How did mandatory stock option expensing affect my stock grants?

Expensing became mandatory for calendar-year companies several years ago. Because companies take an earnings charge for the "fair value" of stock option grants on their income statements, companies have changed their grant practices by reducing the number of stock options, moving to grant more...

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