Read more stock options stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14864/stock-options.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62695/in-lieu-of-bonuses-citi-gives-i-bankers-50-raises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCitigroup will raise salaries for investment bankers and traders as much as 50% to offset a steep falloff in bonus pay and keep the company’s compensation package competitive, Bloomberg reports. Other employees, like those in the consumer banking section, will receive smaller raises. Citi, which took $45 billion in federal...http://www.newser.com/story/62695/in-lieu-of-bonuses-citi-gives-i-bankers-50-raises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 12:38:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59464/banks-lowball-taxpayers-on-tarp-payback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS banks are eager to repay their TARP money, but doing so might rob taxpayers of the upside they were originally promised, the New York Times reports. In exchange for emergency loans, the government got 10-year warrants to buy stock in the banks. If repaid, it must sell those warrants....http://www.newser.com/story/59464/banks-lowball-taxpayers-on-tarp-payback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 10:55:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58723/nfls-model-is-better-bet-than-big-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe business world’s dependence on its own form of gambling—the “expectations,” or stock market—helped fuel the current financial crisis and the dot-com crash, writes Roger Martin in the F inancial Times . “Neither would have happened if our business and capital markets theories had been as robust as those...http://www.newser.com/story/58723/nfls-model-is-better-bet-than-big-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 11:10:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52683/firms-reprice-employees-worthless-stock-options.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMajor firms are trying to boost morale by giving workers another chance to profit on stock options made worthless by the stock market dive, the Washington Pos t reports. Many employees—especially execs—are currently stuck with "underwater" options with a strike price above the trading price. Close to 100...http://www.newser.com/story/52683/firms-reprice-employees-worthless-stock-options.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Mar 2009 11:12:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45452/vast-madoff-options-scheme-didnt-add-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor every detail that emerges from the 17th-floor office of Bernard Madoff, two more inconsistencies arise. A federal judge ordered the liquidation of Madoff’s eponymous investment firm and a federal agency has begun to try to compensate clients. Meanwhile, scrutiny of clients' financial statements shows Madoff's stated strategy of balancing...http://www.newser.com/story/45452/vast-madoff-options-scheme-didnt-add-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Dec 2008 8:59:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43702/execs-cashed-out-as-subprime-giant-staggered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBosses at one of the country's biggest subprime lenders made some suspicious stock sales as the firm's mortgages soured, a Los Angeles Times investigation reveals. Records show that executives at now-bankrupt New Century Financial sold nearly $20 million in company shares shortly after setting up new trading plans, often within...http://www.newser.com/story/43702/execs-cashed-out-as-subprime-giant-staggered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Nov 2008 9:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29345/ex-broadcom-boss-charged-with-drugging-exec-drinks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBroadcom's co-founder has been indicted on an astounding spate of federal fraud and narcotics charges, the Wall Street Journal reports. Henry Nicholas III is accused of using and distributing drugs over a seven-year period while directing a criminal stock options-backdating conspiracy that cost the firm billions. Prosecutors claim he secretly...http://www.newser.com/story/29345/ex-broadcom-boss-charged-with-drugging-exec-drinks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Jun 2008 5:27:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20749/apple-shareholders-demand-say-on-executive-pay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple shareholders have approved a motion giving them some input into executive pay levels, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "I hope it will help me with my $1 a year salary," quipped CEO Steve Jobs after the vote at the company's annual meeting—though Jobs bags millions of dollars worth...http://www.newser.com/story/20749/apple-shareholders-demand-say-on-executive-pay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Mar 2008 4:03:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13502/unitedhealths-ex-ceo-will-pay-back-620m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnitedHealth's ex-CEO will surrender another $420 million in stock options and retirement pay to settle claims in a scandal over stock-option backdating. William McGuire already had forfeited $200 million to UnitedHealth when he was ousted last year, the Wall Street Journal reports, making his giveback one of the largest in...http://www.newser.com/story/13502/unitedhealths-ex-ceo-will-pay-back-620m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Dec 2007 21:59:35 CST