Cover Photographs (left to right) by Lara Jo Regan/Saba, James Leynse/Saba.
July 6, 1998
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
The Nfl Benches Quickie Ads
Was This White House Bug All Buzz?
Have Another Sip of Seattle
Build Local, Sell Local
TABLE: Where the Cars Aren't
Even More Booty for MBAs
TABLE: Young Bucks
Stop and Download the Roses
One More Reason to Avoid Ipos
TABLE: Portfolio Poopers
CHART: Managed Care: A Mixed Blessing
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Washington Can't Keep High Tech to Itself, So Why Try?
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Taxes: Lower Than You Think
CHART: Most People Now Face Reduced Marginal Rates
States Ante Up for Workfare
Business Eyes a Financing Gap
CHART: Printing IOUs in the Boardroom
LETTER FROM CHICAGO
Class Act: A Reporter Turns Principal
MAP: Chicago
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Dollar's Coming U-Turn
CHART: The Current Account: A Turn for the Worse
CHART: So Far, the Asian Impact Is All Exports
CHART: Asia's Squeeze Is Getting Tighter
Italy: Another Victim of the Asian Flu
CHART: What's Hurting Italy's GDP Growth
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Clinton: What's at Stake in China
Commentary: The GOP Is Choosing Symbols over Substance
An Episode of Viagra Interruptus
TABLE: How Insurers Cover Viagra
CHART: The Morning After
Commentary: The Big Hole in the Drug Safety Net
The Nba Players Union Grabs the Ball
CHART: Player Salaries Are Jumping
Connecticut: The Promised Land for Privatization?
CHART: A Prize to be Privatized
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Craig Barrett: Has Intel's Chip Come In?
Back Door Affirmative Action
Kellogg's New No. 2 Has His Bowl Full
More Tax Goodies for the GOP
A Computer Rivalry Ends in Marriage
Starved for Butterfat
Et Cetera...
Yahoopla!
CHART: Yahoo! Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Behind America's Sudden Overture to Iran
Mud-Slinging in New Mexico?
Tobacco: Saving Face
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Last Chance for the Yen?
TABLE: Tokyo Has a Bank Repair Plan...
CHART: ...But the Debt Problem Still Grows Worse...And It Has Big Asian Exposure
'Hong Kong Has Lost Its Touch'
CHART: Hong Kong's Downhill Run
Lessons from the European Tigers
TABLE: Where the Sizzle Is
Management, American-Style at Hidebound Fiat
Russia: No Tax Man Ever Had It Tougher
A Talk with Boris Fyodorov
Mexico: Why Pemex Is in a Pinch
CHART: Pressure on Pemex
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Indonesia: From One Gang of Cronies to Another?
The Return of Klaus?
New Jewish Claims for Swiss
MANAGEMENT
How Al Dunlap Self-Destructed
TABLE: Chainsaw Al's Waterloo
CHART: Thrills and Chills
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Trustbuster William Baer: The Ftc's Eager Sheriff
TABLE: Bold Enforcer
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Hiv: Sobering News from the Front
TABLE: Mixed Picture in Geneva
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Warning: Red Means 'refrozen'
Transistors Make a Quantum Leap
A Warehouse of Virtual Parts
Adding Razzle-Dazzle to Flash Chips
Developments to Watch Contacts
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Lessons from the European Tigers (int'l edition)
TABLE: Where the Sizzle Is
Management, American-Style at Hidebound Fiat (int'l edition)
TABLE: The New Agenda
Commentary: Ticket Madness at the World Cup (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
'Hong Kong Has Lost Its Touch' (int'l edition)
Asia: The Airlines That Fell to Earth (int'l edition)
TABLE: Turbulent Skies
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Russia: No Tax Man Ever Had It Tougher (int'l edition)
A Talk with Boris Fyodorov (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Russia Should Risk Radical Tax Reform (int'l edition)