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RIM execs face 'record fines for options backdating' (AFP)

 
AFP - Two top executives at Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of hugely popular Blackberry smartphones, face record fines for their roles in a stock option accounting controversy, local media reported Thursday. (link)

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