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June 8, 1998




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COVER STORY
 How Jack Welch Runs Ge
    COVER IMAGE: How Jack Welch Runs GE
    TABLE: How Welch Manages GE
    CHART: GE under Jack Welch
    PHOTO: Welch's Note to Bill Woodburn, June, 1996
    PHOTO: Jack Welch and His Wife, Jane
    'I Had a Pal in My Mom'
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Is Ge Still a No-Brainer for Investors? Pretty Much
 
UP FRONT
 Talk Show
 It Was Just a Joke, Ms. Reno, a Joke
 AT&T Loses a Few Good Men
 Has Buffett Lost His Silver Touch?
 Sprint Launches Operation Local
 Executive Dining: Let Them Eat Hawaiian Cobia!
 Spaying without Cutting
 This Drug Hunter Bruises the Fruit
 Footnotes
 CHART: Mother Was Right
 
EDITOR'S MEMO
 Business Week's Award Winners
 
READERS REPORT
 Making the Sun Rise Again on Japan
 Reports of Cancer's Imminent Death Were an Exaggeration
 Trw Is Doing Just Fine, Thanks
 The Future Shock of Low-Paying Jobs
 We Can't Be Sure Adoption Stories Have Happy Endings
 Have Airfares Really Soared?
 Quark Stands by Its Mac Platform
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
 ''Online Brokers: Do you get what you pay for?'' (Personal Business, May 25)
 ''Corporate Scoreboard'' (May 18)
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
 Palm-To-Palm Combat
 
LETTER FROM GERMANY
 German, Jewish, and Divided
    MAP: Germany
 
BOOKS
 Everyone Is Living in a Fishbowl
    PHOTO: Cover, ''The Transparent Society''
    PHOTO: Cover, ''Privacy on the Line''
    PHOTO: Cover, ''Protecting Yourself Online''
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Chapter One of 'the Transparent Society'
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Chapter One of 'privacy on the Line'
 Esop Fable
    PHOTO: Cover, ''The Ownership Solution''
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Chapter One of 'the Ownership Solution'
 Identity Puzzle
    PHOTO: Cover, ''The Accidental Asian''
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
 Don't Tinker with Social Security, Reinvent It
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
 Big Test Ahead for Productivity
    CHART: An Ominous Dip in Productivity Gains?
 Scant Pain from Labor Shortages
 Women's 401(K) Finesse
    CHART: Guess Who Socks Away More?
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
 U.S.: Washington's New Challenge: Black Ink
    CHART: Uncle Sam Is Heading for a Big Surplus
    CHART: Optimism Remains at a Lofty Level
    CHART: Even with April's Dip, Home Sales Stay High
 Chile: The Upside to the Slowdown: Rates May Fall
    CHART: Why the Trade Gap is Worsening in Chile
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
 Clinton's Trade Crusade
    CHART: Out of Balance
    TABLE: To Restart Initiatives on Trade, Clinton Is...
    A Mexican Standoff Jolts Capitol Hill
 Commentary: Does Canadian Culture Need This Much Protection?
 Bell Atlantic North: Oops, That's Too Much Downsizing
 Metrojet: Will This Short-Hauler Fly?
    TABLE: Southwest's Copycats
 Commentary: Savings Plans: We Don't Need Another Piggy Bank from Washington
 Ford Borrows a Better Idea
 Hot War over Herbal Remedies
 A Dental-Tech Startup May Need Some Novocaine
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
 Dennis Kozlowski: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
 Booting Up an Intel Suit
 Bankboston Picks a Plum
 The Wind Blowing Boeing Off Course
 Gateway: Buy Now, Upgrade Later
 A Lyme Vaccine Clears a Hurdle
 Et Cetera...
 Bank Holdup on Atms
    CHART: Diebold Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
 Social Security Heads for Wall Street
 A Gentler Checchi
 A Fretting Faircloth?
 A Big Bundle for Bush
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
 Korea: Can President Kim Make Reform Happen?
    A Talk with Kim Dae Jung: 'Our Economy Will Gather Force' (Extended)
 Indonesia: Habibie's First Hurdle: How to Feed the Country
 For Britain's Blair, Ireland Will Be a Hard Act to Follow
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
 Is Hong Kong Headed for a Showdown over Democracy?
 Russia's Mess Gets Messier
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 Office E-Mail: It Can Zap You--in Court
    TABLE: Keeping Your E-Mail Trouble-Free
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
 It's Not There, but It's No Mirage
 Shedding Light on Damaged Dna
 Fingerprints for Online Security
 A New Weapon against Cystic Fibrosis
 Developments to Watch Contacts
 
MARKETING
 Movie Theaters: They're Lining Up for Flicks in the 'hood
    TABLE: Packing the House
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
 World Cup Soccer: The Real Match Won't Be on the Field
    TABLE: Sponsor Confusion
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
 When Air Bags Aren't Enough
    TABLE: Making Collisions Safer
    PHOTO: The 1998 VW Beetle, Shown in Crash Test
    Anatomy of a Car Crash
 
FINANCE
 Loews' Larry Tisch: The Ultimate Bear
    CHART: Loews' Stock Sags...
    TABLE: ...And Trading Losses Are Hitting the Bottom Line
 Stock Regulators: What Happened to Canada's Red Flags?
    TABLE: Checkered History
 Commentary: Big Banker May Be Watching You
 A Rising Mountain of European Junk
    CHART: Eurojunk Takes Off
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
 From Icos: The Son of Viagra?
 National Record Belts It Out
    CHART: Fortissimo Passage
 Bolder Gets a Recharge
    CHART: Strong Jolt as Rollout Nears
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
 Commodities Are Cheap--Time to Leap?
    TABLE: Where to Get Info
    TABLE: How Futures Stack Up vs. Stocks and Bonds
 Better Grab This Tax Break Now
 Go Ahead--Mix Your Own Digital Disk
    TABLE: Comparing Two Formats
 'Cooking' Away Joint Pain
    TABLE: Fixing Faulty Joints
 The Family That Putts Together...
    TABLE: Parent-Child Golf Schools
    PHOTO: Nike Parent-Child Golf Camp in Pebble Beach, Calif.
 Health Clubs: Sweating in Elegant Places
    TABLE: Big-Bucks Workouts
 Bikes Made for the Space Age
    TABLE: Four for the Road
    PHOTO: Trek Y-Shaped Bicycle
 
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
 Going Backward in Asia
 Management 101: Motivation Matters
 Don't Go Spending That Surplus
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON BELGIUM
 Where the Language Wars Heat Up...And English Is Neutral Territory (int'l edition)
    MAP: Belgium
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
 Making the Sun Rise Again on Japan (int'l edition)
 The Euro Won't Cure Europe's Ills (int'l edition)
 Moderation Is What Keeps Brazil Moving (int'l edition)
 Reckless Spending Will Cost Malaysia Plenty (int'l edition)
 Partners of chaebol Should Beware (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
 Commentary: A Banking Revolution: Let the Top Bidder Win (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
 A Bailout in Malaysia: The Deal Smelled Rotten--and It Was (int'l edition)
    TABLE: UEM's Sour Investment



 
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