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Mar. 1, 1999




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COVER STORY
Conquering Pain
   COVER IMAGE: Conquering Pain
   TABLE: Defining Pain
   TABLE: Pain Snipers
   Where the Pain Plays Are
      CHART: U.S. Pain Market
   GRAPHIC: Pain's Pathway and the Drugs That Block It (.pdf)
 
ENTERPRISE
Enterprise
 
ENTERPRISE -- IN BOX
The Trouble with Homemade Checks
   CHART: Counterfeits Cause a Disproportionate Share of Bad Check Losses at Banks
Patently Useful
Mom Knows Best
TABLE: What Price Sales?
Outsourced vs. In-House
   TABLE: Why Not?
Enterprise Online
   TABLE: Who Buys the Most Bytes
Footnotes
 
ENTERPRISE -- STARTUPS
This Generation Is All Business
   TABLE: Youthful Influences
 
ENTERPRISE -- MARKETING
Schmooze Control
   TABLE: Meeting the Right Folks
 
ENTERPRISE -- COMPANIES
Clean, Sober, and Good for Business
   TABLE: Recovery Zone
 
ENTERPRISE -- MANAGEMENT
A Checkup for Your Health Plan
   TABLE: Weighing a Plan
 
ENTERPRISE -- THE ENTREPRENEUR'S LIFE
A Perfect Blendship
 
ENTERPRISE -- UNDER 30
Success Is Sweets
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
A Scalping for Headhunters
   TABLE: Nice Start, But...
This Telco Lobby Takes Stock
Where Life Is Cheap
   TABLE: The Top Five and the Bottom Five
Colleges Flunk in Pay Equity
I Am, Therefore I Spend
A Mountain Grows in Orlando
Why Your Workers Might Jump Ship
   TABLE: Who Wants to Quit in 12 Months
CHART: The Lure of Foreign Goods
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Don't Count Asia out of ''The Atlantic Century''
Why a 10% Tax Cut Is No Sure Bet
For an Enduring Economy, Strengthen the Workforce
How Can a New Razor Cost More Than a Car?
Maybe GM Needs a Refresher Course in Marketing 101
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''File your taxes--and save a tree'' (Personal Business, Feb. 1)
''Guarding your laptop--and its secrets'' (Personal Business, Feb. 15)
Mutual Fund Scoreboard (Feb. 15)
''The Investor Revolution'' (Cover Story, Feb. 22)
 
LETTER FROM ROMANIA
Where a Biblical Scourge Lives On
   MAP: Romania
 
BOOKS
Cairo: The Bane of Egypt--and Its Treasure
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Cairo''
The Wild Mood Swings in U.S. China Policy
   PHOTO: Cover, ''About Face''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Light, but Not Lite, Laptops
   TABLE: Thin Is In
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
What's the Most Promising Emerging Market? Japan
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
No Fire Sale on Boomer Assets
   CHART: The Elderly Don't Cash in
Friend of Bull and Bear
More People in Peoria
   GRAPHIC: Big Rebounds
Tips to Pick the Best Employee
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Bond Market Is Feeling the Heat
   CHART: Bond Yields Are Edging Up
   CHART: January Didn't Chill Homebuilding
   CHART: Stockpiles Looked Lean Heading into 1999
Canada: A Windfall Up North
   CHART: The Canadian Looney Is Flying Higher
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Now, It's Intel in the Dock
   TABLE: Coming to the Witness Stand
Be Bug-Free or Get Squashed
   TABLE: Why Big Business May Have a Small-Business Y2K Problem
Commentary: The Staring Contest That's Stalling Bank Reform
Mending Medicare: Washington's Real Hot Potato
Commentary: How to Head Off the Next Tainted-Food Disaster
   TABLE: The Spate of Listeria Recalls
   PHOTO: Listeria Monocytogenes Bacteria
Coke and Pepsi Want to Make a Splash in Water
   CHART: Taking Aim at a Growing Market
UAL: Labor Is My Co-Pilot
More Palmy Days for 3Com?
Commentary: That Foreign Cash May Take a Toll
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Michael Dell: A Deluge for Dell
A Net That Keeps on Expanding
Cholestin Is No Drug, Says a Judge
A Fresh Tributary for Delta
Cracking Down on Overseas Bribes
Livent's Gotterdammerung
Et Cetera...
AmEx Annex
   CHART: American Express Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
A Long, Dark Night for the Religious Right
Internet Taxes
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Fall of an Oligarch
   TABLE: Winners and Losers among Russia's Tycoons
Commentary: Why Philips Should Tear Itself Apart
The Bond Market That Shook the World
   TABLE: Japan Flip-Flops on Bonds
   CHART: Japan's Wave of Government Debt
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
China's Arms Buildup: Is the Paper Tiger Growing Claws?
German Plan Causes Flap
Israel, Croatia Mend Fences
 
MANAGEMENT
Big Headhunter Is Watching You
   TABLE: Human Due Diligence: What's Involved?
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Doc Ebbers' Miracle Diet for MCI
   TABLE: How Bernard Ebbers Is Tightening MCI's Belt
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Manufacturing Warheads against Malaria
A Really Instant Replay
   PHOTO: The Scanz Scannor
Time to Belly Up to Those Virtual Beer-Bar Ads
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
THE CORPORATION
Cable, Phone, Internet: Just Call...Radio Shack?
   TABLE: Plugging into the Future
   CHART: After a Rocky Year, Tandy Is on an Upswing
 
GOVERNMENT
Rich Daley's Kind of Town
   TABLE: Tough Love in Chicago
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A With Richard Daley
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A With Al Gore
 
CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
Bumping against the Profit Ceiling
   TABLE: The Leaders in 1998 Sales and Profits
   CHART: A Spotlight on 1998 Profits
   CHART: Aftertax Profits Quarter by Quarter
   How Long Can Americans Keep Splurging?
      CHART: Headed Back Down to Earth
   SCOREBOARD: Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 1998 Corporate Profits (.pdf)
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Internet Conference Calls: Earnings Info for Analysts--and You
 
FINANCE
Big Caps, Big Edge
   CHART: Small Cap vs. Large Cap: The Recent History
A REIT Mogul in a Fine Mess
   TABLE: Sanders' REIT Empire
   CHART: Trailing the Pack
Commentary: What Could Burst the Net's Merger Bubble
   CHART: Jumping into the Pool
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
Something Set to Click at Polaroid?
   CHART: Ripe for Some Development
Heinz: Europeans May Gobble It Up
   CHART: Starting to Boil at Last
Stride Rite Steps Right Out
   CHART: The Pace Is Brisk
 
PEOPLE
Insurance and the Greenbergs: Like Father, Like Sons
   TABLE: The Sons Also Rise
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
Putting the Moxie Back in the Mutuals
   TABLE: Big Bets at Mutual Series
   TABLE: Value Fund Alternatives
   Help! My Nest Egg Is Cold
Don't Let Your Windfall Blow Away
   TABLE: You're Rich. Now What?
A GRAT Can Be Great for Saving Your Kids a Bundle
   TABLE: The GRAT Difference
No Will? There's Still a Way
   TABLE: Survivors' Checklist
A Plan for the Endgame
   TABLE: Preparing a Living Will
Surgery to Scrap Those Specs
   TABLE: An Eyeful of Info
 
BUSINESS WEEK INDEX
Business Week Index
   HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992
   CHART: Production Index
The Week Ahead
 
INVESTMENT FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Investment Figures of the Week
   CHART: Mutual Fund Returns
   CHART: Stocks and Bonds
 
EDITORIALS
Time for Some New Thinking, Mr. Rubin
The Budget Surplus: Bigger Than You Think
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON MEXICO
Betting on the Eco-Tourism Craze...And on Adventure Travel, Too (int'l edition)
   MAP: Mexico
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Getting the Right Take on Europe (int'l edition)
Why a 10% Tax Cut Is No Sure Bet (int'l edition)
Not Quite Europe's Biggest Bank (int'l edition)
Who Needs E-Commerce When Shops Are Everywhere? (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Commentary: Wanted: Foreign Brides for Japan's Carmakers (int'l edition)
So Much for India's Privatization (int'l edition)
   GRAPHIC: Fast Money from Cross-Holdings
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
Commentary: Crack Open Mexico's Crony-Packed Boards (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
One Currency, Many Bond Markets (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Bond Yields in the Euro Zone Are All Over the Map
''Europe Has a Lot to Learn'' (int'l edition)
A Baby Step for Polish Pension Reform (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Pension Overhaul
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Germany: Social Justice Is Good Business (int'l edition)



 
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