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Feb. 23, 1998
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
The War of the Wendts, Continued
Have Patent, Will Sue Microsoft
Did Griffin Stack the Deck?
TABLE: Name One for the Gipper
Look, Ma, No Keystrokes
PHOTO: CrossPad Personal Digital Notepad
Women Who Have It All--Except Golf
Hey, Nose-Pulling Still Pays
CHART: Now for the Bad News
Footnotes
READERS REPORT
Melvyn Weiss for the Plaintiffs
A Minimum Wage Gives Families Minimal Help
Building Self-Esteem Is a Teachable Skill
How America Can Compete with a Revitalized Asia
Don't Paint So Many Clouds over Sun
Two Views of the Millennium Bug
Quotas Are the Wrong Tool for Fighting Discrimination
Why Roman Catholics Shun Prenuptial Agreements
Let's Hear It for Women Business Leaders
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Who Needs Color Lasers?'' (Technology & You, Feb. 9)
''Navistar: Gunning the Engines'' (The Corporation, Feb. 2)
''Are Tech Buyers Different?'' (Marketing, Jan. 26)
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Make the World Safe for 'Creative Destruction'
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
AOL: The Right Kind of Busy Signals
TABLE: A New Era at AOL
CHART: Up, Up, and Away
Ready to Drop the Big One on Bill Gates?
No, Netscape Isn't Throwing in the Towel
Computer Associates Hits the Download Button for $9 Billion
TABLE: Combining Forces
Commentary: Dow Jones: Bright Lights, Big Mistake
CHART: The Dow Jones Lagging Average
Airlines Raise Their Class Consciousness
TABLE: Making the Plush Seats Even Plusher
Commentary: The Workplace Cops Could Use Some Backup
TABLE: More Money for the Regulators
The Scramble to Keep Commonwealth Edison Aglow
TABLE: High-Voltage Problems
Prescriptions: Partly Filled, Fully Billed
CVS: Drugstore Cowboy
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
John Frazee: A Real Page-Turner
Getting Aggressive with Union Pacific
Will Helms Hamstring the IMF?
From Ticketmaster to Telemarketer
The Limited Aims to Lighten Up
Like Tacos for Quarter-Pounders
Et Cetera...
GM's Repo
CHART: General Motors Corp. Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
All That Gore-Bashing May Not Leave Much of a Dent
Senator Clinton?
Newt's New Nemesis
Impeachment Intrigue
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Astra: It's Not over Yet
TABLE: The Heat on Mogren
Commentary: Mexico: Why AT&T and MCI Are Up in Arms
The Shareholder Revolt Comes to Korea
CHART: The Runup in SK Telecom
Will Indian Silver Tarnish Buffett's Plans?
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
The Euro Isn't out of the Woods
Mexico Eyes Asian Imports
U.S. Rewards Market Reforms
MARKETING
GM Brings Its Dealers Up to Speed
TABLE: The Makeover Plan
PEOPLE
Al Checchi Is Singing: California, Here I Come
TABLE: Resume: Alfred A. Checchi
FINANCE
Share Buybacks That Pay Back in Spades
TABLE: A Primer on Buyback Puts
Just over the Horizon: North American Banks
TABLE: Matchmaker, Matchmaker...
What's on GE's Mind?
Commentary: Indonesia: A Currency Board Is No Magic Bullet
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
SRI and Sarnoff: Research Labs Reborn As Spin-Off Machines
TABLE: Science Stalks Profits
The Legacy of an Eternal Optimist
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
The Breath of Life--Thanks to a Chip
PHOTO: Aradigm SmartMist
A Worm for All Seasons
Counting the Troops in the HIV Fight
Can a Little Lichen Predict the Big One?
Developments to Watch Contacts
GOVERNMENT
Hey, I Owe 99 Years in Back Taxes!
TABLE: Now That's What You Call a Big Job
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
More Evidence of a New Economy
Stamping Out Soft Money
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIA
Victoria Gives Its Rival a Run...But Not without a Backlash at Home (int'l edition)
MAP: Australia
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
A Good Legal System Is Key to Kazakhstan's Success (int'l edition)
Maybe Mahathir Wasn't So Far Off Course After All (int'l edition)
Indonesians' Patience Should See Them through the Crisis (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
The Asian Swat Team from Washington (int'l edition)
TABLE: Economic Troubleshooters
Wharf Is Searching for a Port in Hong Kong's Storm (int'l edition)
CHART: Wharf's Slide
A Roaring Spy Business in Taiwan (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
A Magic Bullet for Indonesia? (int'l edition)
TABLE: How a Currency Board Works...And Why Indonesia May Not Be Ready
In Russia, a Rising Chorus: Enough Is Enough (int'l edition)
CHART: Moscow's Market Plunges
Boris Nemtsov: The Voice of 'People's Capitalism' (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
A Euro Divided Cannot Stand (int'l edition)
Standing Up to the Chaebol (int'l edition)