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- ISBN
- 0470540869
- EAN
- 9780470540862
- Date of Publication
- 20100318
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Hardback
- Release Title
- The Devil?s Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes ...
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- Ward, Vicky
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470540869
ISBN-13
9780470540862
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77395416
Product Key Features
Book Title
Devil's Casino : Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played inside Lehman Brothers
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Banks & Banking, Economic History, Finance / General, General, Industries / Financial Services, Investments & Securities / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-000762
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
&'She writes stylishly and she understands&…that enduring literature is not created by unravelling transactions but by illuminating complex personalities.&' (Mail on Sunday, April 2010)., '…her book glows because of the poignancy of the Mad Men -like human story at its core.' (Spectator Business, June 2010). '…Ward skitters between financial reportage and human interest to tell a clear modern history of the cat with nine lives...' (The New Economy, July 2010). "A gripping, gossipy account of the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers which reads like a novel." (Financial Times Weekend, June 2010). '...lifts the lid on the extraordinary culture of a firm...' (TimesLive.co.za, March 2010). '...Ward sums up the high price - a life of isolation, backstabbing, and hypocrisy - paid by Lehman's better halves.' (Vanity Fair, April 2010). '...[an] entertaining account of Lehman's rise and fall...' (Spectator, April 2010). 'Ward takes you inside Lehman's highly charged offices.' (HereIsTheCity.com, March 2010).
Dewey Decimal
332.660973
Table Of Content
Cast of Characters. Prologue. Part One: The Ponderosa Boys. Chapter 1 A Long, Hot Summer. Chapter 2 The Beginning. Chapter 3 The Captain. Chapter 4 The ?Take-Under'. Chapter 5 Slamex. Chapter 6 The Phoenix Rises. Chapter 7 Independence Day. Chapter 8 The Stiletto. Chapter 9 The Ides of March. Chapter 10 Eulogies. Part Two: The Echo Chamber. Chapter 11 Russian Winter. Chapter 12 Lehman's Desperate Housewives. Chapter 13 The Young Lions. Chapter 14 9/11. Chapter 15 No Ordinary Joe. Chapter 16 The Talking Head. Chapter 17 The Sacrificial Ram. Chapter 18 Korea's Rising Sum. Chapter 19 The Wart on the End of Lehman's Nose. Chapter 20 Damned Flood? Chapter 21 Closing the Books. Epilogue. A Note About the Sources. Notes. References. Acknowledgments. Index.
Synopsis
The inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers and why it failed In The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, investigative writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward takes readers inside Lehman's highly charged offices. What Ward uncovers is a much bigger story than Lehman losing at the risky game of collateralized debt obligations, swaps, and leverage. A can't put it down page turner that opens the world of Wall Street to view unlike any book since Bonfire of the Vanities, except that The Devil's Casino isn't fiction. Details what went on behind-the-scenes the weekend Lehman Brothers failed, as well as inside Lehman during the twenty years preceding it Describes the feudal culture that proved both Lehman's strength and its Achilles' heel Written by Vicky Ward, one of today's most connected business and finance writers On Wall Street, Lehman Brothers was cheekily known as "the cat with nine lives." But as The Devil's Casino documents, this cat pushed its luck too far and died'the victim of men and women blinded by arrogance., The inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers and why it failed In The Devils Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, investigative writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward takes readers inside Lehmans highly charged offices., "Lehman Brothers, the oldest partnership on Wall Street, was always a brilliant but cursed child. Its life, and death, tells us why it was a magnet for talent, and why it was toxic. There have been a slew of terrific books on how Wall Street brought the economy to its knees, but in The Devils Casino , Vicky Ward does something unusual. She takes the reader inside. Not just inside the financial instruments, but inside the culture that sired them; inside the families, including the spouses and children that enjoyed lavish riches; and inside the internal rivalries and mismanagement that speeded the fall. Readers of this remarkable tale do not stand outside looking in, their noses pressed to the glass; we are inside looking out. We feel the seething greed and jealousies--the stuff that makes novels come alive. In the end, the child dies. But because of the way Vicky Ward unspools the saga of Lehman, its life and death will both instruct and forever sear your memory." -- KEN AULETTA , author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It and Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman " The Devils Casino tells the riveting story of the four best friends who rebuilt Lehman Brothers, vowing to be the good guys of Wall Street, only to find themselves corrupted by the poisonous culture there. With its illicit affairs, treachery, sances, boardroom backstabbing, and friendships and families torn apart, the book reads like a page-turning thriller. Who would guess that the story of life at Lehman would turn out to be even more dramatic than the firms headline-grabbing, economy-shaking demise." -- ARIANNA HUFFINGTON , cofounder and Editor in Chief of The Huffington Post " The Devils Casino is the totally compelling true story, deeply researched but as exciting as a thriller--the almost mythical saga of four friends destroyed by money, sex, and ambition, with a cast of greedy larger-than-life Wall Street monsters, and an intimate history of the fall of Lehman. As exciting and important as Barbarians at the Gate, its a gripping portrait of American society and financial culture that explains much of what is happening today. I can already see the movie." -- SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE , author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar " The Devils Casino is more than a history of Lehman Brothers; it is a saga of four friends who were prepared to sacrifice everything--including each other--in the quest for money and power. The devil here is not in the details, but in the souls of the men who lost their moral compass while looking for the corner suite. Vicky Ward has written a superb social history that should serve as a warning and a reminder to all who work on Wall Street." -- Dr. AMANDA FOREMAN , author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire, The inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers andwhy it failed In The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High StakesGames Played Inside Lehman Brothers, investigative writer andVanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward takes readers insideLehman's highly charged offices. What Ward uncovers is a muchbigger story than Lehman losing at the risky game of collateralizeddebt obligations, swaps, and leverage. A can't put it down page turner that opens the world of WallStreet to view unlike any book since Bonfire of the Vanities, except that The Devil's Casino isn't fiction. Details what went on behind-the-scenes the weekend LehmanBrothers failed, as well as inside Lehman during the twenty yearspreceding it Describes the feudal culture that proved both Lehman's strengthand its Achilles' heel Written by Vicky Ward, one of today's most connected businessand finance writers On Wall Street, Lehman Brothers was cheekily known as "the catwith nine lives." But as The Devil's Casino documents, this catpushed its luck too far and died'the victim of men and womenblinded by arrogance.
LC Classification Number
HG5129.N5W37 2010
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