Word: optioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...agency also zeroed in on stock-option grants, easily the most lucrative part of corporate pay packages. These noncash payments, which reward executives handsomely if stock prices rise, often disguise what top managers actually earn. In the past, firms were not required to report a dollar value on such awards, and there was no uniform measure by which shareholders could calculate their worth. Breeden has proposed that companies disclose more fully and succinctly the present value of these payouts...
Enter the "mandate scenario," which may be the only option open to a late starter. To go this route, a candidate would contest several primaries in different regions to prove his vote-getting ability. Most frequently mentioned are California (with a March 19 filing deadline), and Alabama, Minnesota and New Jersey, which have April drop-dead dates. Since securing the nomination this late would be mathematically impossible, the mandate scenario counts on the trailing candidates to cave in to the heavyweight for the good of the party under pressure from Democratic leaders, financial big shots and the media. Goofy, perhaps...
...proposed that ballots be changed to include a "none-of-the above" option that would give dissatisfied voters the power to nullify an election or to write in their own candidate...
Other masters said that less well off studentscould suffer under the credit option...
...other option officials have discussed is a "declining balance" plan in which students would have meals checked off on a computerized card and pay only for what they...