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[News] [Rival] Wealthy Apple CEO Could Get Away with Anything (Even Crime)

Apple's Jobs brushes aside backdating concerns

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| After presiding over a 50 percent rise in Apple's stock over the
| past year, CEO Steve Jobs can afford to shrug off shareholder
| questions about stock option backdating and environmental policies.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6182965.html

If true, this could be a classic case where fame buys someone a way out of
misconduct or corruption. Just ask Michael Jackson, Bill Gates... heck, even
OJ.


Related:

Apple board backs Jobs against ex-CFO allegations shock

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| Apple's Board of Directors is backing CEO Steve Jobs after former
| CFO Fred Anderson accused Jobs approving the company's stock
| option backdating. Anderson settled civil charges against him
| Tuesday without admitting any guilt, but agreeing to pay back
| approximately $3.5m to make up for personal gains in the scandal.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/25/apple_q2_revenues_2007/


Options troubles aren't over for Apple

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| But one of the accused -- former Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson --
| pointed a finger at his former boss, Steve Jobs, raising new accusations
| that experts say could land Jobs in some legal hot water if true.
|
| [...]
|
| Gene Munster, a financial analyst at Piper Jaffray, said Anderson's 
| accusations will fuel investors' worries over Jobs and his critical role in 
| Apple's continued success.
|
| "It gives the appearance that, 'I had a partner in crime and it was Steve 
| Jobs,'" Munster said. 
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_hi_te/apple_stock_options


Microsoft's past stock options practice poses questions

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| Microsoft in 1999 announced that it would end a policy of awarding
| options at monthly lows and said it would take a $217 million charge,
| though many details of that discontinued practice haven't been widely
| known, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
|
| Those details raise questions about how Microsoft began the practice,
| what prompted the company to end it and whether the way the options
| were dated--at 30-day lows the month after they were
| granted--influenced other companies, it said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6084617.html 

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