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June 1, 1998
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Erskine Bowles's Big Bath
Energy Bars: It's the Taste, Stupid
Why Moseley-Braun Has Top Dems Scared
Homegrown Ceos
TABLE: The Top Eight
Palo Alto Says 'no Surfing Here'
Japan Throbs for the Love Beeper
Cable Modems: Buyer Beware
CHART: Suffer the Little Children
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Just How New Is the 'new Economy'?
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Why Payrolls Are Sneaking Up
CHART: A Rebound in the ''Job Quality Index''
What Makes the Door So Golden
The Poor Get Deeper in Debt
CHART: A Shift to the Bottom Half
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: That Jolt You Feel Is a Slowdown
CHART: A Steady Worsening in the Trade Gap
CHART: Asia Flattens Out Factory Production
CHART: Builders See No Letup in Home Buying
Germany: Growth Like This Won't Last
CHART: German Businesses Remain Optimistic
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Jane Henney: New Trials at the Fda
Intel Plays It Safe with Its Chips
Splitsville for Two Giants
Pearson's Purchase Across the Pond
No Wonder AOL Is Grinning
Counterfeiting: Andrew, What Big Eyes You Have
Et Cetera...
Melloncholy
CHART: Mellon Bank Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
A China Connection That Could Trip Clinton Up
TABLE: The Loral Link
SPECIAL REPORT
Asia: The Global Impact
TABLE: Why the Asian Rebound Is Fizzling
Global Markets: Flight to Safety
CHART: Money Flees Asia...
TABLE: ...Into the U.S. and Europe
The IMF Bailout: Up in Smoke
SOCIAL ISSUES
Welfare-To-Work: A Good Start
CHART: Is It Reform or the Economy?
Ups's Package Deal for Workers
TABLE: United Parcel Service
Cessna's Route to a Better Life
TABLE: Cessna Aircraft
From the Frying Pan to the Factory
TABLE: Cascade Engineering
SPORTS BUSINESS
Sailing: Is That a Sponsor Off the Starboard Bow?
THE CORPORATION
IBM: Back to Double-Digit Growth?
CHART: Earnings Are on Target...And IBM's Stock Is Hitting New Highs...But Revenue Growth Is Still Anemic
CHART: How IBM's Growth Stacks Up (Part 1)
CHART: How IBM's Growth Stacks Up (Part 2)
CHART: How IBM's Growth Stacks Up (Part 3)
FINANCE
Marc Harris: Tax-Haven Whiz or Rogue Banker?
TABLE: Harris' Rising Profile
Real Estate: A Luxury Pad--and It Floats
Commentary: Insurers Shouldn't Be So Web-Shy
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Cancer Research: After 25 Years, a Big Payoff
DIAGRAM: Target Practice
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Dispatches from the Cancer Front
To Screen or Not to Screen
TABLE: Cancer Deaths Rise As U.S. Population Grows and Ages
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
John Sidgmore: Selling the World on Worldcom
TABLE: Sidgmore's To-Do List
E-Commerce: They've Got the Patents--but So What?
TABLE: Open Market's E-Commerce Patents
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Energy in Europe: The Walls Come Tumbling Down (int'l edition)
TABLE: Growing Pressure on Power Cartels
The Woman Who's Pepping Up Pearson (int'l edition)
TABLE: Scardino's Plan for Pearson
CHART: Hotter Shares
Rough Days for the Ruble (int'l edition)
CHART: Plunging Stocks
Striking Gold in Eurotrash TV (int'l edition)
TABLE: Doing It Endemol's Way
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
The Buyout King of Argentina (int'l edition)
TABLE: Exxel's Buyout Deals
Commentary: Mexico: Zedillo Has to Sweep the Banks Clean (int'l edition)