Continue writing the following text: '' james wanted ned to exercise his stock options and keep the stock , did n't he ? that way , ned 's proxy is worth more and james does n't have to buy as many shares in the open market . '' '' if you know so much , why are you asking me ? '' oops , i did n't want to aggravate him . in reality , ned had exercised his options and immediately sold the stock , so something must have come between him and
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