The devil's casino
Subtitle: friendship, betrayal, and the high-stakes games played inside Lehman Brothers
By: Vicky Ward.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780470540862
Subjects: Lehman Brothers; Investment banking -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Investment advisors -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Finance -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Description: Ward takes you inside Lehman's highly charged offices where you'll meet beloved leaders who were erased from the corporate history books, but who could have taken the firm in a very different direction had they not fallen victim to infighting and their own weaknesses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A long, hot summer; title: The beginning; title: The captain; title: The "take under"; title: Slamex; title: The phoenix rises; title: Independence day; title: The stiletto; title: The Ides of March; title: Eulogies; title: Epilogue.