New options accounting rule is delayed for US companies
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American companies have been granted a six-month reprieve on the deadline by which they must begin deducting from profits the value of stock options that they grant to executives and employees.
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Accounting standards setters yesterday issued a long-awaited plan requiring companies to treat stock options as expenses on their books, even as lobbyists vowed to derail the initiative before it takes effect in June.
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AUGUST 26, 2004  - As expected, the US Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will delay an accelerated filing period for annual reports -- a move expected to help big companies transition more easily to year-end
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Oct. 18, 2004  Although accounting regulators have agreed to delay a contentious proposal that forces companies to deduct the cost of employee stock options as a business expense, Sen. Michael B. Enzi said Thursday, Oct.
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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, a move cheered by shareholder advocates but scorned by many companies who rely heavily on options to
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Legislation to tighten rules on  approving foreign takeovers of American companies has stalled  in the U.S. Congress until after the November elections, House  and Senate lawmakers said on Friday.
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Yet another delay from the FDA leaves investors hanging.
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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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Accounting rule-makers approved plans Thursday forcing companies to expense employee stock options by the middle of 2005, a long-anticipated move that opponents say won&#39;t be the last word on the issue.
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The two largest U.S. stock exchanges  are likely to benefit from a decision by U.S. regulators to  delay sweeping changes that could shake up how stocks are  traded, analysts said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 13, 2004 -- The following is a statement from William T. Archey, President and CEO of AeA, in response to FASB&#39;s decision to delay implementation of the stock options expensing rule:
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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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NEW YORK -- Apple Computer Inc. said Friday it has delayed filing its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission due to its ongoing investigation into stock option grants.
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Millions of Americans will have to delay filing their tax returns next year until mid-February -- a month later than usual -- because Congress took so long to repair the alternative minimum tax.
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In a final statement on a stock-options rule, the Financial Accounting Standards Board says that companies must treat employee stock options as an expense on financial statements beginning in 2005.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple Computer said Friday it will delay its annual 10-K financial report by more than two weeks while it reviews the findings of its investigation into stock option grants.
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PARIS Stock option accounting has become an international battleground, but those wars may be nearing an end as major industrial countries move toward rules that force companies to deduct the value of options from their earnings.