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Mar. 29, 1999




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COVER STORY
The BW 50: The Best Performers
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The BW 50: The Best Performers
   Cover Image: BW 50
   TABLE: The Top 50
   TABLE: The Best and Worst in Shareholder Returns
   TABLE: The Best and Worst in Sales Performance
   TABLE: The Best and Worst Margins
   TABLE: The Best in Profits Growth
   TABLE: The Biggest Earnings Decline
   TABLE: The Best and Worst Return on Equity
   TABLE: Quotes from the Champions
   Spotting Winners: Our Selection Criteria
   Can We Pick 'Em--or What?
      CHART: Beating the Indexes
   Sifting for Clues
      TABLE: Mining the Data
   S&P 500 Overall Performance Rankings (.pdf)
   S&P 500 Performance within Industry Rankings (.pdf)
   Index to Companies and Glossary of Terms (.pdf)
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: For Oracle, March's Bust May Be Just a Bump
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with TJX's Bernard Cammarata
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with America Online's Steve Case
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Dell Computer's Michael Dell
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Capital One's Richard Fairbank
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Paychex' Thomas Golisano
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Ford's Jacques Nasser
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Compuware's Peter Karmanos
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with EMC's Michael Ruettgers
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Lilly's Sidney Taurel
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Wal-Mart's David Glass
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Schering-Plough's Richard Kogan
 
ENTERPRISE
Enterprise
 
ENTERPRISE -- IN BOX
Digital Safety Net
   TABLE: Computer Crumple Zones
What Price Freebies?
Clip Joints
Still Going for Global Reach
So They Say
That Warm and Fuzzy IRS
Enterprise Online
   CHART: Building Wealth
Footnotes
 
ENTERPRISE -- TRENDS
What's the Going Rate?
   CHART: Follow the Leader
Seller's Market
A Biz of Her Own
Labor: Staying Power
   CHART: It's Not a Perk, It's a Necessity
 
ENTERPRISE -- TAXES
Tax Man, Stay Away from My Door
 
ENTERPRISE -- THE INTERNET
If I Had a Cyberhammer
   TABLE: Setting Up Shop
 
ENTERPRISE -- FINANCE
Making Sure the Price Is Right
   TABLE: What's Hot...What's Not
   CHART: 25 Times Earnings? Forget it
 
ENTERPRISE -- MANAGEMENT
Lessons from a Survivor
   TABLE: Pointing the Finger
   TABLE: Resources for Recovery
   TABLE: Pressure Relief
 
ENTERPRISE -- MY COMPANY
Wrapped in Red Tape!
 
ENTERPRISE -- UNDER 30
In a Class by Themselves
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Soul-Searching at Time Warner
Match Your Helix, Raise You a Genome
A Mutual Fund with a Union Label
Why Surfing and Sipping Don't Mix
What Do Women Want? Ask 'Em
A Yurt of One's Own
   PHOTO: Nesting Bird's Yurt
Know Ye Sinners by Their Brands
CHART: The Cost of Bias
Footnotes
 
EDITOR'S MEMO
A Pack of Hard Chargers
 
READERS REPORT
Keep Talking About Tax Cuts for the Rich
Does Disney Crush Kids' Imaginations?
Online Wine: We Don't Need a Middleman
The Stuff of Productivity Gains
Your Clunker Isn't Really Worth a Mint
Give Tax Bucks Back to Those Who Earned Them
There's No Secret behind Dell's Success
The Best of the Best Deserve Better
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''High-Tech Star'' (Cover Story, Mar. 15)
''Sony's shakeup'' (International Business, Mar. 22)
 
LETTER FROM ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Scrambling for a Flight Plan
   MAP: Rochester, N.Y.
 
BOOKS
Stephanopoulos: All Too Ambitious?
   PHOTO: Cover, ''All Too Human''
The Trouble with Globalism
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Post-Corporate World''
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Turbo Capitalism''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Neck and Neck in the Browser Race
   TABLE: What's New in Internet Explorer 5.0
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Does an Income Gap Put a Hex on Growth?
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Stay Loose on Social Security
   CHART: U.S. Longevity Still Has a Way to Go
Are the States Fat and Foolish?
   CHART: State Budgets Skate on Thin Ice
Unequal Pay Strikes Out
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Expansion Is Still Looking Spry--at Eight
   CHART: Shoppers Are Keeping Retailers Very Busy
   CHART: Builders Expect Housing to Slow a Bit
   CHART: Factories Are Gaining Ground
Chile: Goodbye Copper, Hello Recession
   CHART: Chile's Big Problem: Cheap Copper
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Dow 10,000
   CHART: The March of the Dow
   CHART: The Dow vs. the S&P
   Tokyo's Bulls May Soon Run out of Breath
Commentary: How Do You Read This Crazy Market?
Why the Dow's Surge Was Hard to Divine
   TABLE: A Flurry of False Alarms
   TABLE: What Three Seers Saw
Is the Oil Slump Really Over?
   CHART: A Comeback for Oil Stocks
U.S.-China Relations: Cold Enough for You?
Keep Those Tax Checks Coming, Folks
   CHART: Tax Money Is Flooding in Fast
Commentary: Pay for Performance: One Step Backward at Citi
The Y2K Bug's Other Victims
Bill Gates: Version 2.0
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Business @ the Speed of Thought''
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Tom Hicks: Don't Touch That Dial
Paul Allen's Cable Dreams, Continued
The SEC Mulls New Disclosure Rules
A Boston Banking Behemoth Is Born
The FTC Signs Off on the Intel Deal
A Powerhouse in Auto Parts
Et Cetera...
Global Crossing's Cooling
   CHART: Global Crossing Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Change or Die: A Hobson's Choice at the FCC
A Whitman-Florio Rematch?
Predatory Airline Pricing
The Medicare Card
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Dangerous Liaison: Renault and Nissan
   TABLE: The Alliance
   The Shuttle Diplomacy of a Car Deal
DaimlerChrysler: The Grace Period Is Over
   TABLE: Transition Troubles
Clearing Europe's Decks for Reform
   TABLE: Europe's Crises Today...Could Bring Benefits Tomorrow
Thailand: Bring Your Spreadsheet--and Bulletproof Vest
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
New Weapons to Cut Diabetes' Toll
   TABLE: Why Are Deaths Rising So Fast?
   CHART: The Death Rate from Diabetes Is Increasing...As the Heart Disease Death Rate Declines
   CHART: The Diabetes Drug Market Takes Off
   Diabetes' Devastating Complications (.pdf)
   Warner-Lambert Needs a Refill
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Butterflies Point the Way to Better Tanks
A Jet Stream That Clears Out Blood Clots
Digital Eyes on the Soccer Ball
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
MARKETING
A Penney Saved?
   TABLE: Comeback Course
   CHART: Penney's Earnings Have Wobbled...And Its Stock Has Trailed Competitors
 
GOVERNMENT
Commentary: The Real Math of Military Shutdowns
What's the GOP's Favorite Color? Gray
   CHART: Turning Right?
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Can Lotus Outrun You-Know-Who?
   TABLE: Order of Battle
   CHART: Microsoft Is Hot on the Heels of Lotus
Fujitsu: Beyond Big Iron
   CHART: The Action Is in Software and Services
   PHOTO: Fujitsu Control Center
 
ENVIRONMENT
Commentary: It's Time to Put the Valdez behind Us
   TABLE: An Exxon Valdez Chronology
 
MEDIA
And Now, a Few Costly Words from Our Sponsor
   TABLE: Raking It In
   PHOTO: Ally McBeal Cast
 
FINANCE
The Reincarnation of Peter Cohen
   RESUME: Peter A. Cohen
Commentary: Reining in Hedge Funds: How to Break the Impasse
Snow Job in Colorado
   TABLE: Tale of a Scamster
Goldman's Quiet Man Gets His Shot
   RESUME: Henry M. Paulson Jr.
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
A Buy Rating on This Bond-Rater?
   CHART: Rising High on Deal Rumors
Why Digital Lava Could Erupt
   CHART: The IPO That Headed South
Lensmakers May Be Eyeing Cooper
   CHART: Contacts Are under Pressure
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
A Golden (Years) Opportunity
   CHART: Long-Term Care: Growing Demand
   Is This Insurance Right for You?
      TABLE: What to Take into Consideration
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
The Doctor Is for Sale
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
Click, Click, and Away!
   TABLE: Vacation Sites to Visit
   Travel Tip: Basics and Bargains
Aspen without the Skis
   PHOTO: Juggler in Aspen
   PHOTO: The Dancing Fountain on Aspen's Mill Street
Traveling with Toddlers--and Teens
   TABLE: Something for Everyone
''Room Service, Get Me a Muppets Video''
   TABLE: Where to Stay with Kids
Commentary: Airlines Make Kiddie Seats Mandatory
   Travel Tip: Work in Progress
Cities: The Great White North to the Golden Gate
   TABLE: Teen Tour of Toronto
   Travel Tip: Down Time Downtown
Costa Rica: Where the Wild Things Are
   Travel Tip: Baby on Board
Kid-Friendly Eateries with No Golden Arches
   TABLE: Where Kids Are Welcome
   Travel Tip: Authentic Ethnic
   Travel Tip: Streetcar Fare
 
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
A 10,000 Dow Isn't So Scary
Markets Alone Can't Shape Foreign Policy
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE
As Big Farmers Long for Freedom...Little Ones Fight to Survive (int'l edition)
   MAP: France
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
''Brainwashing'' Stymies Japan's Managers (int'l edition)
Behind Coke and Pepsi's Water Fight (int'l edition)
Why the Japanese Market Isn't So Promising (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Porsche, Ferrari, Lotus--and Honda? (int'l edition)
Commentary: Hong Kong Should Let in the Best and Brightest (int'l edition)
Dangerous Liaison: Renault and Nissan (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Renault-Nissan Alliance
   The Shuttle Diplomacy of a Car Deal (int'l edition)
This Time Around, Goliath May Strike Back (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Foreign Stakes in the Chaebol
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Europe: Clear the Decks for Reform (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Europe's Crises Today...Could Bring Benefits Tomorrow
Betting on a New Label: Made in Russia (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Surprising Expansion in Russia
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS
Commentary: Mexico Is Doing Fine--Despite What Business Thinks (int'l edition)
   CHART: Mexico Outperforms Its Neighbors
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L OUTLOOK
The Peace Dividend of a More United Europe (int'l edition)
Funding Quest (int'l edition)
Turkish Revolt (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Tokyo's Bulls May Soon Run out of Breath (int'l edition)
   CHART: The Nikkei's March Surprise
Has UBS Found Its Way out of the Woods? (int'l edition)
   CHART: UBS Is Still in Recovery
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Sweeping Away Europe's Cronyism (int'l edition)



 
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