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Ward, Vicky.
The devil's casino : friendship, betrayal, and the high-stakes games played inside Lehman Brothers / Vicky Ward. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010. - xvii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
Part one: the Ponderosa boys -- A long, hot summer -- The beginning -- The captain -- The "take-under" -- Slamex -- The phoenix rises -- Independence day -- The stiletto -- The Ides of March -- Eulogies -- Part two: the echo chamber -- Russian winter -- Lehman's desperate houswives -- The young lions -- 9/11 -- No ordinary Joe -- The talking head -- The sacrificial ram -- Korea's rising sum -- The wart on the end of Lehman's nose -- Damned flood? -- Closing the books -- Epilogue.
Ward takes you inside Lehman's highly charged offices where you'll meet beloved leaders who were erased from the corporate history books, but who could have taken the firm in a very different direction had they not fallen victim to infighting and their own weaknesses.
9780470540862
Lehman Brothers.
Investment banking--History.--New York (State)--New York
Investment advisors--History.--New York (State)--New York
Finance--History.--New York (State)--New York
HG5129.N5
332.660973 / W256
The devil's casino : friendship, betrayal, and the high-stakes games played inside Lehman Brothers / Vicky Ward. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010. - xvii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
Part one: the Ponderosa boys -- A long, hot summer -- The beginning -- The captain -- The "take-under" -- Slamex -- The phoenix rises -- Independence day -- The stiletto -- The Ides of March -- Eulogies -- Part two: the echo chamber -- Russian winter -- Lehman's desperate houswives -- The young lions -- 9/11 -- No ordinary Joe -- The talking head -- The sacrificial ram -- Korea's rising sum -- The wart on the end of Lehman's nose -- Damned flood? -- Closing the books -- Epilogue.
Ward takes you inside Lehman's highly charged offices where you'll meet beloved leaders who were erased from the corporate history books, but who could have taken the firm in a very different direction had they not fallen victim to infighting and their own weaknesses.
9780470540862
Lehman Brothers.
Investment banking--History.--New York (State)--New York
Investment advisors--History.--New York (State)--New York
Finance--History.--New York (State)--New York
HG5129.N5
332.660973 / W256