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• Tech firms win reprieve on options expensing.

  - 2004-10-14

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 14--Technology companies won a six-month reprieve Wednesday from looming accounting rules that would soon have required them to subtract billions of dollars' worth of stock options from their ...

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• Merrill Lynch issues downbeat report on chip industry.

  - 2004-07-13

  By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13--Semiconductor stocks tumbled Monday after Merrill Lynch issued a downbeat report on the industry, predicting chip companies' earnings may be close to peaking. The Wall Street...

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• U.S. technology companies cut back on stock options.

  - 2004-07-08

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 8--Technology companies are getting much stingier with stock options -- especially with rank-and-file workers. A Mellon Financial survey released Wednesday indicates tech companies nationwide have slashed...

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• San Jose, Calif.-Area Technology Firms Cut Back on Options, Survey Says.

  - 2003-10-18

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--Pressured by investors, rule-makers and regulators, most tech companies have gotten stingier with stock options and are investigating other forms of equity compensation, a new survey shows. ...

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• San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Stock Market Column.

  - 2003-08-19

  By Caille Millner, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Caille Millner, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Modest Rate Cut Disappoints Markets.

  - 2003-06-26

  By David A. Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 26--The Federal Reserve lowered a key interest rate by a modest ...uarter-percentage point Wednesday, signaling that it still expects a better economy soon but is keeping its eye...

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• California Treasurer Backs Stock Options for Rank-and-File.

  - 2003-04-19

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19--Saying he's worried that companies will hand out fewer stock options to their employees if rules are tightened, California Treasurer Phil Angelides has urged the state's two huge ...

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• San Jose, Calif.-Area Technology Leaders Lobby against Stock-Options Changes.

  - 2003-03-06

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 6--WASHINGTON--Silicon Valley leaders are lobbying furiously in Washington this week against changes in the treatment of stock options, armed with statistics and videos of workers vouching that options built their homes ...

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• 'Sell' Recommendations Become More Common in Wake of New SEC Regulations.

  - 2002-12-23

  By Maureen Fan, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 23--NEW YORK--Friday's landmark settlement between major investment banks and securities regulators over inflated stock ratings could help investors get better stock-picking advice in the future. But...

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• San Jose, Calif.-Area Dealers Can Barely Keep $50,000 Hummer Vehicles in Stock.

  - 2002-11-19

  By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 19--Silicon Valley's newest status symbol needs a big parking space. The Hummer H2, the huge sport-utility shaped like a brick on wheels, is a surprise hit. In...

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