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Nov. 16, 1998
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COVER STORY
ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY BUYING GUIDE
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
How to Win Yourself a Stadium
A Big Fat Raise? Fat Chance
Wal-Mart Gets Squeezed
Do You Speak Business?
'O.K., Think--Where Is That Wrench?'
This Credit Card Is Quite a Looker
PHOTO: Chase LensCard
Mohair Bears: Dom Perignon, Teddy?
PHOTO: Steiff Haute Couture Teddy Bear
CHART: Why Workers Don't Show Up
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The U.S. Could Use a Dose of Europe's Privacy Medicine
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Fallout from Market Swings
CHART: Americans' Hopes Ride More on the Market
Cycles of Death and Rebirth
CHART: An Anatomy of Employment Growth
Do Pollution Regs Cost Jobs?
LETTER FROM MOSCOW
The Party's Over. So Why Not Party?
MAP: Russia
LETTER FROM GUATEMALA
Where Ecotourism May Save a Jungle
MAP: Guatemala
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Don't Be Fooled by the Strong Data
GRAPHIC: Anatomy of a Slowdown
CHART: Purchasers Say Orders Are Sagging
CHART: Labor Costs: Growth Is Picking Up
South Korea: Amid the Carnage, a Glimmer of Hope
CHART: September's Bounce in Output Is Exaggerated
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Memo to Congress: Get Going
Now the Banks Have to Grapple with Gramm
Labor Helps Turn the Tide--the Old-Fashioned Way
State Ballots: All over the Map
For Newt, It'll Only Get Worse
Commentary: Nailing Microsoft Means Proving Harm Was Done
It's Still Not Miller Time
Smaller Fry May Make the Market Sizzle
TABLE: Comeback Kids
Commentary: A Strong Economy Needs Strong Wages
CHART: Will Wage Gains Keep Consumers Spending?
Hollywood's Christmas Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Undermarket
TABLE: Hollywood Dotes on Kiddies' Movies This Christmas
PHOTO: The Prince of Egypt
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Herb Kelleher: Southwest's Deeper Northeast Push
Pepsi Gets Down to Brass Tacks
Yep, the Neighbors Have a New Car
Starbucks Thinks It Will Travel Well
Medtronic Grafts and Grows
Fedex Warns of a Blue Christmas
Et Cetera...
Boeing's Liftoff?
CHART: Boeing Stock Price
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Europe's High-Tech Giants: Too Little, Too Late?
TABLE: The Big Shakeup
Marks & Sparks Isn't Throwing Off Any
TABLE: Greenbury's Challenges
Is Asia's Rally for Real?
TABLE: Equities Are a Long Way from Full Recovery
Will Toyota Play Sugar Daddy?
TABLE: Recent Toyota Buys
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Can Young Blood Revive Japan's Tired Politics?
Moscow Bets on a Lottery
Ottawa Recasts a Trade Feud
THE CORPORATION
Smoke Alarms at Rjr
CHART: RJR's Cigarette Sales Are Weak at Home and Abroad...While Nabisco's Profits Crumble
A Long Hard Slog on the Russian Front
SOCIAL ISSUES
Why Voucher Schools May Not Graduate
Commentary: Oxford Mends Its Health--by Passing the Buck
CHART: Oxford's Pricing Is Stronger...But Costs Remain High
PEOPLE
How to Have Your Pizza and Eat It, Too
TABLE: The Rick & Larry Show
SPORTS BUSINESS
From Tears to Cheers in Cleveland
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Manmade T-Cells Aid the Assault on AIDS
What Tiremakers Can Learn from Frogs
PHOTO: Trinidadian Tree Frog
An Ozone-Friendly Way to Keep Cool
400 Tiny Needles--and They Don't Hurt a Bit
PHOTO: Microneedle Chip
Developments to Watch Contacts
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
This Could Be the Hour of the Greens (int'l edition)
TABLE: The Green Agenda
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
A Chinese Crackdown That May Do More Harm Than Good (int'l edition)
TABLE: Foreign-Exchange Fix
Will Toyota Play Sugar Daddy? (int'l edition)
TABLE: Recent Toyota Buys
If Food Prices Keep Rising, India's Ruling Party May Fall (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
Who'll Flatten Whom in the Tortilla Wars? (int'l edition)