Cover Photo Illustration by Jamie Beauchamp/BW. EUROPEAN COVER Photograph by Michael Danneman. ASIAN COVER Illustration by Jean Francois Podevin.
Feb. 16, 1998
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
Rich Kids (int'l edition)
EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: Rich Kids
CHART: Germans Are Living Longer...Leaving More to Their Heirs...
CHART: Where the Windfalls Are
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
Hong Kong (int'l edition)
ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Hong Kong
TABLE: Hong Kong Is Less Competitive in Salaries...Real Estate...And Port Services
CHART: Hong Kong's Squeeze
READERS REPORT
Navistar Fires Back
Let Asian Banks Topple--into the Hands of the State
Money Spent Is Money Invested
Having a Social Conscience and Earning Fat Profits, Too
New Measuring Sticks Bring New Problems to Light
Let's Stop Appointing Federal Judges for Life
Selling a Company Often Means Keeping Secrets
In Some Spheres, Costs Are Still Climbing
How to Leapfrog Microsoft
Bribery or No Bribery, Osicom Wasn't Involved
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''IRAs: The pros and cons of converting'' (Personal Business, Feb. 2)
''Our Child-Care Plan Is Better. Is Not! Is Too!'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Feb. 9)
LETTER FROM VERSAILLES
A Capitalist Uprising at Versailles
MAP: France
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Don't Thank the Free Market for Eco-Friendly Cars
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Will Downsizing Ever Let Up?
CHART: Layoffs Are Picking Up Steam Again
Still Plenty of Shopping to Do
Tight Squeeze at the Office
CHART: Downtown Space Gets Tighter
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Trade Picture Is Fuzzier Than It Looks
CHART: A Wider Trade Gap: Asia or Data Quirk?
CHART: January Export Orders Fell. The Total Rose
CHART: Strong Income Support for Consumers
Japan: Not Much Help--or Hope--for Consumers
CHART: Japan's Job Markets Have Weakened Again
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Sex on the Job
TABLE: The Score
Zippergate: What Executives Are Saying
Bigwigs, Big Ideas, Hot Debate, Hillary, and Swell Caviar
Now, Big Tobacco Is Eager to Please
Smoke-Filled Lobbyists Were Here
Commentary: Break the Tax-Break Habit
CHART: The Back Door
Glaxo-Smithkline: Birth of a Champion--or a Bureaucratic Blob?
TABLE: What the Two Giants Would Bring to a Marriage
Strike Up the Broadband
Commentary: Losing the Trail of the HIV Epidemic
Labor and the GOP: A Shoot-Out in California
The Hip New Drink: Milk
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Warren Buffett: The Sage Bets on Silver
Good Things for a Japanese Insurer?
Healing Oxford's Wounds
Chalk Up One for Microsoft
Clouds Still Hang over Tokyo
Those Come-Ons May Go Too Far
Et Cetera...
AOL Scores 100
CHART: America Online's Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Holding Help for Africa Hostage to Fast Track
Buffett's New Cause
Politics of Porn
The Colorado Ronnies?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Hong Kong: In the Eye of a Hurricane
TABLE: Hong Kong Is Less Competitive in Salaries...Real Estate...And Port Services
CHART: Hong Kong's Squeeze
It's Not Just the Chaebol That Are Squeezed
CHART: The Jump in Bankruptcies
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Bombs Can't Make Up for a Bankrupt Mideast Policy
Toyota Sports the Green
France Closes Nuclear Plant
SPORTS BUSINESS
Commentary: Pele vs. Nike: Guess Who Won't Score
PEOPLE
Amway II: The Kids Take Over
CHART: Amway's March around the Globe
CHART: The Amway Machine
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A Revolution in Pain Relief?
TABLE: Here Come the New Painkillers
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
The Shape of Tidal Waves to Come
Using Poison from Snakes to Stymie Cancer
New Robots to Slice and Suture
With These Gizmos, Your Cell Phone Can Run on Vodka
Developments to Watch Contacts
THE CORPORATION
Can Pixar Keep Up the Magic?
CHART: Pixar by the Numbers
PHOTO: Still from Pixar's A Bug's Life
ONLINE ORIGINAL: Toy Story II's Touch-And-Go Trip to the Theater
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
Stay Prudent on the Budget
Hong Kong's Woes Aren't Over Yet
Airlines Should Reform Themselves
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON ZIMBABWE
A Move to Grab White-Owned Land...May Land Mugabe in Deep Trouble (int'l edition)
MAP: Zimbabwe
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
The Right Remedy for What Ails Asia (int'l edition)
How a Brazilian David Smote a Canadian Goliath (int'l edition)
New Zealand Already Relies on a Hefty Sales Tax (int'l edition)
Many Lessons from Asia Don't Apply in Russia (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Glaxo-Smithkline: Powerful Medicine (int'l edition)
TABLE: What the Two Giants Would Bring to a Marriage
Ericsson's Big Leap (int'l edition)
TABLE: Evolution at Ericsson
CHART: Ericsson Is on a Roll
PHOTO: Ericsson Mobile Telephone
Commentary: VW, Your Road Warrior Days Are Numbered (int'l edition)
An Iron Curtain for a Metals Company? (int'l edition)
Is It Harassment, or 'Le Flirt'? (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Does This Party Really Want to Turn Back India's Clock? (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Can Deutsche Measure Up? (int'l edition)
TABLE: A Giant under Pressure
'Our Strategic Priority Is Europe' (int'l edition)
Commentary: Japan: The MOF Won't Loosen Its Stranglehold (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Time to Open Up Online Shopping (int'l edition)