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Jan. 26, 1998




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COVER STORY
 What to Do about Asia
    COVER IMAGE: What to Do about Asia
    CHART: Asia's Turmoil Has Destroyed Wealth...
    CHART: ...Triggered a Debt Crisis...And Involved the World's Banks
    TABLE: The Plan
    Commentary: A Chinese Devaluation? Don't Bet on It
    A Regime on the Ropes (int'l edition)
       'If There Is Any Unrest Here, We Will Kill Each Other' (int'l edition)
    The Battle for Kim's Economic Soul (int'l edition)
       A Point Man Assesses the Damage (int'l edition)
 
UP FRONT
 Talk Show
 Compaq Abandons the Couch Potatoes
    PHOTO: PC Theatre by RCA and Compaq
 Disorder on the Court
 What's in a Name? Ask 3Com
    PHOTO: Casio's Cassiopeia Palm PC E-10
    PHOTO: 3Com's PalmPilot
 When Big Deals Don't Happen
    TABLE: Merger Fallout
 Another Mouse Hunt from the Right
 From Trustbuster to Bell-Ringer
 No Privacy for Public PCs?
 CHART: Call in the Consultants
 Footnotes
 
EDITOR'S MEMO
 As Storms Gathered in Asia
 
READERS REPORT
 Fleming: We Value All Investors, Great and Small
 Let Korea's Troubles Run Their Course
 Getting All Mixed Up at Viacom's Theme Store
 More Year-2000 Land Mines to Watch for
 Why There's No Action in Local Phone Markets
 A 23% Sales Tax Is an Invitation to Fraud
 Revamp the Measuring Stick for Consumer Debt
 
BOOKS
 Going Where the Money Is
    PHOTO: Cover, ''The Profit Zone''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
 Web Sites Made Simpler
 Eyestrain? Try This...
 ...Or Get Help
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
 Congress Should Grab Back the Reins of Power
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
 Peering into a New Millennium
    TABLE: America's Job Growth: The Decade Ahead
 Fuzzy Figures on Health Costs
 Materials Prices Stir Up Anxiety
    CHART: Commodity Prices Are Tanking
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
 U.S.: Why This Expansion Could Steam Past Asian Shoals
    CHART: Factory Employees Log a Record Workweek
    CHART: The Buying Power of Wages Is Surging
    CHART: Vehicle Sales Jumped in December
 Spain: The Turnaround Has Room to Run
    CHART: Strong Demand Is Fueling Output
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
 A Fierce Downdraft at Boeing
    TABLE: A Rough Year at the Plant
 More Sound and Fury over Cell Phones
 Commentary: Microsoft: There's More Than One Way to Play Monopoly
 AT&T's $11 Billion Bargain
    TABLE: How Teleport Will Pay Off
 Fel-Pro's Warm and Fuzzy Meets Federal-Mogul's Rough and Tumble
    TABLE: Can This Marriage Work?
 Commentary: Spend and Grow Rich--It's the American Way
    CHART: Others Save More...But the U.S. Is Growing Faster
 NBC's Prime-Time Emergency
 Seinfeld in Syndication: Now That's Funny Money
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
 MIPs: A Chip on the Old Block
    PHOTO: Diddy Kong Racing by Nintendo 64
 Intel's Mood Swings
 A Blow against the Signs of Aging
 Fireman Stays in His Sneakers
 Ailing Zenith Finally Gets a CEO
 Census Loses Its Top Counter
 Et Cetera...
 Sports Authority: We Wuz Robbed
    CHART: The Sports Authority Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
 The Year of the Nervous Incumbent
 Bowles's Bold Agenda
 Calling All Bidders
 Grumpy GOP Governors
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
 In France, an Economy Ripped in Two
 Commentary: The World Economy Could Use a Lift. Hello? Europe?
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
 Now, Mexico's Unions Have a Chance at Real Freedom
 Homing in on Iraqi Arms
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
 A Way to Lock Out AIDS?
    GRAPHIC: HIV's Deadly Attack...
    GRAPHIC:...And How to Beat It Back
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
 A Planet Is 'Reborn'
 For a Home LAN, Just Plug These into an Outlet
 Headway in Detecting Alzheimer's
 Adjusting 'Quality-Adjusted Life Years'
 Developments to Watch Contacts
 
MARKETING
 Are Tech Buyers Different?
    GRAPHIC: Tech Customers: The Optimists...
    GRAPHIC: ...And the Pessimists
 
PEOPLE
 Is Microsoft's Lawyer Too Tough for the Job?
    TABLE: Resume: William H. Neukom
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
 How the NFL Loses Fans and Gets Richer
    CHART: The Soaring Cost of a Super Bowl Commercial
 
LEGAL AFFAIRS
 Tobacco: The Coming Free-For-All
    TABLE: Who Wants What
 
FINANCE
 Will Your Bank Live to See the Millennium?
    TABLE: How Year 2000 Will Affect the Banks
 The CATs Are out of the Bag
    TABLE: How CAT Bonds Will Shake Up the Insurance Industry
 Commentary: Is Jesse Letting Wall Street Off the Hook?
 Disenchanted at Deutsche Bank
    TABLE: Troubles at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
 More Matchmaking at the Doctor's
    CHART: Will a Buyout Restore Health?
 Pfizer's Potent Pill for Impotence
 Mellon Looks Riper for Picking
    CHART: And the Rumors Are Rife
 
INDUSTRIES
 Can Giant Become a Big Wheel?
    CHART: Giant's Profits Are on a Roll
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 The Virtual Mall Gets Real
    TABLE: How Internet Shopping Is Shaping Up
    CHART: Total Spending on the Net
 
BITS & BYTES
 Charities That Aim to Prosper in Cyberspace
 Flat Panels for the Rest of Us?
 What Tech Execs Really Think About Bill Gates
    TABLE: Microsoft vs. the World
 Sending Up the Lords of Software
 Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
THE CORPORATION
 Loud Noises at Bombardier
    TABLE: Planes, Trains, and Snowmobiles
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
 Putting Your Company on the Block
    TABLE: Questions to Ask When Selling Your Business
 Funds That Tame Bull and Bear
    TABLE: Stock Market Hedgers
 Commentary: A Portfolio with a Heart Still Needs a Brain
    CHART: Ben & Jerry & Me
 Surf and Fly: Navigating Net Fares
    TABLE: Online Airfare Deals
 A Star Is Back
 
BUSINESS WEEK INDEX
 Business Week Index
    CHART: Production Index
    HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992
 The Week Ahead
 
INVESTMENT FIGURES OF THE WEEK
 Investment Figures of the Week
    CHART: Mutual Fund Returns
    CHART: Stocks and Bonds
 
EDITORIALS
 What Asia--and the World--Must Do
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON JORDAN
 This Peace Dividend Comes Duty-Free...But It's Getting Mixed Reviews (int'l edition)
    MAP: Jordan
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
 Why Latin Americans Prefer Cable TV to Satellite (int'l edition)
 Any Industrial Policy Is Doomed to Fail (int'l edition)
 The Reason People Pick on Bill Gates? Simple (int'l edition)
 Give Travelers an Easier Passage through India (int'l edition)
 As the Asian Tigers Stumble, India Is Staying on Its Feet (int'l edition)
 With Friends Like the IMF, Who Needs Enemies? (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
 In France, an Economy Torn in Two (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Two Sides of France, Little Egalite
 Blood in the Suites: The Russian Hotel Wars (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L BUSINESS
 A Mother Lode for Mexico's HMOs (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
 Disenchanted at Deutsche Bank (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Troubles at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
 Insurers Rush in to Fill Poland's Void (int'l edition)
    TABLE: The Big Players



 
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