Grades are in so I can get back blogging

Finals, correcting projects, and all-around chaos have kept me from writing much of late, but I think things are settling down so I will try to catch up.Hope everyone is doing well. Happy Holidays!! jim

Google Gives Employees Another Option

Google Gives Employees Another Option: "Google (GOOG) plans to give employees a novel method of cashing in their options starting next April. The search giant will let employees sell their vested stock options, which give the holder the right to reap the difference between the initial price and the current price, to selected financial institutions in an auction marketplace it's setting up with

Home Depot may see fallout over options backdating | Reuters Recommends | Reuters.com

Home Depot may see fallout over options backdating | Reuters Recommends | Reuters.com: "On Wednesday, Home Depot said a review by outside counsel found that, for certain stock option grants from 1981 through November 2000, the stated grant date was earlier than the actual time the grants were approved. Errors tied to the grants resulted in unrecorded expenses of about $200 million.'The most

Andrew Metrick: Governance Index Data

I was recently asked where a reader could find the corporate governance index, so I figured others might like to know that it is available through Andrew Metrick's website.Andrew Metrick: Governance Index Data: "Governance Index Data by Firm, 1990-2006"For details on the construction of the Governance Index, see Gompers, Paul A., Joy L. Ishii, and Andrew Metrick, 'Corporate Governance and Equity

TownOnline.com - Local News: BC’s Barry Is best prof on campus

TownOnline.com - Local News: BC’s Barry Is best prof on campus: " Corny jokes and tough tests are the hallmark of the B.C. finance professor, voted as one of the nation’s 'favorite professors' in a recent Business Week magazine student poll. Barry was one of only 22 management faculty members in the country to earn the A+ grade from his students. "