Business
You could find yourself owing a bundle on a paper profit. A look at the basics and the pitfalls.
March 5, 2000
‘Put,’ ‘call’ contracts give investors the ability to buy or sell shares at specific prices by a specific date--an insurance policy in turbulent times.
Jan. 19, 1999
What should be done, if anything, about the seemingly excessive executive pay in U.S. corporations?
May 27, 1990
Reflecting the controversy over sky-high executive pay, the organization that sets America’s accounting rules Wednesday proposed to make it far costlier for corporations to grant lucrative stock options to their employees.
April 8, 1993
The “dot-com” shakeout is claiming a new wave of victims: workers who face huge tax bills on phantom profits from employee stock options.
Dec. 22, 2000
Wall Street: Huge grants may provide an incentive for managers to falsify earnings to keep share prices up, experts say.
July 12, 2002
Based on their lifestyle, you’d never suspect that Brad and Janine Bolon are millionaires--at least on paper.
Oct. 10, 2000
If the force of investor outrage, accounting regulation and possible legislation in Congress changes the way corporations report the costs of stock options, the result could be sharp declines in the stock prices and earnings of hundreds of major companies.
July 14, 2002
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Sept. 30, 2011