text: Tech Firms Ready Plan For Options The nation's biggest technology companies will present an alternative method for valuing stock options that generally would allow them to report lower expenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"&gt;&lt;B&gt;-The Washington Post&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;