Options saga heats up as more companies are named - Jul. 12, 2006

Options saga heats up as more companies are named - Jul. 12, 2006: "The list of companies being investigated in the stock-options saga grows longer by the day and could easily climb much higher, according to the professor whose research brought the issue to light.

"More than 50 companies are being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors over whether they 'backdated' or otherwise manipulated the dates they granted stock options to employees to make the options more lucrative, according to Reuters." [CNNMoney]