The trick, called stock options backdating, changed the date an option was granted to an earlier date when the stock price ...

Stock options in startup companies can be very profitable in the long term, but they come with special risks. Startup companies rely heavily on stock options to recruit, motivate, and retain the best ...

Options contracts give the right to buy or sell stock at set prices, potentially profitable. There are call (buy) and put (sell) options; employee stock options are typically call options. Options' ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Democratic lawmaker introduced a bill on Friday to end what he called a "bizarre" disparity between how stock options are treated under the tax code and how they are ...

There's no shortage of legendary tales about workers striking it rich with employee stock options. At Microsoft (MSFT), for example, the tech boom of the 1990s reportedly made approximately 10,000 ...