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Is Steve Jobs' one dollar salary with stock options coming back to bite investors?

Apple has built a visible brand that is recognizable and certainly newsworthy. The increased scrutiny can be good. In some cases it can seem frustrating for the Apple investor. Recently stories have broken about the backdated stock options scandal Apple is going through.

Only it isn't just Apple that is being investigated. It's 80+ companies being investigated by the SEC. Some of these companies include Barnes & Noble, Home Depot, and Intuit, and those are the ones who've publicly admitted to it. Recent stories indicate the numbers will only grow, as using options as a way of paying or enticing employees grew to epic proportions in the late 90s.

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