The Devil's Casino_ Friendship, Betrayal - Vicky Ward [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Cast of Characters
Key Players
Lehman 1984 -1994, the Slamex Years
Lehman 1994-2008: From Independence to Meltdown
Key Lehman Spouses
The Original Lehman Brothers
Industry Players
Barclays
The Law
Bankruptcy Administrators
Government Players
Prologue
Part One - THE PONDEROSA BOYS
Chapter 1 - A Long, Hot Summer
Chapter 2 - The Beginning
Chapter 3 - The Captain
Chapter 4 - The "Take-Under"
Chapter 5 - Slamex
Chapter 6 - The Phoenix Rises
Chapter 7 - Independence Day
Chapter 8 - The Stiletto
Chapter 9 - The Ides of March
Chapter 10 - Eulogies
Part Two - THE ECHO CHAMBER
Chapter 11 - Russian Winter
Chapter 12 - Lehman's Desperate Housewives
Chapter 13 - The Young Lions
Chapter 14 - 9/11
Chapter 15 - No Ordinary Joe
Chapter 16 - The Talking Head
Chapter 17 - The Sacrificial Ram
Chapter 18 - Korea's Rising Sum
Chapter 19 - The Wart on the End of Lehman's Nose
Chapter 20 - Damned Flood?
Chapter 21 - Closing the Books
Epilogue
A Note About the Sources
Notes
References
Acknowledgements
Index
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Ward, Vicky.
The devil's casino : friendship, betrayal, and the high-stakes games played inside
Lehman Brothers / Vicky Ward.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-470-63823-1
1. Lehman Brothers. 2. Investment banking--New York (State)--New York--History. 3.
Investment advisors--New York (State)--New York--History. 4. Finance--New York
(State)--New York--History. I. Title.
HG5129.N5W37 2010
332.660973--dc22
2010000762
For my sons, Orlando and Lorcan Doull.
Without your laughter,
your hugs and your very good-natured patience,
"Mummy's