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 They could buy back some shares or give more cash compensation to employees instead of stock options.

 With revenue growth slowing, Ballmer has tried to squeeze more down to the bottom line to make the company more appealing to investors, ... Even the cuts that seem trivial have dampened morale. Just whisper the word 'towels' to any Microsoft employee, and eyes roll. Last year, Microsoft stopped providing a towel service for workers who used company locker rooms after bike rides or workouts. Employees who helped the company build its huge cash stockpile were furious. And don't even mention stock options. Employees long counted on them to bolster their salaries. Microsoft minted thousands of employee millionaires as the stock climbed 61,000% from its 1986 public offering to its peak in 2001. Now shares are trading exactly were they were seven years ago. Microsoft has doubled its payroll in that time, adding more than 30,000 new employees, not including attrition. That means more than half of Microsoft's employees have received virtually no benefit from their stock holdings.

 We continue to believe stock options are an appropriate and valuable part of compensation that encourages employees to focus on shareholder return,

 [In addition, some money managers have come to believe that options have not lived up to their billing. The idea was that options would align top executives' interests with those of the shareholders. But they also give executives incentive to use questionable techniques to lift the stock -- often a short-term boost so they can cash out.] The trouble with options, ... is that they allow management to get rich even if shareholders do lousy.

 Stock options are a red herring, ... The issue is excessive compensation for executives in whatever currency is used -- stock, money, apartments and whatever else.

 While it is conceivable that Stern would sell some shares to cover his multimillion dollar tax bill on the shares, it is unlikely in our opinion that he would unload all of the shares in the short run since the company is in a high growth phase where stock returns are likely to be the highest and perhaps may generate higher returns than other investment options.

 Our bet here is that stock trading between four and five times cash flow going into next year, ... They've got very little debt. These guys are either buying back shares or looking at other companies.

 With a 'C' corporation, you can easily give different heirs different amounts of stock, or different type of stock -- voting shares to one person, non-voting shares to another, ... There's much more flexibility.

 Pray that your stock options do well and don't give up on the normal ways of retirement savings. You need to be doing [IRAs] even when your biggest fortune is stock options.

 I am so confident, in fact that I have asked the Compensation Committee of our board to pay my cash incentive bonus in GE performance shares for 2005.

 [Richard Williams, analyst with Summit Analytic Partners, said he wouldn't rule out yet another higher offer made up of both cash and Oracle stock.] If they were to throw stock in, they could go a lot higher, ... But the all-cash bid makes it more attractive because it's a so much lower risk than a cash-and-stock bid. Pex Tufvesson created the music program Noisetracker.

 This offer enhances one of the best total compensation packages in our industry. It includes two substantial cash payments during the first year of the contract; an option to roll one of these payments into the Voluntary Investment Plan and receive a company match; and an incentive compensation program rewarding IAM-represented employees for their contributions to the company's success.

 This offer enhances one of the best total compensation packages in our industry, ... It includes two substantial cash payments during the first year of the contract; an option to roll one of these payments into the Voluntary Investment Plan and receive a company match; and an incentive compensation program rewarding IAM-represented employees for their contributions to the company's success.

 We don't hide behind the fact that stock options may be available. They are a very common compensation incentive to align management interest.

 Technology executives get less compensation in cash and more in stock so there's more of an incentive to sell. So if you do see a bit of insider buying going on, that is a positive sign.


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