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Mar. 15, 1999




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COVER STORY
EMC: High-Tech Star
   COVER IMAGE: High Tech's Hot Hand
   CHART: Soaring Growth...And Hefty Margins...Make for Stunning Profits
   CHART: Top of the Heap
   RESUME: Mike Ruettgers
   What Is Data Storage?
   The Rivals Looking to Eat EMC's Lunch
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Should You Be Storing EMC in Your Portfolio?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L COVER STORY
Mitsubishi: Fall of a Keiretsu (int'l edition)
   INTERNATIONAL COVER IMAGE: Fall of a Keiretsu
   PHOTO: Yataro Iwasaki, Founder of Mitsubishi
   TABLE: Mitsubishi: A Look Back in Time (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Woes at Japan's Major Keiretsu...And What it Means for Japan (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Mitsubishi Network (int'l edition)
   Sobering News on the Beer Front, Too (int'l edition)
   Commentary: The President Has a Will--but No Way (int'l edition)
      PHOTO: Mitsubishi Corp. Chairman Minoru Makihara and 1990 Cover Story
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
A Gusher from Valdez Funds?
Dole Yells Interference
The Variety of Wall Street
Hunting a Texas Longhorn
   TABLE: IXC Communications
A Seat Near the Hindenburg, Please
To Cut Classes, Hit ''Escape''
Live! From the Operating Room to Your PC
CHART: Overseas, the Price Is Right
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Who Needs a Broker? Well, Some Don't--and Some Do
Maybe Gridlock Isn't So Bad After All
Hey, McDonalds, Why Not Give McTofu a Try?
Someone Left ''Arrogant'' out of Microsoft's Spell-Checker
The Reagan Years Were No Picnic, Economically
How About Using Bias-Free Auditing Software?
It's Risky for Social Security to Invest in Equity Markets
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Fire and ice at the NHL'' (Sports Business, Feb. 15)
''The Atlantic century?'' (Cover Story, Feb. 8)
''Tattered net'' (In Business This Week, Feb. 22)
 
LETTER FROM FLORIDA
Working the Sea without a Net
   MAP: Florida
 
BOOKS
How Greed Changed Goldman
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success''
Web Wisdom
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Net Worth''
Rough Russians
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Single & Single''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Online Calendars Are No Holiday
   TABLE: Web Personal Calendars
Help Desk
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Why Countries Shouldn't Break Their Currency Promises
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
An Unbalanced Global Economy
   CHART: What Are Commodity Prices Saying?
Fewer Kids Are Having Kids
   CHART: A Change in the Delivery Room
What's Fueling the Engine
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: A Less Exuberant Wall Street Isn't All That Bad
   CHART: Higher Bond Yields May Moderate Growth
   CHART: The Huge Gap Between Spending and Income
   CHART: Is the Factory Sector Recovering?
France: There's Still Fizz in the Bubbly
   CHART: Consumers Powered Yearend GDP Growth
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Serene at the Fed?
   TABLE: The Choice before Chairman Greenspan
   Are These Bond Jitters Really Necessary?
      CHART: The Yield Curve Gets Steeper
Commentary: The Shopping Spree May Be Ending. Good
   CHART: Split Vision
Is the Tech Engine out of Steam?
   CHART: PC Sales Blues
Commentary: Hewlett-Packard Made a Tough Decision, but the Right One
This Car Market Can't Stay This Hot, Can It?
   CHART: Maintaining an Expansionary Pace...With Help from a Steady Flow of Rebates
Big Harvests, Bigger Blues
   CHART: Commodity Collapse
Gephardt: ''The Only Thing That Counts Is Action'' (extended)
Justice's Secret Weapon against Microsoft: Software
Mattel: Trouble in Toyland
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Jacques Nasser: Ford's Passing Fancy
IBM and Dell's Giant Handshake
RJR Nabisco Seeks an Overseas Suitor
Goldman Shines Up Its IPO Again
Sounding Off over Jet Noise
All Cozy over Global Warming
Et Cetera...
VISX: Eye Popping
   CHART: VISX Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Why Neither Bush Nor Gore Is a Sure Bet
 
FINANCE
Why the Bourses Are Spooked
   TABLE: Tale of the Tape
So They're Overvalued. Now What?
   CHART: Stocks Have Hit a Plateau...As Interest Rates Have Climbed...And Pushed Valuations Sky-High
Canary Wharf Has Something to Sing About
   TABLE: A Canary's Story
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
Cool Conduits to Hot Net Action
   GRAPHIC: Lyon's Internet Picks
Campbell Weighs a New Recipe
   CHART: A Bad Taste
7thStreet Eyes Easy Street
   CHART: Poised for a Leap?
 
ECONOMICS
Commentary: Strong Growth Will Shrink the Wage Gap
   CHART: Labor Markets Will Continue to Tighten...And the Wage Gap May Begin to Decline
 
MEDIA
Can Road Runner Get Up to Speed?
   TABLE: Not Enough Beep-Beep Yet
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: HSA: Cable-Modem Access for the Countryside
 
THE WORKPLACE
Can Delphi Tune Up in Time?
   RESUME: J.T. Battenberg III
 
MANAGEMENT
3M: The Heat Is on the Boss
   TABLE: Complaints against DeSimone
   TABLE: Scotch Tape, Post-its, and Fiber-Optic Cable
   CHART: 3M's Disappointing Returns
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Murdoch: Invading Europe?
   TABLE: Why BSkyB Wants to Link Up with Canal Plus
The Tremors from Online Trading in Europe
   TABLE: The Rush to Cyber-Trade
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Mexico's Next Election Could Be a Real Horse Race
Y2K Not All Bad
Download This
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
It's All in the Genes? Ha!
   GRAPHIC: Heredity without DNA
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
The Soul of a New Knot
Zapping the Salt out of Seawater
Windshield Wipers for Mars
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
College Aid: Intro to Haggling
   TABLE: Tips for Landing a Better College Deal
   TABLE: Financial Help Web Sites
   Behind the Student-Aid Surge
Grading the New College Savings Plans
   TABLE: Savings Plans: The Vehicle for You?
A Hard Lesson on Student Credit Cards
   TABLE: College Card Deals
 
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
Congress: Show Some Budgetary Guts
Time to Overhaul Japan's Keiretsu Model
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON ITALY
Rome's Face-Lift Is behind Schedule...But the Souvenir Vendors Are Ready (int'l edition)
   MAP: Italy
   PHOTO: Centurions outside the Colosseum
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Deconstructing Auschwitz (int'l edition)
Welcome to the New Feudalism (int'l edition)
The Reagan Years: Not All They're Cracked Up to Be? (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
China: A Lesson Learned the Hard Way (int'l edition)
   TABLE: How Bankruptcy Is Changing in China
Dr. Tung's Recession Remedy for Hong Kong (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Hong Kong Opens Up
Is Taipei Ready to Tame Its Wild, Wild Bourse? (int'l edition)
Jakarta's Mr. Workout (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Can Murdoch Invade Europe? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Why BSkyB Wants to Link Up with Canal Plus
Bill Gates's Other Bugaboo (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Pocket-Size Peril
A German Rock Thrower Hits the Bull's Eye (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Making of a Foreign Minister
Commentary: German Companies Have to Kiss Welfare Goodbye, Too (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
So Many People, So Few Phones (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Telmex' New Opponents
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
The Tremors from Online Trading (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Rush to Cyber-Trade in Europe
Egypt: A Basket-Case Economy No More (int'l edition)
   TABLE: A Turnaround for Egypt
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Why German Companies Leave Home (int'l edition)



 
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