ECONOMIC CONDITIONS:
REGULATORY CHANGES:
PRESIDENT: George Bush
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY: John Snow
SECRETARY OF STATE: Condoleezza Rice
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Donald H. Rumsfeld
SUPREME COURT: Samuel Alito (’06-Present)
CONGRESS: Speaker, Dennis Hastert (R)
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: Ben Bernanke
NY FEDERAL RESERVE: Timothy Geithner, President
HIGHEST PAID CEO: Richard D Fairbank – Capital One Financial
$249,420,000
Inflation adjusted: $257,466,000
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: Harold (Terry) McGraw III, chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, named Chairman
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Peter Peterson, Chairman
KEY BANK MERGERS: Wachovia and Westcorp; NewAlliance and Cornerstone; Capital One Financial and North Fork; Wachovia and Golden West; Regions Financial and AmSouth Bancorporation
KEY NON-BANK MERGERS: Disney and Pixar; AT&T and BellSouth
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Davis Global Advisors founded by Stephen Davis