There are a few topics that one should avoid around both the dinner table and the water cooler, says Charles Purdy, senior editor of job site Monster.com and author of Urban Etiquette.

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Charles Allmon , editor of Growth Stock Outlook, has been pounding the table about the way companies account for stock option grants to employees.

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