ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: Mortgage market collapses
REGULATORY CHANGES:
PRESIDENT: George Bush
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY: Henry Paulson
SECRETARY OF STATE: Condoleezza Rice
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Donald H. Rumsfeld
SUPREME COURT:
CONGRESS: Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D)
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: Ben Bernanke
NY FEDERAL RESERVE: Timothy Geithner, President
HIGHEST PAID CEO: Larry Ellison – Oracle $84,600,000
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: Harold (Terry) McGraw III, chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Chairman
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Robert Rubin and Carla Hill, Co-Chairman
KEY BANK MERGERS: Citizens Banking and Republic Bancorp; Banco Bilbao and Compass Bancshares; Bank of America and LaSalle; State Street and Investors Financial; Bank of New York and Mellon Financial; Wachovia and World Savings; Bank of America and US Trust; M&T and Partners Trust
KEY NON-BANK MERGERS: Chrysler divested (Cerberus Capital)
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: