Mr Cook said that a return of cash to investors was an option for the board to consider, though he made no promises.
This leaves the board with one option: reducing payments to health care providers.
One investor, billionaire Carl Icahn, has reserved the option to oust Dell's board, a person familiar with his thinking said.
Until now all these devices have been one-off prototypes, but CUPP's partnering with Origin to make the PunkThis board available as an option on the EON11-S. The machine we played with was a pre-production unit using CUPP's single core ARM module running Gingerbread, but the company is working on a multi-core version with Jelly Bean.
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Option traders snapped up contracts across the board in Crocs, which ventured into the top 10 most actively traded contracts by volume at the midweek point, with activity concentrated on the put side of the July '07 series at the 40.0 strike, and on the call side at the 45.0 strike.
Option traders snapped up contracts across the board in Crocs (nasdaq: CROX - news - people ), which ventured into the top 10 most actively traded contracts by volume at the midweek point, with activity concentrated on the put side of the July '07 series at the 40.0 strike, and on the call side at the 45.0 strike.
"The board itself is very supportive of option one which would see services retained at Christchurch Hospital and indeed other services developed there, " he added.
Dell's board "is saying that no better option exists, " said Bill Nygren, manager of the Oakmark Fund and affiliates, which own about 25 million shares of Dell stock.
The College Board and ACT also have eliminated a standby option for taking exams.
The board finally decided that each company had a "free option" as to how to account for the deals.
Palm's board of directors decided that selling the company was the best option in early March.
Option volume remained light on Monday, with total volume on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) dropping to 3.3 million contracts from 3.7 million on Friday.
However, SNH board members have been advised that total eradication is the only viable option.
It got convertible preferred stock in the combined company and took two of seven board seats, 32.7% of voting rights, and an option to convert its holdings into 32.7% of Solo Cup common.
In America over the past decade, the dominance of the chief executive (usually the only executive on the board) has increased, with non-executives providing huge pay and share-option packages as well as their cheers.
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Originally intended for the kiosk and signage markets, enthusiast interest compelled Intel to put the board on general sale, along with a case (pictured above) and power supply option.
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If both the long and short option positions were in the money then it is advisable, if one has American Style Options on board, to close out the options before they expire.
Apple also was involved in a stock option back-dating scandal a few years ago, which was certainly a black eye for the entire board, but especially the compensation committee.
Mr Cavallo, who adopted the currency board in 1991, during an earlier term as economy minister, insists that devaluation is not an option.
But a great option for a first-timer is to hire a guide or visit a hunting lodge that offers room and board and experienced guides.
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