- Thu Jul 18 2002 Why the options party is over
Transamerica Investment Management portfolio manager Kenneth Broad says that Silicon Valley's arguments against expensing stock options are not only a prime example of faulty accounting but they are also driven by self-serving myth.
- Tue Jul 20 2004 House says no to expensing options
House of Representatives approves controversial bill that largely maintains current accounting rules regarding employee options.
- Tue Jun 15 2004 House panel: Don't fiddle with stock options
Congress members vote against controversial expense-reporting proposal.
- Mon Aug 12 2002 PeopleSoft shuns options expensing
In a widening rift over stock options accounting among technology companies, the software maker says it has no intention of deducting stock options as an expense against earnings.
- Tue Jul 30 2002 Accounting options: A new tech order
Technology companies fighting against changes in how stock options are expensed are battling the Federal Reserve Board, the U.S. Congress, investors and, now, each other.
- Mon Jul 27 1998 Nader challenges Gates on wealth
The consumer activist sends a letter to Microsoft's CEO challenging him to join financier Warren Buffett in addressing wealth disparities.
- Fri Apr 19 2002 Amazon execs swap worthless options
In 2001, CEO Jeff Bezos' salary again remained steady at $81,840. Other top executives exchanged "underwater" stock options for new ones and saw slight salary increases.
- Tue Jun 22 1999 2HRS2GO: S3 faced scant buying options
- Thu Jan 5 2006 Google: Where's the stock split?
The search giant's shares are stratospheric, but its execs are in no hurry to follow tech sector tradition.
- Wed Mar 17 2004 E-mail gives peek at Microsoft strategies
The company says in a Minnesota court that it did not abuse its OS dominance to hike prices. But a 1997 e-mail from a Microsoft exec to Warren Buffett compared Windows to a "toll bridge" on every PC sold.

