Ward, Vicky. <br/><br/>
The devil's casino : friendship, betrayal, and the high-stakes games played inside Lehman Brothers /  
Vicky Ward. -- 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,  [2010]  ©2010 
 - xvii, 270 pages, [8] pages of plates :  illgaes ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one: the Ponderosa boys -- A long, hot summer -- The beginning -- The captain -- The "take-under" -- Slamex -- The phoenix rises -- Independence day -- The stiletto -- The Ides of March -- Eulogies -- Part two: the echo chamber -- Russian winter -- Lehman's desperate houswives -- The young lions -- 9/11 -- No ordinary Joe -- The talking head -- The sacrificial ram -- Korea's rising sum -- The wart on the end of Lehman's nose -- Damned flood? -- Closing the books -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470540862 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010000762 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Lehman Brothers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Investment banking--History.--New York (State)--New York<br/>Investment advisors--History.--New York (State)--New York<br/>Finance--History.--New York (State)--New York
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG5129  / .W2101 2010