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Technology Stocks : Apple Inc.

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Jan 6 3:59 PM EST

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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (68663)	9/17/2007 11:55:06 AM
From: inaflash	of 213180

Stock Options: To Expense or Not To Expense nam.org Until recently, expensing options was not an accounting requirement. Companies chose whether to expense them or not, as long as it was clear what they were doing. And only recently has backdating clarity been provided as to what constitutes legal versus illegal activity. For the longest time, I don't think anyone really considered the collision of these two effects, and treated them independently. I recall Jobs was attributed as speaking against expensing options while CEO of Apple. Much of what was done wasn't designed to bypass any laws, but simply following a method of accounting. Later legal changes made following those steps illegal in certain situations and companies changed along with it. Many of the investigations are simply bringing this to light. Activities that these companies did 10 years ago may be considered illegal under todays rules, but that doesn't mean that any of these companies actually broke any current laws then or now. The confusion is that standards HAVE changed, and seem to be applied retrospectively. It will be nice to see the statue of limitions expire, so this black cloud can be lifted, especially for all the innocent companies.

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