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554 “The fact is that some businesses require size”: Jamie Dimon’s letter to investors in JPMorgan Chase’s annual report from 2010.

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555 “This generation of Wall Street CEOs could be the ones to forfeit America’s trust”: Elizabeth Warren, “Wall Street’s Race to the Bottom,” Wall Street Journal , February 9, 2010.

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INDEX

ABN AMRO

Accounting

fair-value

Lehman, discrepancies exposed

Achleitner, Dr. Paul

AIG. See entries under American International Group (AIG)

Akers, John

Allianz, AIG capitalization talks

Allison, Herb

Altman, Roger C.

American Express

Dimon at

Lehman, purchase of

American International Group (AIG)

capital, efforts to raise. See American International Group (AIG) capitalization efforts

chief executive officers (CEOs). See Greenberg, Maurice Raymond “Hank ”; Sullivan, Martin; Willumstad, Robert

chief operating officer (COO). See Cassano, Joseph

counterparty global exposure

credit default swaps (CDS)

debt insurance, cost increase

failure, potential impact of

Fed bailout. See American International Group (AIG) bailout

federal charges against (2003-2005)

Financial Products (FP) status

Goldman Sachs, collateral demands of

Greenberg, settlement with

history/growth of

JP Morgan, demands for disclosure

liquidity problem

losses (2008)

profits, payment to employees

quantitative analysis, use of

rating downgrade concerns

risk, excessive

shareholder uproar

stock price decline

strength of (2005)

super-seniors

American International Group (AIG) bailout

AIG board vote

bonuses, public outrage

Congress, reaction to

demand note for Fed

Geithner proposal

Goldman, benefits to

Liddy as new CEO

payback conditions

proceeds to investment banks

rationale for

warrants to Fed

American International Group (AIG) capitalization efforts

with Allianz

bankruptcy option

with Buffett (Warren)

Citigroup as adviser

diligence session

final capital search

with Flowers (Chris)

Geithner, bailout requested of

with Goldman Sachs

and Greenberg

JP Morgan as adviser

regulated assets, use as collateral

Archstone-Smith

Awad, Jim

Bailout. See Federal bailout

Bair, Sheila

FDIC position

on guarantee for money market funds

at nationalization meeting

negative view of

Wachovia, saving, efforts in

See also Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Bank of America

ABN AMRO, loss of

chief executive officer (CEO). See Lewis, Ken

deal maker. See Curl, Greg

federal assistance, request for

Lehman capitalization rejected

Lehman capitalization talks

Merrill capitalization finalized

Merrill capitalization talks

O’Neal pitch to

strength of (2008)

Bank of England

Bank holding companies

Fed discount window, access to

Goldman Sachs as

Morgan Stanley as

Bank One

Banks, mortgages, securitized

Barancik, Gary

Barclays Capital

chief executive officer (CEO). See Diamond, Bob

federal assistance, request for

good bank-bad bank proposal

government bailout of

Lehman broker-dealer sale to

Lehman capitalization rejected

Lehman capitalization talks

shareholder vote required

trading guarantee, request from Buffett

Baxter, Tom

Bear Stearns

Banking Committee hearing on rescue