Year: 2007

This week the SEC announced more enforcement actions and settlements in its action involving Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold N.V.) and its subsidiary, U.S. Foodservice. http://sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2007/lr19975.htm.  Thirteen additional individuals were charged in the massive financial fraud and several agreed to settle …

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A new study by finance professors suggests that the backdating of stock options may be a much more wide-spread practice than once thought.  Initially, many believed that stock option backdating might have been concentrated in the high tech area.  Later, …

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