• Who said the good times are over? On the list of the 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2008: Vikram Pandit, Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein, and Ken Chenault. [AP]
• Bank of America's board continues to stand by CEO Ken Lewis and has no plans to oust him, says "a person familiar with the deliberations." [WSJ]
• Citigroup is raising some desperately needed cash by selling off its Japanese brokerage and investment units for $5.56 billion. [DB]

• Edward Liddy, the chief executive of AIG, will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 13. [WSJ]
• Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage finance company, is paying out $1.3 million in retention bonuses to three executives. [Reuters]
• More on Chrysler's bankruptcy and what lies ahead. [WSJ]
• A former banker at JPMorgan is suing the bank over his unpaid bonus. [BN]
• Good news: Consumer confidence rose more than forecast in April to its highest level since before the collapse of credit late last year. [BN]