This article by Matt Marshall for the MercuryNews.com: “Top VC at odds with valley on options.” The article reports that Vinod Khosla, a very prominent and successful venture capitalist, has broken ranks with the rest of Silicon Valley and come out in favor of stock option expensing. He argues that requiring companies to expense stock options would “level the playing field for young private start-ups that he says are so important to the nation’s economy.”
Bloomberg.com reports here: “Intel, Dell May Award Fewer Options, More Cash to Pay Workers.”
And “The battle heats up over stock options” reports Paul Taylor for FT.com. The article points out the tension between FASB’s accounting proposals which would make stock options less appealing to employers and the tax advantages of stock options brought about by JAGTRRA.