ECONOMIC CONDITIONS:
REGULATORY CHANGES:
PRESIDENT: Barack Obama
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY: Timothy Geithner
SECRETARY OF STATE: Hillary Clinton
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Robert M. Gates
SUPREME COURT:
CONGRESS: Speaker, John Boehner (R)
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: Ben Bernanke
NY FEDERAL RESERVE: William C Dudley, President; Denis M Hughes, Chairman
HIGHEST PAID CEO:
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO of Verizon Communications, Chairman; Kenneth Chenault, Chairman & CEO of American Express, Vice Chairman
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Robert Rubin and Carla Hill, Co-Chairman
KEY BANK MERGERS:
KEY NON-BANK MERGERS:
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: