Cover Photograph by Richard Morgenstein. European Cover Illustration by Matt Mahurin.
Sept. 7, 1998
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Will Hp's Zorro Leave Its Mark?
Sidelining Sandy Robertson for a While?
Welcome to the Virtual Ivy League
Shugart's Severance: The Watch Isn't Really Gold, Either
At Breakfast, T-Rex Is for Kids
PHOTO: Quaker Instant Oatmeal with Dinosaur Eggs
Fighting Pirates? Sing to 'em
The Days of Swine and Roses
CHART: A Day Late and (Many) a Dollar Short
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Globalization's Dirty Little Secret
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Wives with Fat Paychecks
CHART: The Big Breadwinner Isn't Always Dad
Drawbacks of Buyback Plans
Stock Options for the Ranks
CHART: A Bull Market in Option Plans
LETTER FROM COLORADO
Mesa Verde: A Lost City's Resurrection?
MAP: Colorado
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Thanks to Consumers, the Economy May Just Keep on Humming
CHART: Spirits Sag on Fears about the Future
CHART: Building Activity Remains Near Record
CHART: New Orders Are Losing Some Momentum
Venezuela: A Costly Credibility Gap
CHART: Venezuela: A Bear in the Stock Market
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Russia: Is There a Solution? (European Cover Story)
EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: Russia: The End of Reform?
TABLE: Russia's Road to Financial Ruin
Credit Suisse: The Perils of Pioneering (European Cover Story)
CHART: Off a Cliff
Commentary: No More Crutches, No More Band-AIDS
Commentary: In a World of Trouble, Can Clinton Cope?
Will Japan Shake Detroit's Light-Truck Stronghold?
TABLE: The Competition Takes on Detroit
Tellabs Has a Really Bad Day
Homes Are Selling Like a House Afire
CHART: How Many New Homes Are Too Many?
Commentary: A Human Reason Not to Raise Rates
CHART: Wage Inequality Levels Off
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Kent Kresa: The Best Defense Is a Good Offense
British Airways Snubs Boeing
Huge Layoff at Harnischfeger
Marsh & McLennan: Big Gets Bigger
Mickey Bucks for Hockey Pucks
Elves Nab the Girl Scouts
Et Cetera...
Autodesk Wreck
CHART: Autodesk Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Will Clinton Be Forced to Tilt toward the Left?
Alarm over the Bells?
Car Talk
Henney on the Hot Seat
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
A Heavy Hand in Hong Kong
CHART: The Heng Seng Gets Help
Commentary: Korea Inc. Wimps Out Again
Why Central Europe Loves the Euro
CHART: Is Central Europe EMU Material?
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Is Tokyo Ready to Trust the Communist Party?
ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Kazuo Shii of Japan's Communist Party
Kim Dominates North Korea
Jordan Stock Markets Shine
MARKETING
Bringing Hit Products Abroad Back Home
TABLE: Global Products Hit the States
PEOPLE
Broadcom's Brain Trust
TABLE: Broadcom's Mad Scientists
THE CORPORATION
Time for Federated to Stop Buying--and Start Selling
CHART: As Cost-Cutting Takes Hold...Federated's Stock Takes Off...But Growth Is Stalled
GOVERNMENT
Tough Questions for Ambassador Sasser
TABLE: The Sasser File
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Cell Phones: Europe Made the Right Call
TABLE: Phone Wars
GRAPHIC: Qualcomm's Patented Advantage: ''The Soft Handoff''
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
The Tiger Moth's Lesson for the Pentagon
PHOTO: Tiger Moth
Fill 'er Up with Wood Chips, Please
Savvier 3-D Design Software
PHOTO: Mummy
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
How Ionica Got Its Circuits Jammed (int'l edition)
TABLE: Lessons from Ionica's Plunge
CHART: Hanging Up on Ionica
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Opening the Floodgates of Criticism in China (int'l edition)
Japanese Real Estate: Welcome Back, Foreigners (int'l edition)
CHART: Real Estate Tumble
Looking to Wall Street--from India (int'l edition)
TABLE: In the Pipeline