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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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
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
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
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?
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)