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Activision probe.


Activision Activision, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI is an American video game developer and publisher. It was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles, founded on October 1 1979.  Probe: Santa Monica-based video game publisher Activision Inc. was targeted last week in another shareholder lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort.  accusing it of improperly im·prop·er  
adj.
1. Not suited to circumstances or needs; unsuitable: improper shoes for a hike; improper medical treatment.

2.
 enhancing and reporting executives' stock options. One of the nation's largest video game publishers, it also received a letter the week before from the SEC requesting information about the company's stock option grant practices. And in early July, the company was named in a derivative suit derivative suit

See stockholder derivative suit.
 filed in L.A Superior Court citing "improprieties in the company's issuance of stock options." Current and former members of the company's board of directors were named as defendants. The company said it intends to cooperate with the SEC.
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Title Annotation:News of the Week
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 7, 2006
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