CONOMIC 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: Sonia Sotomayor (’09-Present)
CONGRESS: Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D)
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: Ben Bernanke
NY FEDERAL RESERVE: William C Dudley, President; Stephen Friedman, Chairman until May; Denis M Hughes, Chairman
HIGHEST PAID CEO: Stephen Schwarzman – Blackstone Group $702,440,573
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: Harold (Terry) McGraw III, chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Chairman until mid-year; Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO of Verizon Communications, Chairman from mid-year
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Robert Rubin and Carla Hill, Co-Chairman
KEY BANK MERGERS: M&T and Provident; M&T and Bradford
KEY NON-BANK MERGERS: Pfizer and Wyeth; Republic Airways and Midwest Airlines; Republica Airways and Frontier Airlines
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: