by Sheila Bair
Warner, Mark, 188, 191, 214–15
Warren, Elizabeth, 244, 251, 305
Warsh, Kevin, 91, 105
Washington, D.C., 11, 20, 64, 70, 87, 210, 231, 271, 298, 302, 310, 311, 312, 314, 315, 346, 351, 357, 360, 364
Bair home in, 209–11
special interests in, 129
Washington Mutual (WaMu), 3, 192, 233
Basel II consequences for, 33, 38
capital and liquidity positions of, 87
failure of, 75–78, 84–94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 107, 126, 144, 162, 195, 279, 355
NTM loans made by, 43
Washington Post, 14, 218, 317
Washington Times, 137
Weber, Axel, 267–68, 271
Wellink, Nout, 33–36, 257–60, 262–63, 266, 270–72
Wells Fargo Bank, 1–2, 5–6, 64, 114, 173, 209, 252–53, 287, 368n
business model of, 328
strong management of, 161, 331
TARP repayment by, 205, 206–7
Wachovia acquired by, 96–105, 124, 143, 355
WaMu acquisition considered by, 86–87, 90–92
Wessel, David, 98, 103
West, Christal, 111
West, Theresa, 15–16
West Coast, 280
FDIC public information campaign on, 86
toxic mortgages on, 95, 99, 102, 339–40
Westernbank, 281–82
Whalen, Chris, 307
White House, 99, 101, 103, 110–11, 116, 170, 177, 181–83, 216, 236, 306
free-market economists in, 134, 135
press office of, 139
White House correspondents annual dinner, 310
Wigand, James, 57–58, 62, 91, 101, 232, 275–76, 287–89, 298
Williams, Julie, 40, 157, 236, 238, 255
Williams, Robert, 88
Winfrey, Oprah, 307
WL Ross & Co., 277, 279
WMI (WaMu Inc.), 92, 195
Wolin, Neal, 216
Wriston, Walter, 173
Yellen, Janet, 86–87
Yingling, Edward, 293, 312
Zandi, Mark, 65, 162
Zeitler, Franz-Christoph, 261, 268, 271
Zuberbühler, Daniel, 35, 263
Zurich, 271
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