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Options Cases Aim For Level Field

You're at the track and the pony you bet on came up a winner. You go to collect your winnings, and there you see another bettor place a bet on the race that was just run. He collects a windfall. Ridiculous? That's what happens when companies backdate corporate stock options.
 

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