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COVER
STORY Move Over, Bill!
Meet the software class of 2000, a scrappy lot that were the first to spy out the potential of Web software and are now cashing in. With kooky little names like BEA, i2, Kana, and E.piphany, these upstarts are shaking up the computer landscape, snaring big customers, and leaving industry stalwarts shaking their heads. But life isn't going to be all peaches and cream for these upstarts, because the big boys aren't going to give up without a fight--and they still have a lot of firepower
EUROPE COVER: Web Smart Companies
Nestlé: An Elephant Dances
Europe's New Economy litmus test will come from slow,
old-line multinationals striving to transform themselves into e-businesses--and Nestlé is a perfect example. The Web promises to make this giant more agile and put a serious dent in the cash it lays out for everything from supplies to marketing. It's e-commerce efforts and other restructuring have paid off so far, with the stock up nicely this year. But there's a long way to go, and plenty of pitfalls on the way
SPECIAL REPORT: HEALTHCARE Curing an Industry's Ills
The whole health-care sector is in dire need of a high-tech overhaul, but the first wave of e-health companies took the wrong tack. Now, investors and entrepreneurs are starting to get it
Monitoring Patients Long Distance Young companies are blazing trails on a
vast frontier called electronic care management. One goal is to keep patients out of the hospital
Who's Prying Now? As hospitals and Web sites sell health
data online, patient privacy is compromised
Net Worth: Due Diligence The End of Fuzzy Math?
E-tailers like Amazon should report expenses the way old-line retailers do
Critical Numbers of the Month Trimmed-back estimates for consumer online spending, which insiders are selling their tech stocks, and tech companies in a cash pinch
Cutting Edge A Hotbed for Collusion
In the brave new e-tail world, it's all too possible to cheat
MONDAY Beauty Biz Gets Ugly
Who killed the beauty business on
the Web? The list of suspects starts with the big brands.
Perspective by Ellen Neuborne
TUESDAY
No Sex Scandals, Please
Mike McCurry just wants to support political activists at Grassroots.com.
Company Closeup
by Margaret Young
WEDNESDAY
Microsoft's Turncoat?
At Microsoft, Tod Nielsen was in charge of relations with outside developers who wrote companion software. As CEO of Crossgain, he's trying to lure developers away to his company.
Movers &
Shakers
by Jay Greene
THURSDAY
Let's Talk Money
If there is money in talking computers, SpeechWorks and Nuance may be the first to prove it.
Street Wise
by Amey Stone
FRIDAY
Avoid Writer's Cramp
Web site Shutterfly.com serves up digital photography most of the year. For Christmas they'll create your cards and mail them out, too.
Clicks & Misses
by Larry Armstrong
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Now Here's an Idea: GE*Trade
Online brokers have touched off a revolution, all right. But it's time for them to wave the white flag. That means finding acquirers. There's no shortage of companies that might find them attractive. Start with General Electric.
Perspective, Oct. 23
Beware of Dirt-Cheap Stocks
Think all those formerly high-flying tech stocks look good at $5 a share or less? Think again. Cheap stocks have a bundle of problems. Street Wise, Nov. 2
A Survivor's Guide to
Divorce
When it comes to sorting out the finances of a messy divorce, Lorna Wendt has been there. Her new Web site is a guide for other women.
Clicks & Misses, Nov. 3
From Snail Mail to the Fast Track
A decade at the bureaucratic Swedish Post may not seem like a pedigree for CEO of Web designer Icon Medialab, but don't tell Ulf Dahlsten.
Movers & Shakers, Nov. 8
Michael Rubin's End Run At Global Sports
E-tailing is dicey right now, and nothing is dicier than sporting goods. Michael
Rubin, who ran a ski-sharpening business at 12, has a
distinctive plan for Global Sports: Run Web stores for established retailers.
Movers & Shakers, Nov. 15
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