PARIS, March 22 - Bosses at French bank Societe Generale gave up their stock options and the government said it might give new funds to support youth employment on Sunday in moves aimed at calming...
Prior to 2006, companies were not required to expense grants of employee stock options at all.
BANGALORE, Aug 19 - Gregory Reyes, former chief executive of network equipment maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc, had his conviction on illegal stock options backdating overturned, court documents showed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for...
*Public anger leads to government action *French banks, car makers under scrutiny *Stock option ban stays to end-2010 PARIS, March 30 - French banks and carmakers that have benefited from government bailouts in the economic...
* Intel seeks to swap underwater employee stock options * Freezes all employee salaries including top executives * Plan subject to shareholder approval on May 20 * Chairman does not expect shareholder backlash * Shares...
In the world of buying and selling stock options, choices are made in regards to which strategy is best when considering a trade. If an investor is bullish, she can buy a call or sell a put, whereas if she is bearish, she can buy a put or sell a call. There are many reasons to choose each of the various strategies, but it is often said that "options are made to be sold."
*Fear index retreats as U.S. stocks rally *VIX falls below key moving day averages CHICAGO, March 10 - Fear and volatility beat a hasty retreat on Tuesday. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, Wall...
CHICAGO, Jan 21 - The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index <.VIX>, or VIX, fell sharply on Wednesday and erased almost all of its gains set a day earlier as U.S. stocks rallied and rebounded...
FRANKFURT, Dec 24 - MAN AG has bought call options on the stock of Scania AB, giving it access to more than 20 percent of the Swedish truck maker's voting rights, the German industrial conglomerate...
*Put action in banks highlights downside risk *Financial ETF put-to-call ratio nearly 2 to 1 *WFC put-to-call ratio at 1.94, about 217,000 puts traded *Bank of America's busiest option is Sept $17 put strike CHICAGO,...