Cover Photograph by Dean Siracusa. EUROPEAN COVER Photograph by Robin Mayer/Rex Features. ASIAN COVER Photograph by Ki Ho Park/Kistone For Business Week.
Mar. 23, 1998
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
The City of London (int'l edition)
EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: The City of London
TABLE: Why London Is the Financial Center for the 21st Century
CHART: London's Growing Clout
Guy Hands: A Deft Game in Private Equities (int'l edition)
Naomi E. Molson: Driving Merrill's M&A Juggernaut (int'l edition)
David Mayhew: The Old Guard's Modern Face (int'l edition)
Klaus Diederichs: A Dealmaker with Continental Smarts (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
Samsung (int'l edition)
ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Samsung
TABLE: Samsung Is an Empire...
CHART: ...Hurting in Chips
A Gadfly Who Can Really Bite (int'l edition)
UP FRONT
Talk Show
It's Customized Intelligence, Not Spying
Insurance: If It Rains, Are You Covered?
DEC to HP: Keep Your Digits Off That Ad!
AT&T: Reach Out and Pay Someone
Rocking Disney's Boat
Arabian Horses Finish Out of the Money
Dick Armey: A Friend of Bill--Gates, That Is
CHART: Sweeter Severance
Footnotes
READERS REPORT
Tripping toward the New Millennium
Mike Milken Was No Saint
'Insult and Bravado' Won't Alter an Analyst's Facts
Medley Credit Tells Its Story
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''AOL: The Right Kind of Busy Signals,'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Feb. 23)
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Why the Global Economy Is Here to Stay
ECONOMIC TRENDS
How Not to Fix Social Security
CHART: Just How Dependable Is the Stock Market?
The Sturdiest Safety Nets
TABLE: Lifting Americans Out of Poverty
Potent Fuel for Spending
LETTER FROM ALBANIA
Listening to the Call of Islam
MAP: Albania
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Heady Times for Workers, Hard Times for Companies?
CHART: These Are Good Times for Workers
CHART: Six-Month Job Growth Exceeds Two Million
CHART: The Trend in Factory Bookings Flattens Out
Ukraine: Under the Gun in Kiev
CHART: Still Stuck in Reverse
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Lee Korins: Declaration of Independence in Philly
PG&E's Biggest Power Play Yet
How Mutual Funds Can Save Trees
Saturn's Contract Stays in Orbit
A New Player in Set-Top Boxes
Diller's Ticket to More Riches?
Et Cetera...
Oil's Mini-Gusher
CHART: S&P Integrated International Oil Index
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The Tobacco Deal: Suddenly, the Corpse Is Stirring
Lott's Loose Lips
Spending the Surplus
GOVERNMENT
Clinton's Three Marketeers
TABLE: ''Carter Kids''
TABLE: An Agenda in Tatters
FINANCE
First Union: Fast Eddie's Future Bank
RESUME: Edward E. Crutchfield
TABLE: Future Bank
CHART: Stock Is Strong...Assets are Ballooning...Returns Outstrip Peers
Commentary: Student Loans Don't Need Clinton's Tinkering
Heavyweight Wrestling over a Flyweight Insurer
THE CORPORATION
One More Face-Lift for J.C. Penney
CHART: The Eckerd Deal Lifts Penney's Sales...And Gives a Shot to Operating Profits
Drugs to the Rescue
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A Cataract Breakthrough May Be on the Way
GRAPHIC: A Better View
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
High Anxiety from High-Definition TV
A Good Day for Lab Rats
Now That's Using Your Head
PHOTO: Children Playing Games with UR Gear Headset
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
THE ENVIRONMENT
George Schaller's Eco-Crusade
TABLE: In the Wild: Animals Schaller Has Studied
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 Do the Trustbusters Want?
A Disinflation Honeymoon
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON FINLAND
Finnish Cash Helps a Baltic Tiger...And Buys Some Useful Lessons, Too (int'l edition)
MAP: Finland
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
'Putting Milken on a Pedestal Is Going Too Far' (int'l edition)
How Brazil Is Fighting Off Asian-Style Ills (int'l edition)
For a Hybrid Car, Steel Is Too Heavy (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Telefonica: If at First a Deal Falls Through... (int'l edition)
CHART: Ringing Up Gains
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Can Mitsubishi Motors Stop Its Skid? (int'l edition)
CHART: Red Ink at Mitsubishi Motors
Kelon: From Guangdong to Your Kitchen? (int'l edition)
TABLE: Kelon's Smart Moves
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L BUSINESS
The Ex-Coke Exec Aiming for Mexico's Presidency (int'l edition)
TABLE: Three-Party Face-Off
RESUME: Vicente Fox
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
What London Can Teach Tokyo (int'l edition)
Suharto's Risky Shadow Play (int'l edition)