<i>&gt; As recently as September, the company [Square] handed out stock options to staff — one of the main perks of jobs in the Valley — valuing it at $15.39 a share, or more than 50 per cent above what the shares were deemed to be worth only six months earlier.</i><p>Source: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ft.com&#x2F;cms&#x2F;s&#x2F;0&#x2F;6ad992e6-8792-11e5-9f8c-a8d619fa707c.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ft.com&#x2F;cms&#x2F;s&#x2F;0&#x2F;6ad992e6-8792-11e5-9f8c-a8d619fa70...</a>