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I know this is probably going to trigger a wave of enraged emails from Apple fans — or “Macolytes,” as I like to call them — but I can’t resist writing something about the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of Steve Jobs and the backdating of Apple’s stock options, which Dan Farber of ZDNet [...]

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Google provides options on its options

by Mathew on December 13, 2006 · View Comments

Sometimes I think that Google has a bunch of pissed-off ex-securities lawyers on staff whose sole job it is to screw around with things and come up with ideas that make Wall Street mad, or confused, or both. They haven’t been that busy since the IPO (Hey, let’s do a Dutch auction! And then not [...]

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This Apple has a worm

by Mathew on October 18, 2006 · View Comments

Apple managed to beat expectations with its latest financial results, boosting its profit by 27 per cent and setting a new record for Mac sales. Everyone seems pretty excited about the whole thing, and happy to talk about how great the iPod and iTunes are, etc. If they mention it at all, most news stories [...]

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Schmidt declines a little bit of evil

by Mathew on September 1, 2006 · View Comments

Let’s give credit where credit is due: Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who recently joined the Apple board of directors to much fanfare and rumour-mongering from the blogosphere, has reportedly declined the automatic grant of 30,000 stock options that are due him as an Apple board member, according to StreetInsider. Instead, he has said that he [...]

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