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Where to Invest in 1998 -- Introduction
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TIME TO SHIFT OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL
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COVER IMAGE: Where to Invest
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Where to Invest in 1998 -- The Framework
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AND FOR THE ECONOMY'S NEXT ACT...
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TABLE: Asia: Rough Times Ahead
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CHART: The Coming Profits Slowdown
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TABLE: BW Economic Forecast Survey for 1998
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ONLINE ORIGINAL: 50 Economists, 50 Scenarios
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THOSE ROSE-COLORED GLASSES WERE 20/20
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THE PARTISAN BATTLES ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK
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TABLE: What to Expect from Washington on Key Issues in 1998
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HOW THE EXPERTS WOULD DIVVY UP YOUR PORTFOLIO
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ONLINE ORIGINAL TABLE: Four Ways to Play the Next Year
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ONLINE ORIGINAL TABLE: Mark Keller's Stock Picks
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CHART: Allocating Your Assets in a Challenging Year
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Where to Invest in 1998 -- Strategies for Stocks
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THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO RIDE AN AGING BULL: CAREFULLY
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CHART: The S&P 500 Outruns the Dow...And Mid-Cap Stocks Beat Small-Caps
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''I'M CONCERNED THAT EARNINGS WILL DISAPPOINT''
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IS THIS THE YEAR THE GURUS GET IT RIGHT?
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TABLE: BW Market Forecast Survey for 1998
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BULL AND SUPERBULL: STILL OPTIMISTIC, BUT...
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BW/HARRIS POLL: STILL PUTTING THEIR MARBLES ON THE MARKET
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ONLINE ORIGINAL: COMMENTARY: ARE THESE BULLS FARSIGHTED--OR WEARING BLINDERS?
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BANK SHOTS WILL BE TRICKIER
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TABLE: Savvy Picks in a Chancy Sector
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DON'T HIGHTAIL IT OUT OF HIGH TECH
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TABLE: Tech Stocks to Consider
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''USE...EUPHORIA AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL''
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A DAREDEVIL'S GUIDE TO ASIAN MARKETS
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TABLE: Where the Trouble Lies
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THE CRAZE THAT'S SWEEPING THE CONTINENT: MERGERS (int'l edition)
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TABLE: Big Issues for Euro-Investors
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POP GOES RUSSIA'S HOT-AIR BALLOON (int'l edition)
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TABLE: What the Pros Are Watching in Moscow
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AN EMERGING ROLLER-COASTER RIDE IN LATIN AMERICA (int'l edition)
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TABLE: The Lowdown on the Big Markets
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BEARISH? NOT OUR PROS
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TABLE: BW's 1998 International Market Forecast
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WEIGHING YOUR OPTIONS IN OPTIONS
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TABLE: How a Put Spread Works
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TABLE: Some Option Plays
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HOW TO SOAR WITH FALLING STOCKS
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TABLE: Stocks that Shorts See Heading Down
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THE $100,000 QUESTION: WHAT STOCKS WOULD THE PROS BUY?
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TABLE: David Herro's Portfolio
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TABLE: Christine Baxter's Portfolio
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TABLE: David W. Tice's Portfolio
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TABLE: Brian S. Posner's Portfolio
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'STEADY, MOM-AND-APPLE-PIE STOCKS'
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TECH STOCKS TO HANG ON TO
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CHART: Battered--for Now--by Asia's Turmoil
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A MARKDOWN ON SYMS?
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CHART: Ready for Its Best Customer
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SUMMIT: RIPE FOR AN ASSAULT
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CHART: Rumors Have Fueled a Rise
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EYEING A GLOBAL DRUG CONNECTION
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Where to Invest in 1998 -- The Investment Spectrum
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MUTUAL FUNDS: A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BUT NO RAVE REVIEWS
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TABLE: The Best Returns
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TABLE: How the Big Funds Fared
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TABLE: The Worst Returns
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TABLE: The Bond Fund Leaders
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TABLE: All in All, a Good Year for Many Fund Groups
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BETTING ON A SOLID YEAR IN BONDS
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CHART: Falling Fast
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''I LOOK FOR COUNTRIES WITH NO HUGE DEBT PROBLEMS''
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REITs COME OF AGE
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TABLE: Hot Properties
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''WE WILL REVERT TO PREDICTABLE RETURNS IN THE HIGH TEENS''
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COMMODITIES: A BUSHEL BASKET OF WOES
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CHART: El Nino May Lift Soybeans...But Asia Is Pummeling Copper
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FORGET PICASSO. TRY OURSLER, GOLDIN, GURSKY, AND MESSAGER
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PHOTO: ''Le Reve'' (The Dream) 1932, by Pablo Picasso
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PHOTO: ''Baigneuse'' by Pierre Auguste Renoir
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PHOTO: ''Two Standing Women'' by Willem de Kooning
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Where to Invest in 1998 -- The Scoreboard
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KEEPING SCORE IS GETTING TRICKIER
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TABLE: Industry Group Winners and Losers
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TABLE: A Menu of Investment Opportunities
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SCOREBOARD: 1998 Investment Outlook (.pdf)
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Up Front
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TALK SHOW
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TRUSTBUSTERS GET LOCKHEED ON RADAR
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CHECKING OUT A PENNY-STOCK KINGPIN
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GLOBAL WARMING: MOST BOSSES ARE WORRIED, AFTER ALL
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CHART: What to Do about Global Warming?
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ACCESSAIR: WILL IT FLY IN PEORIA?
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A SUPER SUNDAY FOR PARTY ANIMALS
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WHITE OR RED WITH THAT FODDER?
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WHERE STARS ARE BORN: IN THE ARCADE
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CHART: Once Burned
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FOOTNOTES
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Editor's Note
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EDITOR'S NOTE
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Readers Report
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THE BEST BOARD IS AN INDEPENDENT BOARD
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ORANGE COUNTY'S INITIATIVE IS ALL HOMEGROWN
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LEVI'S NEEDS BUZZ, NOT HYPE
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INFORMATION IS WHAT BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY
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PRO SPORT: PRICING ITSELF OUT OF THE GAME?
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Corrections & Clarifications
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''The bitter legacy of the AT&T card'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Dec. 22)
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''It's not easy being green'' (Environment, Nov. 24)
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''Jack cracks the whip again'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Dec. 15)
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''How Green Tree got pruned'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Dec. 1)
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Technology & You
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THE WORLD WIDE CLASSROOM
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HELP DESK
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A TRUCE IN THE 56K WAR
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DIGITAL VIDEO TO GO
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PHOTO: Toshiba Tecra 750DVD
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WEB DESTINATIONS
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Letter From Belgium
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PIOUS BREWERS--AND GODLESS IMITATORS
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MAP: Belgium
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Books
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HUNTING BIG GAME: CANCER GENES
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PHOTO: Cover, ''Curing Cancer''
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CEO CHUCKLES
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PHOTO: Cover, ''Augustine's Travels''
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WEB SPIN
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PHOTO: Cover, ''Release 2.0''
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THE BUSINESS WEEK BEST-SELLER LIST
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Economic Viewpoint
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WHY EVERY MARRIED COUPLE SHOULD SIGN A CONTRACT
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Economic Trends
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A GATHERING INFLATION CLOUD
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CHART: A Rapid Shift to Services in Household Spending
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THE TONY SIDE OF THE STREET
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CHART: The Top Six Retail Rents
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DOWN AND OUT IN THE BIG APPLE?
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Business Outlook
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U.S.: ENDING THE YEAR WITH A BANG
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CHART: Factory Production Is Accelerating
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CHART: Sales Continue to Outpace Inventories
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CHART: Housing Remains Solid at Yearend
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PORTUGAL: A FIT HOST FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR
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CHART: Inflation Moves Lower--for Now
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News: Analysis & Commentary
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HIGH TECH: 'THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG OUT THERE'
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TABLE: Sales Growth is Braking...
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TABLE: ...While Prices Are Falling...
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CHART: ...And So Are the Stocks
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COMMENTARY: LET IT GO, MR. GATES. YOU'LL WIN ANYWAY
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YEAR 2000: THE METER'S RUNNING
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CHART: What a Difference a Millennium Makes
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VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE REAL-LIFE ECONOMY
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TABLE: New Categories for a New World
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ONLINE ORIGINAL: WHY THE NEW STATS SHOULD MEAN BETTER BUSINESS, TOO
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READY FOR A 23% SALES TAX?
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TABLE: If There Were a National Sales Tax...
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AT 7 1/2 CENTS A MINUTE, WHO CARES IF YOU CAN'T HEAR A PIN DROP?
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CHART: What the Phone Companies Stand to Lose
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COMMENTARY: DON'T SQUELCH THE SMALL SHAREHOLDER
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CAN YOU HAVE GREEN CARS WITHOUT THE RED INK?
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TABLE: Detroit Revs Up--Slowly
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SCARY SIGNALS ON PAGERS
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WELCOMING SPANISH SPEAKERS TO THE WEB
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CHART: Latin America: Small Base, Big Upside
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In Business This Week
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NOW, BOEING IS TALKING LAYOFFS
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TCI CUTS A DEAL ON CABLE BOXES
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SOFTBANK'S HARD SELL TO INVESTORS
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SPLITSVILLE FOR THE ANDERSENS?
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A SATELLITE PLAN FALLS TO EARTH
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ET CETERA . . .
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WILLIAM HAMBRECHT: HAMBRECHT & QUITS
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LIZ CLAIBORNE: CREASED
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CHART: Liz Claiborne Stock Price
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Washington Outlook
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CLINTON STILL HAS BIG IDEAS--HE JUST CAN'T SELL THEM
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LOTT'S SEARCH FOR DEFECTORS
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NEXT CHIEF OF STAFF?
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International Business
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SEOUL IS STILL TEETERING ON THE EDGE
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TABLE: On the Hook in Seoul
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A CHAT WITH THE IMF'S CAMDESSUS
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WHY WARBURG RAISED ITS PADDLE FOR CHRISTIE'S
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International Outlook
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SUHARTO'S BEST MOVE MAY BE TO BOW OUT NOW
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MARCOS' HOARD HEADS HOME
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A BANANA SKIN FOR THE WTO?
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Business Week Index
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BUSINESS WEEK INDEX
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CHART: Production Index
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HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992
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THE WEEK AHEAD
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Investment Figures of the Week
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INVESTMENT FIGURES OF THE WEEK
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CHART: Mutual Fund Returns
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CHART: Stocks and Bonds
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Editorials
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ASIA: THE ROAD TO REAL CAPITALISM
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THE BULL MARKET: KEEPING PERSPECTIVE
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International -- Spotlight on Argentina
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WINEMAKERS MAKE A BIG PUSH ABROAD...AND RIVALS MAY NEED A STIFF DRINK (int'l edition)
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MAP: Argentina
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International -- Readers Report
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JAPANESE ACADEME IS MORE OPEN THAN IT LOOKS (int'l edition)
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COLOMBIAN MONEY LAUNDERING IS OLD NEWS (int'l edition)
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THE NEXT WAVE IN CHIPS? (int'l edition)
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COMBINING GROWTH AND ECO-RESPONSIBILITY (int'l edition)
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International -- European Business
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REVOLUTION IN THE VINEYARD (int'l edition)
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TABLE: The Right Moves
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ANTINORI: AN EMPIRE STRETCHING FROM TUSCANY TO NAPA (int'l edition)
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DO YOU HAVE THAT SPORT-UTE IN A SMALL? (int'l edition)
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PHOTO: Land Rover Freelander
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PHOTO: Subaru Forester
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International -- Asian Business
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THE TAJ MAHAL BY MOONLIGHT? THINK AGAIN (int'l edition)
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International -- Int'l Business
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A NOISY FLAP OVER A SILENT PARTNER (int'l edition)
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TABLE: Tough Sell
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CAN THIS MAN KEEP THE PESO ON AN EVEN KEEL? (int'l edition)
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