Update 4: Companies Told to Start Expensing Options
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The nation&#39;s accounting rulemaker decided Thursday that companies will have to begin deducting the value of stock options from their profits next year, reigning in a cheap way to compensate workers that had been abused by executives and clouded earnings.
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The nation's accounting rulemaker decided Thursday that companies will have to begin deducting the value of stock options from their profits next year, a move cheered by shareholder advocates but scorned by many companies who rely heavily on options to beef up compensation packages.
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This options strategy promises income, but at too high a price.
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Boston Scientific said in a filing it changed its retirement plan to enable key employees to exercise stock options for up to three years after they leave the company, compared to 90 days before the change. The company modified the terms of stock options awarded prior to May 2001 so employees could take advantage of the longer period. The company ...
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The past few years have seen companies doing everything they can to reduce costs. From outsourcing and offshoring to RIFs (reductions in force), the byword has been, âCut expenses.â But if most of the economists are right, 2005 will be a much better year, and companies will go back to concentrating on increasing revenue.
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Understanding stock option expensing isn't easy, but it's worth the effort.
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The firm teaches us a new way to fudge stock options.
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Depending on what investors are expecting, layoffs can boost a stock.
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Investors have spoken -- here's what they said.
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Companies must disclose more information about their business deals and financial obligations starting Monday, when new Securities and Exchange Commission rules take effect.
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The bond firm plans to tackle riskier investments.
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Google Inc.  will let employees sell their vested stock options early under a new program that will boost options' value to workers while raising the cost of options to the company, Google said on Tuesday.
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The FASB delays stock option expensing by six months. That's just more time for Big Tech to lobby.
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The nation's accounting rule maker decided yesterday that companies will have to begin deducting the value of stock options from their profits next year, reining in a cheap way to compensate workers that had been abused by executives and clouded earnings.
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Conrad W. Hewitt, chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, sought yesterday to clarify the proper accounting for backdated options, reserving the harshest accounting for companies that followed a practice of reducing the exercise price after options were issued.
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Some companies are dealing with rising oil costs in unique ways.
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With costs still rising, companies are testing new ways to save. The trendiest    : workers pay more