stock option, stock; White papers 2005-03-17