Silicon Valley loses fight on stock options
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Silicon Valley lost a decisive round in a long and hard-fought battle Thursday when the organization that sets corporate accounting standards served notice that companies would have to deduct the value of stock options when calculating profits.
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At long last, accounting regulators have published their final rule requiring public companies to expense stock options. The question is whether it will stand.
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Wall Street stocks retreated again on Wednesday during a volatile session in which Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)'s earnings figures prompted another bout of selling in the technology sector.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday, after microchip maker National Semiconductor Corp.  cut its quarterly revenue forecast, prompting a sell-off in the technology sector.
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By Mary Ann Milbourn, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Dec. 18--Chipmaker Broadcom Corp. announced today that it cancelled more  than $37 million in stock options for three former employees after finding  that they actively selected the grant dates after the fact.
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Silicon Valley is in danger of creating its own digital divide; the California high-tech region is losing its middle-class work force at a significant rate.
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Sure, the PeopleSoft board told shareholders to just say no. This battle will go down to the wire, and even afterward Ellison could prevail.
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A downgrading of several semiconductor companies by a brokerage firm put technology shares under pressure on Thursday.
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The private equity business hit bumps. A deal was struck for a possible Dow Jones sale, and the Supreme Court struck down a longstanding rule on product pricing.
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Blog: Panel approves slight changes to divisive patent proposal applauded by Silicon Valley firms but leaves key sticking points intact, signaling more political battles lie ahead.
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U.S. tech stocks fell on Wednesday  after chip maker Xilinx Inc. XLNX.O cut its revenue outlook,  while airline stocks took a beating after No. 3 U.S. carrier  Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N cut fares.
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The subprime scandal has sent investors looking for new homes for their money. Silicon Valley, however, may not be it.
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Could the subprime problems that have fouled the public market be a mixed blessing for Silicon Valleyâs high-technology investors?
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By The Orange County Register, Calif.  Feb. 17--A federal investigation into stock options issued by Broadcom  Corp. has driven a wedge between the Irvine semiconductor company and its  chairman, Henry Samueli.
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US technology shares tumbled on Friday after Intel Corp. , the world&#39;s No. 1 chip maker, slashed its revenue forecast, but blue chips were only moderately lower as drug and industrial stocks gained.
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Technology stocks sold off on Friday after computer chipmaker Intel cut its revenue forecast, spooking investors already nervous about the strength of consumer and business spending.
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A federal appeals court handed Google a setback in a patent fight on Wednesday, tossing out part of a summary judgment in Google's favor in a lawsuit filed by Hyperphase Technologies, LLC.