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Does Al Gore have an options problem?
BusinessWeek (excerpt) ^ | August 24, 2006

Posted on 8/25/2006, 5:29:18 AM by HAL9000

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Everyone knows the former Veep is on Apple's board, but he's also on the board's compensation committee. That raises the odds that he could land on the hot-seat if it turns out that Apple's stock options "irregularities" are of the sort that lead to civil or even criminal charges. In fact, former members of the comp committee at Mercury Interactive were notified by the SEC in June that they're likely to face civil charges. With that instance in mind, one SEC expert who requested anonymity says: “If there’s a problem at Apple, Gore's globe is going to be warming.” Call it An Inconvenient Truth.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; apple; backdating; manbearpig; options; sec; springboarding; stockoptions

1 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:29:19 AM by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Is there no controlling authority here?


2 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:35:26 AM by SamAdams76 (I am a big fan of urban sprawl but I wish there were more sidewalks)
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To: HAL9000

I'm torn. I've been an Apple user since 1986. I don't want to see this kind of problem at Apple just when things are going so well, but I would dearly love to see Al's toes put to the fire.


3 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:35:54 AM by Comstock1 (If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle.)
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To: HAL9000

Algore has problems....period.


4 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:38:33 AM by GLH3IL (What's good for America is bad for liberals.)
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To: SamAdams76

Once the double standard is applied....algore will face no consequences just like other Dems.


5 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:39:14 AM by JulieRNR21 (Go Katherine "ALL your base are belong to us." Go here: http://www.ElectHarris.org)
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To: JulieRNR21

I agree with you. No matter how bad this turns out for Apple, Gore will skate because he's a Dem and a favorite of the MSM flacks.


6 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:41:59 AM by thoughtomator (There is no "Islamofascism" - there is only Islam)
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To: HAL9000
The important thing, I think, was reading Steve Jobs apparently did not exercise his options and actually returned them a few months later.

With the company rebounding as it has, I hate to see it falter with something like this.

I'd *love* to see Al "no controlling legal authority" Gore finally get his!

7 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:42:30 AM by newzjunkey (Support Arnold-McClintock or embrace high taxes, gay weddings with Angelides.)
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To: HAL9000

"Gore's globe is going to be warming"!!! Har-de-har-har!


8 posted on 8/25/2006, 5:44:24 AM by ozzymandus
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To: HAL9000
With that instance in mind, one SEC expert who requested anonymity says: “If there’s a problem at Apple, Gore's globe is going to be warming.” Call it An Inconvenient Truth.

Oh boy. This could get good. I was so hoping he would run for Prez with the other RATS. He'd be more fun than the rest because he's so out of touch with reality. :o)

9 posted on 8/25/2006, 6:08:00 AM by NRA2BFree (PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW ISLAM ARE KORANIMALS!)
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To: Comstock1

Same here.


10 posted on 8/25/2006, 6:10:38 AM by afnamvet (It is what it is.)
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To: HAL9000

Maybe he can take a cue from Martha and do time in his own "lock box."


11 posted on 8/25/2006, 7:08:39 AM by MilesVeritatis (War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things...." - John Stuart Mill)
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To: HAL9000

He'll just say that he was following advice from Harold Raines.


12 posted on 8/25/2006, 12:11:14 PM by glorgau
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