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Enron's Bastard Children: Oh, what legislation you have spawned!
As a political scandal, Enron has fizzled out. Democrats know that the story is not going to dominate the midterm elections and are searching for other clubs with which to hit the Bush administration. So the scandal won't hurt Republicans. It could still, however, damage the economy and Americans' liberties.
That's because Enron has inspired, or is being used to justify, quite a few bills in Congress. The near-universal assumption in Washington has been that the Enron debacle proves that policy changes are necessary. While some changes might indeed be worthwhile, let's not forget that the system has actually worked pretty well. The market detected that the ...
- Enron, Congress, and stock options.
- Newspaper article from: The Kiplinger Letter March 1, 2002 700+ words
Enron will also prompt a battle in Congress over stock options. Enron's fall resurrects the issue of stock options' accounting treatment and gives renewed momentum to a bill requiring firms to expense options. Businesses argue that such a move...
- The Nuts-and-Bolts Approach: Fastenal, the anti-Enron,' forgoes options and...
- Magazine article from: Investment Dealers' Digest March 31, 2003 700+ words
...controversy surrounding stock options, Corporate America...that doesn't dole out stock options as compensation for...They are the anti-Enron and the anti-GE...listed companies embraced stock options as a "cost-less...
- Wind is shifting on employee stock options.(ENRON FALLOUT)
- Newspaper article from: The Kiplinger Letter June 7, 2002 700+ words
The wind is shifting on accounting for employee stock options. Companies will likely have to count them as expenses before long. Look for the incoming Financial Accounting Standards Board...
- Stock options: this time it's going to be different.(Column)
- Magazine article from: Strategic Finance Beams, Joseph D. November 1, 2004 700+ words
...statements. Then came Enron, WorldCom, and...of accounting for stock options and possibly release...companies to expense stock options. It has been two years since the Enron and WorldCom collapses...the fair value of stock options. The House bill...
- Stock options are compensation. (Sound Off).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: California CPA Iqbal, M. Zafar August 1, 2002 700+ words
...Accounting treatment for stock options needs to change. In our post-Enron world, investors...reliable is to report stock options as compensation...undesirable consequences. Enron emphasized stock...s CEO exercised stock options shortly before the...
- Congress Resurrects Battle over Stock Options.
- Newspaper article from: Kiplinger Business Forecasts February 26, 2002 700+ words
...changes to their stock options programs unless...t happen. The Enron debacle has resurrected a stock-options-accounting proposal...good chance other Enron-related issues...the controversial stock options bill for another...
- Stock Options
- Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences January 1, 2008 700+ words
...pertaining to whether employee stock options should be valued at the...companies to expense employee stock options. The act was a response...such notable companies as Enron and WorldCom cashed in their stock options after artificially inflating...
- Dispute Over Stock Options Heats Up in North Carolina.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 29, 2004 700+ words
...the money she earned from her stock options four years ago enabled her and...see anything negative about stock options," Dean said. But her sentiments...from universal. In the post-Enron era, stock options are a hot-button issue. Icons...
