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Nov. 16, 1998




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COVER STORY
 ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY BUYING GUIDE
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
 Jurgen Schrempp: The Auto Baron (int'l edition)
    EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: The Auto Baron
    TABLE: The Merger at a Glance
    TABLE: Targets and Action Plans
    RESUME: Jurgen Schrempp
    PHOTO: Jeep Grand Cherokee
    PHOTO: Mercedes A-Class
    PHOTO: Mercedes S-Class
    PHOTO: Jurgen Schrempp and Mountain Climbing Guide Reinhold Messner
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Schrempp Q&A: 'We Must Be the Greatest Transport Company in the World' (int'l edition)
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: For Investors, Daimler-Chrysler Could Be a High-Octane Combo (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
 Taipei's Mayor: The Man China Fears (int'l edition)
    ASIAN COVER IMAGE: The Mayor
    TABLE: The Issues in Taiwan's Electoral Campaign
    PHOTO: Chen Shui-bian Campaigning in Taipei
 
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
 
READERS REPORT
 High-Definition TV: Who Needs It?
 The Complex World of Global Hedging
 Let's Regulate All Software--Not Just Go After Microsoft
 Don't Base B-School Rankings on Student Surveys
 How Patents Spur Innovation
 Putting the GOP Congress in a Bad Light
 In a Global Economy, All Parts Need to Prosper
 The Market for Ampligen Could Be Vast
 To Track Net Pirates, Plant False Information
 
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?
 
BOOKS
 You Have a Job, but How About a Life?
    PHOTO: Cover, ''The Corrosion of Character''
 A Blurry Portrait of a Flawed Genius
    PHOTO: Cover, ''Insisting on the Impossible''
 
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
 
FINANCE
 Where Does the Buck Stop at Citi?
    TABLE: After Dimon's Fall
    CHART: Losing Steam
    Commentary: Someone Has to Be the Boss
 Near-Term Payoff at Long-Term Capital?
    CHART: A Turn in the Right Direction
 Too Much Fear in the Chicago Pits
    CHART: The Recent Rise and Fall of Volatility
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
 Big Bets on Modine and Aeroquip
 Red Roof: Who's Casing the Joint?
    CHART: The Welcome Gets Warmer
 Wild Oats: It May Be Time to Reap
    CHART: Making Hay
 
BITS & BYTES
 Sick Software, Heal Thyself
 Need an Oprah Fix? Now, She's on Your PC
 What E-Commerce Needs Is a Good Old Fire Sale
    TABLE: Web Hawking
 Around the World in 80 Gigabytes?
 Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
INDUSTRIES
 What Happened to Norway's Gusher?
 This Homebuilder Is on a Spree
    TABLE: Kaufman & Broad Builds Up
 
ENVIRONMENT
 Gordon Conway, Green Revolutionary
    TABLE: A Second Green Revolution?
 
MARKETING
 This Year, It's Chic to Shop Cheap
    CHART: As Optimism Slides...Discounters Reap Gains
 
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
 Commentary: China and the U.S.: The Sparks May Start Flying
    TABLE: Danger Points in China-U.S. Trade
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
 Bargain Time for Convertible Bonds
    TABLE: Top-Performing Convertible Funds
 Good Things Happen to Those Who Wait
    TABLE: Inside Longleaf Partners Fund
    PHOTO: Staley Cates
    PHOTO: O. Mason Hawkins
 A Way to 'take the War Out' of Divorce
    TABLE: How Divorce Mediation Works
 This Caddy Has Global Cachet
 
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
 Victory of the Sensible Center
 From Panic to Euphoria
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON ARGENTINA
 Makers of 'jesuit Tea' Look Abroad...But Some May Opt for Other Crops (int'l edition)
    MAP: Argentina
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
 The Best B-Schools: More Feedback on the Rankings (int'l edition)
 Freedom Is Alive and Well in Singapore (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
 Business Week/architectural Record Awards (Special Report, Nov. 2) (int'l edition)
 
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)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
 Is Asia's Rally for Real? (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Asian Bourses: Recovering, but Still Ailing
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
 A German Role Model for Europe (int'l edition)
 Walking the Tightrope in Taiwan (int'l edition)



 
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