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Cover Photograph by Alan Levenson; Character Courtesy Of Pixar. ASIAN COVER Photo Illustration By Lisa Knouse Braiman, Richard Michiel.


Nov. 23, 1998




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COVER STORY
 Steve Jobs, Movie Mogul
    COVER IMAGE: Steve Jobs, Movie Mogul
    TABLE: A Bug Farm's Life
    TABLE: Pixar's All-Star Team
    TABLE: Just How Big Will ''A Bug's Life'' Be?
    CHART: Thriller
    PHOTO: Pixar Animated Characters
    PHOTO: ''Tin Toy'' from Pixar
    GRAPHIC: How Flik Comes to Life
    Pixar's Ambassador to the Magic Kingdom
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Antz vs. Bugs
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Play on Pixar?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
 Report Card on Asia (int'l edition)
    ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Report Card on Asia
    GRAPHIC: Thailand: Looking Up, but a Rough Road Ahead
    GRAPHIC: Japan: Asia's Albatross
    GRAPHIC: South Korea: The Worst May Not Be Over
    GRAPHIC: Indonesia: Still a Disaster Area
    GRAPHIC: Taiwan: Asia's Star Performer Tries to Hang On
    GRAPHIC: Malaysia: A Gamble on Quick Fixes
    GRAPHIC: Hong Kong: Recession Triggers an Identity Crisis
    GRAPHIC: China: Keeping the Region on Edge
    GRAPHIC: Philippines: Surprising the Skeptics
    GRAPHIC: Singapore: Battening Down for Recession
 
EDITOR'S MEMO
 Onward at BW Online
 
UP FRONT
 Talk Show
 Dems Are Humming ''georgia on My Mind''
 Damming China's Currency Flood
 Mixed Reviews for an Ozone-Eater
 Deck the Malls
 Dive-Bomber in the War on Drugs
    PHOTO: James E. Burke, Chairman, Partnership for a Drug-Free America
 Tough Love for Carry-Ons
 Perry Ellis Is Talking Up Poetry
 CHART: Starting Earlier on Junior's Sheepskin
 Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
 The Music Business Isn't Out to Thwart Technology
 Politicos: If You Sell Out, Don't Sell Yourself Cheap
 Bring on the German Privacy Cops
 Bankers Trust Deserves More Credit
 Protecting Apparel Workers Is a Work in Progress
 Lenders Should Assess Their Risks First
 We Got No Request for a Loan
 Judging B-Schools: Some Hidden Criteria
 Encouraging Words from a ''Rugrats'' Fan
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
 ''It's Still Not Miller Time'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Nov. 16)
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
 Only Labor Reform Will Get Europe Working Again
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
 Exchange Rate Flu: How Bad?
    CHART: Global Labor Costs' New Look
 'Moral Hazard' on the Mound
 Detroit Shifts to the Fast Lane
    CHART: A Boost for the Economy's Battery
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
 Projectors for the Laptop Set
 Right Turn for Lefties
    PHOTO: Logitech's Marble Trackball
 Demystifying Win98
 
BOOKS
 Jack Welch, Corporate Villain?
    PHOTO: Cover, ''At Any Cost''
 Nailing the '90s
    PHOTO: Cover, ''A Man in Full''
 Island Fever
    PHOTO: Cover, ''The Great Taiwan Bubble''
 
LETTER FROM BULGARIA
 Lots of Hope--and Hardship
    MAP: Bulgaria
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
 U.S.: The Earnings Slump Isn't Going Away
    CHART: Where Job Growth Has Hit the Skids
    CHART: The Problem with Profits
    CHART: Is Service-Sector Pay Starting to Slow?
 Monetary Policy: Local Rate Cuts Will Yield Global Benefits
    CHART: Who's Trimming Interest Rates
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
 The Bull Is Back
    CHART: A Broad-Based Bull Run in the S&P Supercomposite...
    CHART: ...And in the Major Indexes
    Why They're Nuts About the Net
       CHART: Quick Rebound
 Bet You a Nickel There's a Rate Cut
    CHART: Two Reasons Why the Fed May Still Cut...And Two Reasons Why It May Not
 Is the GOP Taking Care of Business?
    'Newt, We're Gonna Miss You'
 Commentary: Now, You're Never Fully Dressed without a Republican Smile
 The Trade Talk Gets Ugly
    CHART: The U.S. Is Absorbing China's Surplus
 The Wintel of Their Discontent
 When the Smoke Clears...
 Who Will Grow a Liver First?
 Commentary: Peg the Minimum Wage--for Good
    CHART: How Indexing the Minimum Wage Might Look
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
 Scott Blum: A Computer Dealer Turns Media Maven
 Executive Suite Scramble
 Medpartners Will Try Drug Therapy
 Morgan Again Wields the Ax
 Nintendo: Getting Back in the Game?
 Compaq Joins 'em
 Et Cetera...
 Centocor's Booster Shots
    CHART: Centocor Inc. Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
 Donorgate: That Dog Won't Hunt, Either
 A Kennedy Son May Also Rise
 The Price of Victory
 Union Turnout: How Big?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
 Report Card on Asia
    GRAPHIC: Thailand: Looking Up, but a Rough Road Ahead
    GRAPHIC: Japan: Asia's Albatross
    GRAPHIC: South Korea: The Worst May Not Be Over
    GRAPHIC: Indonesia: Still a Disaster Area
    GRAPHIC: Malaysia: A Gamble on Quick Fixes
    GRAPHIC: Hong Kong: Recession Triggers an Identity Crisis
    GRAPHIC: Philippines: Surprising the Skeptics
 Lafontaine Talks, Business Trembles
    TABLE: Where LaFontaine Parts Company with Business
 Doomsday for Russian Banks
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
 Can Cardoso Steer Brazil Away from the Abyss?
 Nabbing a Mexican Fugitive
 It's Airbus vs. Boeing--Again
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
 You've Come a Short Way, Baby
    TABLE: Where Women Thrive...
    TABLE: ...Depends on the Industry
    Ahmanson: Parity Lost
       TABLE: H.F. Ahmanson & Co.'s Report Card
    Lucent: Calling All Mavericks
       TABLE: Lucent Technologies' Report Card
 
MARKETING
 The Gospel According to Stephen King?
    TABLE: Excerpts from the Celebrity Introductions
 
THE CORPORATION
 L-3: Hey, If It Worked for Loral...
    CHART: As Acquisitions Fuel Growth...L-3's Stock Is on a Tear
 
LEGAL AFFAIRS
 Does Predatory Pricing Make Microsoft a Predator?
    TABLE: Free Wares: A Blessing or a Curse?
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
 Nanotubes to Light Up Glass Displays
 How to Tally Productivity on the Shop Floor
 Sugar-Coated Cells That Make Insulin
 Innovations
 Developments to Watch Contacts
 
FINANCE
 Conseco's Mother of All Stock Option Plans
    TABLE: Perk Heaven?
    Brother, Can You Spare $9 Million?
 Did Bear Stearns Ignore a Stock Swindle?
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
 Lynx Is Poised for a Leap
    CHART: A Gene Genius Bides Its Time
 Healthsouth: Off the Sick List?
    CHART: Looking Peaked for a Spell
 Tops with the Shortbusters
    GRAPHIC: Now Under Attack
 
BITS & BYTES
 A Quick Fumigator for the Millennium Bug
 Attention, Online Coupon Clippers
 Sex: One Savvy Web Industry
 How to Get Cyber-Travelers on Board
    CHART: Wired Travelers Who...
 Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
 Profits: And You Thought Last Quarter Was Bad
    TABLE: Winners and Losers in Quarterly Profits
    CHART: Aftertax Profits Quarter By Quarter
    CHART: Industries With the Biggest Dollar Change in the Quarter
    Europe Could Be the Bright Spot for '99
       CHART: A Weak Dollar Lifts Profits from Europe
    Scoreboard: Third-Quarter 1998 Corporate Profits (.pdf)
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
 Time to Build a Reit Portfolio?
    TABLE: Standout Funds
    TABLE: Worth a Look
    CHART: Tough Times for REITs
 Beware the Other Shoe
 Jordan: City Comfort and Desert Marvels
    TABLE: Trip Tips
 
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
 Out of Touch with Reality
 Playing the Earnings Game
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIA
 As Sydney Sweats the Olympics...A Backwater Gets a Makeover (int'l edition)
    MAP: Australia
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
 Judging B-Schools: Some Hidden Criteria (int'l edition)
 The Hedge-Fund Fiasco: Blame It on Greed (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
 Germany's Lafontaine Talks, Business Trembles (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Where Lafontaine Parts Company with Business
 Mannesmann: The Right Call? (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Strategy for Growth
 The New Alchemy at Ici (int'l edition)
    TABLE: ICI's Formula
 Russia's 'shock Therapist' Looks Back (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
 Olympus: A Blue Chip That's Not Singing the Blues (int'l edition)
    CHART: Olympus Prospers
 Commentary: A Finance Bonanza in Japan? Forget It (int'l edition)
 Habibie's Rule Isn't As Wobbly As It Looks (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
 Doomsday for Russian Banks (int'l edition)
    TABLE: The Banking System's New Shape
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
 Asia Can't Afford a Breather (int'l edition)



 
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