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Semiconductor maker Atmel disclosed it intends to restate earnings for the periods covering 2003 to the first quarter of 2006 because of option accounting snafus.
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(Fifty-eight percent, or 94 respondents, chose the upset-because-of-Silber option).
This week both CNET Networks and McAfee, an antivirus software company, replaced top executives because of options issues.
Jack Ciesielski, who publishes the Analyst's Accounting Observer, estimates that the profits of the companies in Standard & Poor's 500 are overstated by 6% because of options.In some cases, the results are truly striking.
Newpark Resources, for example, overstated earnings by less than $2 million because of options grants.
As I've tried to explain, that's because of the option value: short-term rates can go up but they can't go down.
On the flip side, entrepreneurs should be cautious of taking seed money from top tier VCs because of this "option value".
Because Wilson is out of options and Phillips is not, Wilson will undoubtedly make the team.
Barring another injury, he cannot return to the minors because he is out of options.
The government is floundering because it has run out of options.
Seeso will have to battle for attention, because the number of options for streaming television has increased exponentially.
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