Cover Photograph by Seth Resnick. INTERNATIONAL COVER Illustration of Computer by Jonathan Herbert.
Mar. 15, 1999
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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
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
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
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
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