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Apr. 19, 1999




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COVER STORY
Special Report: Executive Pay
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Special Report: Executive Pay
   COVER IMAGE: Is Greed Good?
   CHART: Raking It in
   TABLE: The Top-Paid Chief Executives...And 10 Who Aren't CEOs
   TABLE: Pay for Performance: Who Measures Up...And Who Doesn't
   TABLE: Fortunes in the Future
   Who Earned the Pay--and Who Didn't
      TABLE: The Overachievers
      TABLE: The Underperformers
   What Keeps the Pay Merry-Go-Round Whirling
      TABLE: A Negotiator's View
   The Stock-Option Option Comes to Japan (int'l edition)
   Eager Europeans Press Their Noses to the Glass (int'l edition)
      CHART: What European Bosses Earn
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: A CEO Who Takes Pay for Performance to the Extreme
   TIMELINE: Executive Pay: Up, Up, and Away
   TIMELINE: Executive Pay: Up, Up, and Away (.pdf)
   Glossary for Executive Compensation Scoreboard (.pdf)
   Executive Compensation Scoreboard, Part 1 (.pdf)
   Executive Compensation Scoreboard, Part 2 (.pdf)
 
PUBLISHER'S MEMO
Take a Bow, Steve
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Yep, It Still Feels Like Sand
Gore: A Lack of Foresite?
A Minority Firm Hits the Major Leagues
TABLE: Buy Foreign, Buy Better?
Some Freebies Are Freer Than Others
Wordperfect's Perfect Nerve
Do the Anchovies Pay Interest?
CHART: New Technologies Take Time
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
LBOs Didn't Make Formica Lose Its Gloss
Let's End the E-Commerce Tax Holiday
The Gears Are Still Grinding at DaimlerChrysler
Policymakers Must Be Accountable to the Voters
An Upset in Mexico Will Put PRI Stalwarts on the Street
Stephanopoulos Is What's Wrong with Washington
Some Alternatives to Slow Death by Medicare
Long-Term-Care Policies: ''A Prepaid Ticket to Hell''
Unilateral Free Trade Will Bring Disaster
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Color Boeing red-faced'' (Up Front, Apr. 5)
 
BOOKS
America's Last Emperor of Finance
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Morgan''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Backseat Driver on the Dash
   PHOTO: Acura In-Vehicle Navigation System
Handy Transfer
The Next Melissa
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Save Some of the Surplus for Medical Research
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Why OPEC's Ploy Will Flop
   CHART: Will Oil Demand Revive?
U.S. Factories Are the Stars
   CHART: Manufacturing's Worst-Hit Industries
Tax Dodgers Go Online
The Beige Book As Crystal Ball
 
DIGITAL DISPATCH
Take Off Your Coat and Stay a While
   TABLE: Web Pointers
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Nice Picture, but Where Are the Profits?
   CHART: Labor Gains at the Expense of Profits
   CHART: Will Joblessness Fall Below 4% This Year?
   CHART: Where Job Growth Has Hit the Skids
Euro Zone: Off to a Plodding Start
   CHART: Some Progress on the Labor Front
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Election 2000: CEOs Place Their Bets
   TABLE: Who's for George W. Bush
   TABLE: Who's for Al Gore
   TABLE: Who's for Bill Bradley
   TABLE: Who's for John McCain
   TABLE: Who's for Elizabeth Dole
   TABLE: Who's for Dan Quayle
   TABLE: Who's for Lamar Alexander
Commentary: The Pentagon: High-Tech Dreams, Low-Tech Wars
Why MCI WorldCom Wants Nextel
   CHART: MCI WorldCom's Wireless Gap
Are Companies Borrowing Themselves into Trouble?
   CHART: Corporate Borrowing Is Rising...Amid a Wave of New Corporate Bonds...
Detroit in Japan: A Car Wreck of a Car Strategy
   CHART: Failed Mission
Commentary: Daimler Should Show More of Its Cards
States Go to the Head of the Class
   TABLE: A State-by-State Report Card
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
John Malone: Weaving a New Web
A New Way to Face the Music
A Whole New Look for Revlon?
From Banana Wars to Cashmere Wars
Back to the Huddle for the Redskins
Power Recharge at Hewlett-Packard
Et Cetera...
Pediatrix: Overdoctored?
   CHART: Pediatrix Medical Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The High-Tech Lobby Is Learning Fast
Singe of Impeachment
Hello, Dad Here, Sign Me Up
A Socialist in the Senate?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Poland: An Eastern Star Looks Dimmer
   TABLE: Hard Times Could Speed Up Reforms
   Poland's Finance Minister: ''The Tax Burden Must Be Reduced''
Kosovo's Wildest Wild Card: Moscow
Make Way for Japanese Women with Welding Guns
   TABLE: A Better Deal in the Workplace
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Indonesia: Will a Dose of Democracy Make Things Worse?
Israeli Air Wars
Anwar's Next Campaign
 
THE WORKPLACE
Workers--and Bosses--Unite?
   TABLE: Next Stop, Parts Makers?
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Commentary: The Crack of the Bat--and Labor Strife in the Air
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
How Green Is My Alley
   TABLE: Corporate America Meets Public Housing
   Commentary: Public Housing Finally Gets It Right--but It's Not Enough
      TABLE: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: How it Works
      CHART: Federal Subsidies Are Declining...And Cheap Apartments Are Harder to Find
 
MARKETING
For Nordstrom, Great Service Wasn't Enough
   TABLE: Nordstrom Cleans Out Its Closet
 
THE CORPORATION
A Tidy Bundle in Air Cargo
   CHART: Friendly Skies
False Spring for a Seed Company
   CHART: Mowed Down
 
PEOPLE
At Alberto-Culver, Daughter Knows Best
   RESUME: Carol L. Bernick
   RESUME: Howard B. Bernick
 
FINANCE
Bob Rubin's Bond Bind
   CHART: Issuance Is Shrinking...
   TABLE: ...Which Could Cause Trouble for the Market
   Defusing the Next Bond Bombshell
Commentary: Day Trading: How to Protect Aunt Minnie
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
e.spire: A Direct Link to the Net
   CHART: Another Phone Takeover Ahead?
Big Flower May Blossom Online
   CHART: Basking in the Sun
Kushner-Locke: Web Gumshoe
   CHART: A Promising Security Foray
 
ECONOMICS
Commentary: Japan's Weird Coupon Scheme
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PC Makers Think Beyond the Box
   TABLE: Dialing for PC Profits
Commentary: Network Solutions: By Any Other Name, a Monopoly.com
 
BITS & BYTES
The Mess Made for Business by Junk E-Mail
   TABLE: What's in the Corporate E-Mail Box?
www.licenseplate.com
Trick Your Kid into Becoming a Programmer
   PHOTO: Screen Shot of Stagecast Platform
Fat Sound from Flat Speakers
   PHOTO: Benwin BW2000 Speaker
Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
An Ivory Tower That Spins Pure Gold
   TABLE: Blazing Trails
   PHOTO: Telstar I Satellite, 1962
   PHOTO: Experimental Touch Tone Phone, 1964
   PHOTO: Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie with Early UNIX System, 1969
   PHOTO: Ananth Dodabalapur with Plastic Transistor, 1998
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
A One-Two Punch for Packing More on a Chip
''Smart'' Scalpels That Tell Doctors Where to Stop
   PHOTO: Ultrasonic Silicon Surgical Cutting Tool
Heart Attacks: Fewer False Alarms
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
IPOs: On the Outside Looking in
   TABLE: IPO Pipeline
   TABLE: Getting In on the Action
What to Do When Your Fund Stumbles
Test-Driving Those Bare-Bones PCs
   TABLE: Bargain-Basement Computers
 
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 Number As Important As Dow 10,000
CEO Pay: Is Greed Good?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON LEBANON
Beirut Looks to Fill Its Coffers...While Cracking Down on Corruption (int'l edition)
   MAP: Lebanon
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
Spring Break--and Not A Beer Bash in Sight (int'l edition)
   MAP: Washington, D.C.
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Austrians Needn't Sacrifice Luxury Goods for Safe Food (int'l edition)
''Saving Just for the Sake of Saving Is Foolish'' (int'l edition)
Why China Is a Long Way from Warp Speed on the Net (int'l edition)
Panama's Net Controls Are Pretty Tight (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Unilever's Indian Jewel (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Hindustan Lever Dominates Key Markets...But Trails in Others
A Born Gambler Plays His Chips Right (int'l edition)
   TABLE: How Tsao Remade UMC
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Can Graham Wallace Get Cable & Wireless Untangled? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: C&W Parts Are Worth More Than the Whole
The Bloom May Be Off the Tulip Model (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Zhu Deserves U.S. Help (int'l edition)



 
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