Comments on: This Apple has a worm http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jobs’ reality-distortion field still intact » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-156009 Jobs’ reality-distortion field still intact » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:53:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/#comment-156009 [...] Of course, it’s possible that everyone is willing to overlook the Apple case because a) they are tired of the whole options-backdating issue, b) they don’t think it’s really that important — or even wrong, as my friend Rob argued in the comments on my previous post — or c) the company has absolved Jobs of any direct liablity, and therefore the whole issue is effectively closed. [...] [...] Of course, it’s possible that everyone is willing to overlook the Apple case because a) they are tired of the whole options-backdating issue, b) they don’t think it’s really that important — or even wrong, as my friend Rob argued in the comments on my previous post — or c) the company has absolved Jobs of any direct liablity, and therefore the whole issue is effectively closed. [...]

]]> By: Google provides options on its options » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-106453 Google provides options on its options » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:57:27 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/#comment-106453 [...] Bearish signal or not, I think it’s a great idea. One of the difficult issues with stock options — apart from the fact that companies hand them out like candy and then allow executives to reprice and extend them at will, which I’ve discussed here — is arriving at a value for them. Since they only really have value in the future when they are exerciseable, it takes a fair bit of hoop-jumping to arrive at a current value, which quite quickly gets into Black-Scholes pricing theory, etc. [...] [...] Bearish signal or not, I think it’s a great idea. One of the difficult issues with stock options — apart from the fact that companies hand them out like candy and then allow executives to reprice and extend them at will, which I’ve discussed here — is arriving at a value for them. Since they only really have value in the future when they are exerciseable, it takes a fair bit of hoop-jumping to arrive at a current value, which quite quickly gets into Black-Scholes pricing theory, etc. [...]

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-68646 Mathew Ingram Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:18:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/#comment-68646 Thanks, John. But I always win -- it's my blog, so I always get the last word :-) Thanks, John. But I always win — it’s my blog, so I always get the last word :-)

]]> By: John Koetsier http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-68370 John Koetsier Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:13:55 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/#comment-68370 Sometimes you just can't win, Matthew. :-) Sometimes you just can’t win, Matthew.

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]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-68245 Mathew Ingram Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:25:39 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/18/this-apple-has-a-worm/#comment-68245 Hey Eric -- did you even read the six comments or so before your latest one? I guess I spent all that time arguing with Rob in a pathetic attempt to drive traffic too, right? In fact, he's probably in on it! Man, you sure have me figured out. I should know better than to try and pull one over on you, buddy. Hey Eric — did you even read the six comments or so before your latest one? I guess I spent all that time arguing with Rob in a pathetic attempt to drive traffic too, right? In fact, he’s probably in on it! Man, you sure have me figured out. I should know better than to try and pull one over on you, buddy.

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