The Devil's Casino_ Friendship, Betrayal - Vicky Ward [119]
Street Journal, May 17, 2008.
Page 179 But on June 4, three days Susanne Craig, "Lehman Is Seeking Overseas
Capital," Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2008.
Page 180 The next morning, Sunday McGee's frustration with Gregory and his weekend
visit to Fuld's office were initially reported by Andrew Ross Sorkin in Too Big to Fail:
The Inside Story of How Wall Street Fought to Save the Financial System--and
Themselves (New York: Viking Penguin, 2009), 117 -118.
Page 180 McGee spoke first D' Angelin's e-mail was made public as part of the House
Oversight Committee's investigation into the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In the
Congressional Record it is titled "Lehman Brothers Email Regarding Lack of
Accountability."
Chapter 17 The Sacrificial Ram
Page 184 But that was before Fuld Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail: The Inside
Story of How Wall Street Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves (New
York: Viking Penguin, 2009), 125-126.
Page 184 Later Callan would tell Fortune Katie Benner, "I Was Lucky to Get Out,"
Fortune, September 26, 2008.
Page 185 In a typical headline, Sean Farrell, "Wall Street's Leading Woman Pays the
Price for Lehman's Losses," London Independent, June 13, 2008.
Page 186 The Tuesday following Gregory's ouster Lawrence McDonald and Patrick
Robinson, A Colossal Failure of Common Sense (New York: Crown Business, 2009),
297.
Page 187 The eight specific tasks "The Gameplan," Lehman Brothers, September 2008.
Page 189 So, with the help of "The Impact of Becoming a Bank," Lehman Brothers, July
2008.
Chapter 18 Korea's Rising Sum
Page 191 There were also the sovereign wealth funds "Citi, Merrill May Seek More from
Sovereign Wealth Funds," Dow Jones, January 14, 2008.
Page 191 Negotiations in the Middle East The China Investment Corporation's history of
investing in American hedge funds and private equity firms was detailed by Jenny
Strasburg and Rick Carew, "China Ready to Place Bets on Hedge Funds," Wall Street
Journal, June 19, 2009.
Page 192 Lehman took this seriously Lehman's demoralizing efforts to hammer out a deal
with KDB were first reported in detail by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail: The
Inside Story of How Wall Street Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
(New York: Viking Penguin, 2009), 212-216.
Page 192 There were serious issues Source:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/10/123_32723.html .
Page 197 McGee said it had been rejected But there were articles on September 3 saying
that talks had been going on, for example: www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-0902-3485407905_x.htm.
Page 198 Hours later, a KDB official Gwen Robinson, "It's Official: Lehman Takeover
Story Now Out of Control," FT Alphaville, September 10, 2008.
Chapter 19 The Wart on the End of Lehman's Nose
Page 200 Dimon had two disturbing conclusions: The role of Jamie Dimon and
JPMorgan Chase in Lehman's daily operations and sudden collapse is addressed in
greater detail in the Duff McDonald book Last Man Standing (New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2009), 279-283, as well as Tom Junod, "The Deal of the Century," Esquire,
September 11, 2009.
Page 200 what had come to be known as Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail: The
Inside Story of How Wall Street Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
(New York: Viking Penguin, 2009), 23.
Page 201 On September 10 at 8 A.M. Transcript, Lehman Conference Call: Lehman
Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) F3Q08, September 10, 2008.
Page 203 As the Wall Street Journal later reported "The Two Faces of Lehman's Fall,"
Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2008.
Page 206 the FSA would not waive Katherine Griffiths, "Lehman, Barclays and the
Countdown to Financial Crisis," September 12, 2009,
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/artic
le6831518.ece .
Page 207 And Bank of America was a particular thorn Sorkin, Too Big to Fail.
Page 207 Eventually, she said to him Ibid., 299.
Page 208 Even so, Paulson had reportedly