Via Felix Salmon – Market Movers – Portfolio.com

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke lunched on
March 11 with a Who’s Who of Wall Street leaders, including JPMorgan
Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon, three days before the central bank
rescued Bear Stearns Cos. from bankruptcy.
Other guests included
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, Lehman
Brothers Holdings Inc. CEO Richard Fuld, Morgan Stanley President James
Gorman, Citigroup Inc.’s Robert Rubin, Blackstone Group CEO Stephen
Schwarzman and Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO John Thain. Alan Schwartz,
the CEO of Bear Stearns, was not listed among the attendees.

Also on the guest list: Tim Geithner (natch, since he was hosting),
Stone Point Capital LLC Chairman Stephen Friedman, Citadel Investment
Group LLC CEO Kenneth Griffin, American Express Co. CEO Kenneth
Chenault, Duquesne Capital Management LLC CEO Stanley Druckenmiller and
Caxton Associates LLC Chairman Bruce Kovner. Plus two executive vice
presidents at the New York Fed: William Dudley, head of open market
operations, and Terrence Checki, who oversees emerging markets and
international affairs.