Texas also happens to be home to Senator John Cornyn, below, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who is getting a lot of credit for aiding the victory in Massachusetts and effectively stalling the Democrats' health bill.
MARK SCOTT PROMINENT HIRE Kohlberg Kravis Roberts said on Tuesday that it had hired John J. Mack, below, a former chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley, as one of its most prominent senior advisers.
The architect Robert A.M. Stern, below, challenged the chairman of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday night to explain why he did not hold a hearing on 2 Columbus Circle, designed by Edward Durell Stone as Huntington Hartford's Gallery of Modern Art but never designated a landmark.
KEVIN ROOSE BONUS 'HYSTERIA' Peter K. Levene, below, a former chairman of the London insurance market Lloyd's, told a room full of bankers on Tuesday evening that for most people in Britain, getting an invitation to one of their banquets was like being invited to an Al Qaeda conference.
The longest-serving Democratic members of the panel -- informally known as the banking committee -- sat to the right or just below the chairman; it can take years, if not decades, for a freshman representative to ascend up the risers.
Wal-Mart Stores has announced that its vice chairman, John B. Menzer, below, will assume the additional responsibilities of chief administrative officer, a new title.
Philipp Hildebrand, pictured below, stepped down as chairman of the Swiss National Bank with immediate effect, saying he wanted to protect the bank's reputation, which has come under sustained attack since leaks implicated his wife in currency trades only weeks before he pegged the value of the Swiss franc (SFr).
Mr. Kozlowski, below, resigned as Tyco's chairman just before prosecutors in Manhattan charged him with evading more than $1 million in New York sales taxes on artwork.
J. Michael Schell, below, most recently a vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup, will take the title of executive vice president for business development and law, assuming responsibility for Alcoa's corporate development and legal issues.
