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COVER STORY
• The Rise of Jill Barad
•     COVER IMAGE: The Rise of Jill Barad
•     TABLE: Barad on Women in the Workplace
•     RESUME: Jill Elikann Barad
•     CHART: Acquisitions Are Fueling Growth and Driving Up Mattel's Share Price...
•     CHART: ...But Profits Still Depend on Barbie and Barbie Sales Are Slowing
•     PHOTO: Jill Barad, at 10, about 20, and Now
•     PHOTO: Party Barbie
•     PHOTO: Casual Barbie
•     PHOTO: Hot Wheels
•     If You Can't Beat Her, Join Her
•     ONLINE ORIGINAL: Beyond Barbie: Mattel Still Looks Like a Growth Stock

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
• Central Europe's New Consumers
•     EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: The New Consumers
•     TABLE: What the Merchants Are Boosting
•     TABLE: How Central European Pay Stacks Up with the West
•     CHART: What's Behind the Boom
•     Treating the Client Right in Budapest

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
• The Taiwan Touch
•     ASIAN COVER IMAGE: The Taiwan Touch
•     TABLE: Taiwan High Tech: Some Key Players
•     A Taiwanese Techfest in Silicon Valley

ENTERPRISE

ENTERPRISE -- IN BOX
• Why Women Fly the Corp
• Www.Small/biz/sites
•     TABLE: Benefits
•     CHART: Features
•     CHART: Who They Are
• Planning Ahead
• Your Friendly Local Bankers
•     TABLE: Small and Simpatico
• Book Review
• How Many Bucks Stop with You?
• Newsletters
• Footnotes

ENTERPRISE -- SPECIAL REPORT
• Help Wanted--Desperately
•     CHART: Higher and Higher
•     Attracting Top Talent
•     Retraining the Workforce
•     Partnering in Sales
•     Recruiting Career Changers
• Now That's Casting a Wide Net
•     TABLE: The Internet Go Fish
•     ONLINE ORIGINAL: Pointers for Finding Workers Via the Web
• Have Resumes, Will Travel

ENTERPRISE -- FINANCE
• Now, More Can Join the Esop Game
•     TABLE: ESOPs: Now for S-Corporations, Too

ENTERPRISE -- BUYERS GUIDE
• Putting Teeth into Office Security
•     TABLE: Crunch Time
•     ONLINE ORIGINAL: Table: A Shredder Sampler

ENTERPRISE -- DOWN TIME
• Contact Sports

ANNUAL DESIGN AWARDS
• The Best Product Designs of the Year
•     TABLE: Winners for 1998...
•     TABLE: ...And over the Past 5 Years
• The Sounds of the Net Get Portable
• Cell Phone Meets Laptop
• Bug-Eyed over the New Beetle
• A Clean, Uncluttered Wine Store
• The Sound Is Really Outasight
• Eavesdropping on the Baby-To-Be
• A New Look for Old Friends
• A Light and Easy Land Mine Finder
• Touch and Talk
• TABLE: Full List of 1998 IDEA Winners

UP FRONT
• Talk Show
• A Bad Smell at Waste Management
• Lockheed's Paper Chase
• Microsoft Stubs Its Toe on Sidewalk
• The Tycoons Tee Off
•     TABLE: The Best and the Worst
• No Slam Dunk for Dr. J's Cars
• How Many Euros for That Fromage?
• Stock Trading Can Be a Nasty Habit
•     TABLE: Annual Average Total Returns
• CHART: How Likely Are Small Businesses to Byte?
• Footnotes

READERS REPORT
• Counting Chickens before They Hatch
• Motorola's Worst Troubles Are behind It
• Mahathir's Anti-Semitism Is an Old Story
• Some Prices Change at Glacial Speed
• Vocational Schools Have Good Motives
• Cash Flows Are the Right Way to Value a Business
• Protecting Unions' Freedom Is Good Business
• Why Gte Is Fighting an MCI-Worldcom Merger

LETTER FROM ROMANIA
• The Kids Are Not All Right
•     MAP: Romania

BOOKS
• Is Keeping Up with the Joneses Killing Us?
•     PHOTO: Cover, ''The Overspent American''
• Pack That Pistol
•     PHOTO: Cover, ''More Guns, Less Crime''
• Go Digital or Die
•     PHOTO: Cover, ''Unleashing the Killer App''

TECHNOLOGY & YOU
• A Fax That Does It All
•     PHOTO: HP LaserJet 3100 Fax and Printer
• A Cheaper Car Pilot
•     PHOTO: The DeLorme Tripmate
• Easy File Copies

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
• Economic Facts Play Second Fiddle to Feelings

ECONOMIC TRENDS
• Lower Sales, Higher Profits?
• Inflation: A Different Take
•     CHART: Is Inflation Understated?
• Firing Up a Black Market
•     CHART: Cigarette Imports Go Up in Smoke

BUSINESS OUTLOOK
• U.S.: Greenspan May Have a Fight on His Hands
•     CHART: Tighter Job Markets Fuel Wage Growth
•     CHART: Productivity Starts to Lag Behind Real Wages
•     CHART: Real Retail Sales Are Growing Rapidly
• Denmark: One Strike against the Economy
•     CHART: The Sharp and Steady Drop in Danish Unemployment

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
• High Tech: The Force That's with Us
•     CHART: High Tech Drives Growth, While Inflation Falls, But Labor Shortages Loom
• Commentary: Megamergers: What's the Big Picture?
• Telecom Rules: A Break in the Logjam?
•     TABLE: Before the Deal, a Regulatory Wrestling Match
•     More Telecom Mergers, More Union Cards
• Commentary: Justice vs. Microsoft: Who's Got the Edge?
•     TABLE: Hurdles for the Feds
• Litigation: The Choice of a New Generation
•     CHART: Coke Sizzles, Pepsi Fizzles
• Grains That Taste Like Meat?

IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
• Philip Knight: Nike Finally Does It
• Suitors Buzz Around Polygram
• Why Boeing Birds Fly South
• Shooting Down a Satellite Deal
• John Hancock Signs to Go Public
• New Face at Body Shop
• Et Cetera...
• Cutting Reply to Sunbeam
•     CHART: Sunbeam Stock Price

WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
• Has Bob Rubin Cried Wolf Once Too Often?
• The Door to Donorgate?

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
• India: And Now for the Fallout
•     TABLE: Where India Will Feel the Pain
•     Commentary: What India Needs Is Wealth, Not Bombs
• Northern Ireland: Business Jumps in to Help Tame the Troubles
•     CHART: Brighter Prospects in Northern Ireland

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
• Suharto's Risky Game of Divide and Conquer

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• Back to the Future at Apple
•     TABLE: The Cool-Looking iMac Must Break into Homes...
•     TABLE: ...And into Schools
•     TABLE: The G3 Aims to Pump Up Business Sales
•     TABLE: The PowerBook G3 Has to Get Apple Back on the Road
•     CHART: Apple's Profits Are Back, Market Share Is Edging Up, and Investors Like What They See
•     PHOTO: Apple iMac
•     PHOTO: Apple PowerBook G3
•     PHOTO: Power Macintosh G3/300
•     Steve Jobs: 'There's Sanity Returning' (Extended)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
• The Duo Jolting the Gene Business
•     TABLE: Who's Who in Genes

DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
• Getting Healing Genes to the Right Organ
• Green Wonders of the Future
• Innovations
• Developments to Watch Contacts

SPORTS BUSINESS
• The Nba: Why Push May Come to Shove

LEGAL AFFAIRS
• From the Patent Wars, a Patent Medicine
•     CHART: Controlling the Code

INSIDE WALL STREET
• The Glaring Chink in Knight's IPO
•     CHART: A Rising Star among Brokers
• Bankamerica's 'wonderful Deal'
•     CHART: Ho-Hum Reaction from the Street
• Chipmakers Count on Synopsys
•     CHART: A Boost from Hot Earnings

FINANCE
• Remaking Schwab
•     TABLE: Schwab's New Direction
•     CHART: Schwab's Signing Up Clients, Gathering Assets, Building Revenues, and Making Money
•     CHART: The Pressure Builds, So the Stock Slumps
•     CHART: How Schwab Makes Its Money

PERSONAL BUSINESS
• Online Brokers: Do You Get What You Pay For?
•     TABLE: The Lowdown on Trading Online
• E-Traders' Stocks Are a Good Bet
•     TABLE: The Market for Online Brokers
• Market Quotes on the Go
•     TABLE: Wireless Intelligence
• Taking Aim at a Vision-Killer
•     TABLE: How Age-Related Macular Degeneration Affects Eyesight
•     DIAGRAM: Macular Degeneration
• A First Stop for Intrepid Travelers
•     TABLE: What to Ask When Choosing a Clinic
• Star Spotting among Fallen Ipos
•     TABLE: What to Look for in Discounted Issues
•     TABLE: New Stocks that Faltered in 1997--And Why They May Come Back
•     ONLINE ORIGINAL: TABLE: The IPO Class of 1997

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
• Make This Merger an Opportunity
• Send Me Your Skilled Workers
• The 11th Hour in Asia

INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON GAZA
• Working Women Lift the Economy...As Loans Start to Flow More Freely (int'l edition)
•     MAP: Israel

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
• Sunshine--and Clouds--in Brazil (int'l edition)
• The Lowdown on Mahathir Mohamad (int'l edition)
• Why Not Have a Wide-Open Road to Canada? (int'l edition)
• Some Prices Change at Glacial Speed (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
• Northern Ireland: Business Pitches in (int'l edition)
•     CHART: Brighter Prospects in Northern Ireland
• Is Baan Stalling Out on the Infobahn? (int'l edition)
•     CHART: Baan Slows Down
• Commentary: Schrempp and Eaton Won't Fight at the Wheel (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
• Commentary: Japan's Carmakers: Time to Partner or Perish (int'l edition)
•     TABLE: Who Owns Major Stakes in Japanese Auto Companies

INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
• Commentary: At Last--a Real Payoff from Brazil's Real Plan (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
• Credit Lyonnais: This Time, the Bailout May Work (int'l edition)
•     TABLE: Credit Lyonnais' Coming Fire Sale
• Who Asked Him to Be Jal's Co-Pilot? (int'l edition)
•     CHART: Japan Airlines Loses Altitude

INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
• How Development Gave Peace a Chance





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