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Mergers & Acquisitions

Oct. 25, 2006

When the Going Gets Tough, McAfee Goes Shopping for Startups

COLUMN - Rick Kennedy - Stock options were once Silicon Valley's best friends as they allowed cash-poor startups to attract executive talent, but these days they've acquired the habit of biting the hands that granted them.

Stock options were once Silicon Valley's best friends as they allowed cash-poor startups to attract executive talent, but these days they've acquired the habit of biting the hands that granted them.
      So far, criminal charges in stock option backdating investigations have been limited to executives at Brocade Communications Systems in San Jose and Comverse Technology in New York. But the FBI is reportedly pursuing criminal investigations of...

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