ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: BP Deep Water oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
REGULATORY CHANGES: Dodd-Frank enacted
PRESIDENT: Barack Obama
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY: Timothy Geithner
SECRETARY OF STATE: Hillary Clinton
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Robert M. Gates
SUPREME COURT: Citizens United
CONGRESS: Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D)
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: Ben Bernanke
NY FEDERAL RESERVE: William C Dudley, President; Denis M Hughes, Chairman
HIGHEST PAID CEO: Gregory B. Maffei – Liberty Media Corp. $87,100,000
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: AirTran and Southwest; United Airlines and Continental
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: