A number of companies have been reviewing stock option granting procedures recently in the wake of a March 18 article in the Wall Street Journal that questioned whether some companies had been "backdating" stock option grants to result in their issuance at the best possible time. The Journal's analysis found a disproportionate number of cases where the companies examined had issued stock options to employees just before a sharp rise in the company's stock. The more a stock rises following the issuance of a stock option, the greater the profit to the option holder. Read Full Article @ Altera to review stock option practices.

Too bad, I have never made any money from Stock Options. Only silver lining is that I am not affected by such inquiries