Companies given more time meet new rules on stock options
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The Federal Accounting Standards Board has voted to give companies six more months to meet new rules that would require companies to consider employee stock options an expense.
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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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American companies were granted a six-month delay Wednesday on the deadline for reporting the value of stock options granted to employees as an expense - a change that would delay the reduction in reported profits for many companies, particularly in the
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Many big law firms are keeping up with mandatory retirement age rules to make room for new blood.
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Accounting standards setters yesterday agreed to give companies six more months to comply with a plan that would require them to treat stock options as an expense, cheering both overburdened businesses and lobbyists trying to scuttle the plan.
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Apple Computer Inc. , which  said this week that it uncovered irregularities in some of its  stock options granted between 1997 and 2001, does not stand out  as an egregious example of options backdating, analysts said.
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Chief executives weren't the only ones enjoying near-guaranteed profits from stock options in the past decade. Outside directors at hundreds of American companies also received option grants that are likely to have been manipulated, a new study found.
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Fidelity Investments yesterday unveiled new features for some of its 401(k) retirement plans, among the first of a wave of services expected from financial companies following a new pension law signed this month.
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The company may be hinting at going public.
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U.S. stock markets would have to  disclose executive pay and provide details of their regulatory  programs, under new rules proposed by the Securities and  Exchange Commission on Tuesday.
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Accounting regulators adopted rules yesterday requiring publicly traded companies to treat the stock options they give to employees as normal business expenses.
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SHANGHAI: China&#39;s securities regulator suspended approval of initial public offerings pending rule changes that will allow the market to set the price of new shares, bringing the country&#39;s stock exchanges more into line with international standards.
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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 US accounting standard setting body on Wednesday will consider a new model for valuing employee stock options that could potentially resolve some concerns of companies opposed to compulsory options expensing.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has given a large number of companies an additional 45 days to meet a number of the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which guides how auditors report on companies&#39; assessments of their internal
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The debate over whether companies should  treat stock options as an expense draws mixed reactions from Washington area businesses, some of which have a lot to lose if the accounting rule changes.
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That&#39;s what corporations great and small will begin telling rank-and-file employees when they stop issuing them stock options.