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In the options market, tens of thousands of stock-option contracts expired last month without activity in the underlying stocks.

Chinese Stock Halts Add to 'Reverse Merger' Frustration Brendan Conway 2011

While none of this smacks of illegal activity, it's reminiscent of the stock-option backdating scandal that followed the Internet bust.

CEOs Paid to Crash Al Lewis 2011

The DVD-rental and online-video company cut Mr. Hasting's annual stock-option allowance for 2012 to $1.5 million, compared with its $3 million estimate for the value of options he received this year.

Netflix CEO's Stock Options Slashed Stu Woo 2011

Add to this the rise of stock-option compensation, and you have a recipe for extreme short-termism.

Putting an end to Wall Street's 'I'll be gone, you'll be gone' bonuses 2011

General Electric Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. secured support for executive-pay plans after raising the bar at the 11th hour on stock-option grants already awarded to their chief executives.

Pay Starts to Bend to Advisory Votes Joann S. Lublin 2011

But the stock-option cut comes after a trying year for Mr. Hastings.

Netflix CEO's Stock Options Slashed Stu Woo 2011

They include Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt , who saw his stock-option allowance rise to $1.5 million from $900,000 a year earlier, and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos , who had his allowance increased to $1.8 million from $1.4 million.

Netflix CEO's Stock Options Slashed Stu Woo 2011

Instead, he, Mr. Pélata and other executives involved in the dismissal, will give up the bonuses they were awarded for 2010 and stock-option awards for this year.

Renault Apologizes to Fired Employees Sebastian Moffett 2011

While Mr. Hastings had his stock-option allowance cut, some other Netflix executives got a raise.

Netflix CEO's Stock Options Slashed Stu Woo 2011

(Samueli was charged and later pleaded guilty to lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a stock-option backdating investigation.)

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