Cover Photograph by Josef Astor. EUROPEAN COVER Illustration by Adam Niklewicz.
June 29, 1998
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INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
The Stars of Asia (int'l edition)
ASIAN COVER IMAGE: The Stars of Asia
Profiles of the Stars of Asia
ONLINE ORIGINAL: Selected Interviews with Stars of Asia
ASIAN COVER -- POLICYMAKERS
Korea's Kim Dae Jung (int'l edition)
Thailand's Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda (int'l edition)
India's N. Chandrababu Naidu (int'l edition)
China's Zhu Rongji (int'l edition)
Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong (int'l edition)
China's Liu Hong (int'l edition)
Hong Kong's Christine Loh (int'l edition)
Hong Kong's Martin Lee (int'l edition)
Hong Kong's Joseph Yam (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Hong Kong's Joseph Yam (int'l edition)
Taiwan's Chen Shui-Bian (int'l edition)
Japan's Kohei Nakabo (int'l edition)
Taiwan's Lee Yuan-Tseh (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Taiwan's Lee Yuan-Tseh (int'l edition)
Thailand's Amaret Sila-on (int'l edition)
Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim (int'l edition)
Korea's You Jong Keun (int'l edition)
ASIAN COVER -- MANAGERS
Hong Kong's Marjorie Yang (int'l edition)
Japan's Nobuyuki Idei (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Japan's Nobuyuki Idei (int'l edition)
India's B.K. Syngal (int'l edition)
Japan's Akihiro Wada (int'l edition)
Taiwan's Morris Chang (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Taiwan's Morris Chang (int'l edition)
China's Wang Xuan (int'l edition)
The Philippines' Gabby Lopez (int'l edition)
China's Pan Ning (int'l edition)
India's Suresh Krishna (int'l edition)
ASIAN COVER -- ENTREPRENEURS
Taiwan's Steve Chang (int'l edition)
India's N.R. Narayana Murthy (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with India's N.R. Narayana Murthy (int'l edition)
Japan's Kenji Eno (int'l edition)
The Philippines' Tony Tan (int'l edition)
China's Wu Ying (int'l edition)
The Philippines' Jose Concepcion Iii (int'l edition)
Hong Kong's Michael Ying (int'l edition)
Singapore's Sim Wong Hoo (int'l edition)
Japan's Masayoshi Son (int'l edition)
Thailand's Bill Heinecke (int'l edition)
Taiwan's Jonney Shih (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Taiwan's Jonney Shih (int'l edition)
India's Dhirubhai Ambani (int'l edition)
ASIAN COVER -- FINANCIERS
India's Deepak Parekh (int'l edition)
Korea's Kim Jung Tae (int'l edition)
Hong Kong's Victor Fung (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Hong Kong's Victor Fung (int'l edition)
Japan's Yoshihiko Miyauchi (int'l edition)
Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus (int'l edition)
Taiwan's Hsu Ta-Lin (int'l edition)
Japan's Junichi Ujiie (int'l edition)
ASIAN COVER -- OPINION SHAPERS
Japan's Tetsuya Chikushi (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Japan's Tetsuya Chikushi (int'l edition)
Malaysia's Meenakshi Raman (int'l edition)
India's Gurdev Khush (int'l edition)
Korea's Jang Ha Sung (int'l edition)
Indonesia's Mari Pangestu (int'l edition)
ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Indonesia's Mari Pangestu (int'l edition)
China's Zhang Yimou (int'l edition)
Hong Kong's Albert Cheung (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
France: A Quiet Revolution (int'l edition)
EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: France: A Quiet Revolution
TABLE: Where the Winds of Change Are Blowing
CHART: The French State Overspends...Employs Too Many...And Racks Up Ever More Debt
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Pointcast: A Private Wish Not to Go Public?
One Big, Unhappy Family at United
PHOTO: Machinist Union Button
Why the Asian Flu May Not Bug Boeing
Splicing AT&T into British Telecom
Phone Ads: This Call Brought to You By...
The Straight Dope from Merck
Live, from New York! It's TV 101!
CHART: Reversal of Fortune
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
What's Wrong with a Centralized Europe? Plenty
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Inequality, Canadian-Style
CHART: How American Families Fare vs. Canadians
From Welfare to Work: The Transportation Problem
Stop Fretting About Savings
CHART: The Savings Rate Keeps Sliding
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: This Economy Could Shrug Off the Asia Effect--Again
CHART: No Spring Break for Shoppers
CHART: Builders' Optimism Is at a Record Level
GRAPHIC: Where Inflation Has Edged Upward
Australia: Rates: The Quandary Down Under
CHART: The Aussie Hits a 12-Year Low
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The Yen: Now for the Hard Part
TABLE: The Rise and Fall of the Yen
The Strong Dollar: Too Much of a Good Thing
CHART: The Dollar Is Soaring over a Dropping Yen...And Gaining on Other Currencies
Asia Is Hurting Stocks. Asia Is Helping Stocks
TABLE: Where the Earnings Are
Commentary: Why the Wto Needs an Overhaul
TABLE: Three Strikes for the U.S.
Labor Peace: If Ford Can Do It, Why Can't GM?
CHART: GM Trails the Pack in Productivity
Disorganized Labor
Commentary: At Least Chainsaw Al Knew How to Hire a Board
Cendant Descending
CHART: Cendant's Sag
Internet Server Software: A Feather in Apache's Cap
TABLE: IBM Aims to Be No. 1
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
John Roth: Northern Telecom's Net Game
AT&T and AOL Hang Up for Now
The Tobacco Bill Goes Up in Smoke
Spinmeisters: It's Warm. It's Fuzzy. It's Russia
Dirty Tricks from Mack Trucks?
Excel's New Worldview
Et Cetera...
Power Failure
CHART: Manpower Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Victory in November Will Belong to the Party That Shows Up
A GOP Senate Sweep?
Product-Liability Reform
Supersteamed at Gore
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
France: A Quiet Revolution
TABLE: Where the Winds of Change Are Blowing
Germany: Pc Heaven--for Consumers
Will the Ruble Bring Down the Banks?
TABLE: Perils Facing Russian Banks
Commentary: India Didn't Count on This Aftershock
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Can This Man Keep Ulster on the Road to Peace?
Poll Shock in Australia
A Palestinian Turnaround
THE CORPORATION
How Medtronic Sets the Pace
TABLE: Innovation Machine
PHOTO: Medtronic's Activa Deep-Brain Stimulator
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Your Car May Be Smarter Than You
CHART: Cars Get Siliconized
High-Tech from Head to Tail
GRAPHIC: Smart Car
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
This Bus Fixes Potholes on the Run
On the Trail of the Jumping Genes
A Tool for Staying a Step Ahead of Hiv
Getting to the Bottom of Back Pain
Developments to Watch Contacts
THE WORKPLACE
Is There Really a Techie Shortage?
CHART: Where's the Crunch?
GOVERNMENT
Jane Garvey: A Steep Climb at the FAA
TABLE: No Gliding Ahead