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Feb. 22, 1999




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COVER STORY
The Investor Revolution
   COVER IMAGE: Who Needs a Broker?
   Who Needs a Broker?
      CHART: Mainline Brokers Still Control Most Assets...But Online Trading's Share Is Growing
      Will E*Trade Move Beyond E*Tragedy?
   Investor's Guide
      TABLE: Online vs. Old-Line
   Who Needs a Money Manager?
      CHART: Indexing Makes a Difference
      TABLE: Where Fund Managers Trail the Indexes...And Where They Still Outperform
      TABLE: Bond Funds Can't Beat the Indexes
      The Debate Goes On: Use Brains or Indexes?
   The Real Decision
      TABLE: Age before Risk: A Look at Three Portfolios
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
China: What's Going Wrong? (int'l edition)
   ASIAN COVER IMAGE: China: What's Going Wrong?
   TABLE: China's Slide into Crisis
   CHART: Slowing Growth...Lower Exports...Falling Prices
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
Busting Up Sweden Inc. (int'l edition)
   EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: Busting Up Sweden Inc.
   TABLE: Winds of Change
 
SPECIAL REPORT
Microsoft: How Vulnerable?
   TABLE: Competitors Cash in While Microsoft Struggles
   CHART: Microsoft Hits a Lull
   The Mother of All Software Projects
      TABLE: The Long and Winding Windows NT Road
   What Penalties for Microsoft?
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
At Last, CEOs Get on the Bus
Star TV Dims over Indonesia
Is Nextel Being Prettied Up for Sale?
Money-Laundering Regs Take a Bath
Blue Crew at American Airlines
Now That's a Sweetheart Deal
Taking a Swing at Phony Clubs
CHART: The Pro's Portfolio Picks
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Linux--Not Just for Cultists
Social Security: Bye-Bye, American Pie
Robbing Social Security to Pay the General Fund?
It Wasn't Really the Economy, Stupid
This Workforce Is Not Just Another Statistic
Is There a 12-Step Program for Workaholics?
Sun vs. Microsoft: It's Not about Size
Prevention Usually Costs More Than Cure
Xalatan: An Rx for Fewer Doctor Visits
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Few leagues of their own'' (Sports Business, Jan. 18)
 
BOOKS
It's Not All Kisses in Candyland
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Emperors of Chocolate''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Sprucing Up Your Home Network
Web Searches: Going the Extra Mile
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Reagan vs. Clinton: Who's the Economic Champ?
   TABLE: The Barro Misery Index for U.S. Presidents
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Growth and the Superrich
   CHART: How Billionaires Matter in National Economies
Europe Cottons to Mutual Funds
   CHART: Following America's Lead
Smokin' in the Boys' Room
 
DIGITAL DISPATCH
When Cupid Uses a Cursor
   TABLE: Tips For the Cyber-Lovelorn
   TABLE: Pointers
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Earnings Growth Is Caught in a Vise
   CHART: Is Joblessness Headed Below 4%?
   CHART: Everybody into the Labor Pool
   CHART: Why a Strong Economy Isn't Boosting Profits
South Korea: A Shaky Recovery Gets Under Way
   CHART: Output Turns Up, but Consumer Demand Lags
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The Internet Economy
   CHART: The New Economy Is Driving Job Growth...And Boosting Capital Spending
Commentary: The Opposite of the ''Wealth Effect''
   CHART: Bear Market Blues
Can Clinton and the Republicans Ever Get Back to Business?
Commentary: A NAFTA Dollar: Not Now, Maybe Later
Does Big Oil Have Saudi Arabia over a Barrel?
Rite Aid Tells All--After the Storm Breaks
   TABLE: Rite Aid: A Story Unfolds
Will Pentium III Revive the Pricey PC?
   CHART: Disappearing Act
Airlines May Be Flying in the Face of Reality
   TABLE: Overbuilding?
The Edgar and Barry Show
   TABLE: A Year of Diller Deals
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
John Reed: Hasta La Visa
Cisco's New Sidekick: Motorola
SBC Makes a Long-Distance Deal
SmithKline Pulls Way Back
The Great PC Giveaway
Sears Settles Up with the Feds
Et Cetera...
Tattered CNET
   CHART: CNET Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The GOP Race: So Many Hopefuls Chasing So Much Money
...And As for Bauer
Can the Concorde?
Fast-Track Breakthrough?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
China: What's Going Wrong
   CHART: Slowing Growth...Lower Exports...Falling Prices
   TABLE: China's Slide into Crisis
Busting Up Sweden Inc.
   TABLE: Winds of Change
Holocaust Reparations: German CEOs Unlock Their Vaults
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Will India's New Iron Lady Lead Congress Back to Power?
Will Beijing Keep Its Word?
 
THE CORPORATION
Getting Off Their McButts
   CHART: An Earnings Recovery...Fuels a Stock Rebound
   Mickey D Wakes Up and Smells the Cilantro
      PHOTO: Chipotle Grill
Commentary: Auditors and Clients: Too Close for Comfort
 
ECONOMICS
America's Debt Is Shrinking. Is That Good?
   CHART: If the National Debt Falls This Much...Here Are Some Ripple Effects
 
MANAGEMENT
Shakeup at BMW
   TABLE: Beemer at a Glance
   Commentary: Germany: Time to Crack Down on Second-Rate CEOs
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
Cooper: Taking Off with Pirelli?
   CHART: Set to Hit the Gas
A False-Negative Reading at Cytyc
   CHART: Was the Story Misunderstood?
This Gumshoe Is Making Tracks
   CHART: The World Seeks Security
 
ENTERTAINMENT
A Larger-Than-Life Vision for Imax
   CHART: The Big Picture at Imax
 
BITS & BYTES
Shape Up, Kid, or I'll Delete Your Allowance
Flowers, Candy--and an E-Valentine
A Trading Desk You Can Really Live At
Seeing the Net As a Mixed Blessing
   TABLE: The E-Commerce Contribution
Bits and Bytes Contacts
 
GOVERNMENT
Not Just a Famous Name at the FCC
   RESUME: Michael K. Powell
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Outsmarting the Virus
   TABLE: To Test or Not to Test?
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Putting Real Feeling into Virtual Reality
A Cancer Drug without Crippling Side Effects?
Wee Rockets That Pack a Big Wallop
All This from Just an Oil Change
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Baseball's Biggest Auction Ever
 
MARKETING
2,000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium
   TABLE: The Marketing Madness Begins
 
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
Productivity: How to Read the Numbers
It's Worse Than You Think in China
Old-Line vs. Online: Investors Win
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON ROMANIA
In the Streets, Boys Become Prey...And Help May Be Coming Too Late (int'l edition)
   MAP: Romania
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM AMSTERDAM
American Rock Is Getting Rolled (int'l edition)
   MAP: The Netherlands
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Nestle Gets a Nudge (int'l edition)
When Bad Photos Happen to Good Stories (int'l edition)
With Friends Like the IMF... (int'l edition)
A Dangerous Buzz on the Lines (int'l edition)
How Will Illiterates Manage Their Retirement Portfolios? (int'l edition)
Technology Is Turning Insurance on Its Head (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
The Japanese Minister Who Can Say No (int'l edition)
   TABLE: A Reformer's Background
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: ''The First Thing to Do Is Make All These Institutions Sound''
Hitachi: Turning Around Godzilla (int'l edition)
   CHART: Hitachi in the Red
Hyundai-LG Semicon: This Forced Marriage May Never Come Off (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Two Chipmakers
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Overhaul at BMW (int'l edition)
   TABLE: How Rover Sideswiped BMW...And How Milberg Could Help It Recover
   PHOTO: Rover Assembly Plant
   Commentary: Germany: Time to Crack Down on Second-Rate CEOs (int'l edition)
The Playing Field Tilts in Deutsche Telekom's Favor (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Winners and Losers in Germany's Phone Wars
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
In Asia, They're Dreaming of NASDAQ (int'l edition)
Europe's Markets: Liberty! Equality! Liquidity! (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Asia Is Starting Its Own NASDAQ-Style Markets...While Europe's New Markets Are Boosting Their Appeal
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Israel Hears the Call of the Continent's IPO Markets
Duking It Out over the Euro Indexes (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Main Contenders
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Sweden Should Go for Growth (int'l edition)



 
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