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May 3, 1999
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Code Blue for Small Hospitals?
CHART: Projected Hospital Profits
Lights! Camera! Contributions!
Bombardier Zeroes in on Buffett
From the Net to the Newsstand
Where to Stay in Splitsville
Hit the Bridges, Then Hit the Books
Seeds of Change in Iowa?
CHART: The Sales Tax Bite Has Teeth
Footnotes
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Portrait of the Artists
PHOTO: Picasso's ''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon''
Info Tech: Who's Spending What
CHART: America's Big Lead in Technology
Justice Isn't Color-Blind
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Take a Close Look at Those GDP Numbers
CHART: A Sharp Widening in the Trade Gap
CHART: A Sign That Capital Spending Is Slowing
CHART: Housing: Is the Boom Losing Steam?
Australia: Bypassing Asia's Crisis
CHART: Unemployment Is Trending Lower
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The Fed's New Rule Book
TABLE: A Change in the Guideposts
CHART: Why the Old Rules Don't Explain It
Bitter Medicine Ahead for Drug Companies
CHART: Are the Good Times Running Out?
Microsoft's Mission: Simplify, Simplify
TABLE: Windows Dressing
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Joseph Gorman: Mechanic Needed
FASB Gets Fierce on Good Will
The Journal Jilts Its Newsroom
Tenneco Takes Another Whack
Rubin's Call for Sharing Risk
Intel Is Eyeing E-Commerce
Et Cetera...
Avon Falling
CHART: Avon Products Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Clinton Sets a Parent Trap for the GOP?
Expanding Medicare
The Bells' Internet Gambit
Dollar Paul Likes Dollar Bill
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Asia: How Real Is the Recovery?
CHART: Southeast Asia's Economies Are Bottoming Out...
CHART: ...And Stock Markets Are Booming...
CHART: ...But Debt Levels Remain High...
TABLE: ...And More Shocks Are Possible
Are Two Old Monopolies Better Than One?
TABLE: Snapshot of a New Giant
Busting the French--for Working Hard
TABLE: The Costs of a Shorter Workweek
Is Russia Y2K Ready? Don't Bet on it
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Ground Troops: NATO Is Damned If It Does, Damned If It Doesn't
No Turkish Delight
A Real Race in Mexico
SPORTS BUSINESS
Asleep at the Helm?
MARKETING
The Great Hyped Way
TABLE: Musical Marketing Mania
GOVERNMENT
John McCain: In His Own Feisty Words (extended)
Commentary: China and the WTO: Why Clinton Was Right
THE CORPORATION
Coke's Man on the Spot
TABLE: They'd Like to Sell the World a Coke
CHART: As Coke Sales Stall...Earnings Take a Hit...And the Stock Loses Its Fizz
A Case of Deja Vu
Now That's a Pepsi Challenge
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Of Mice and Men--and Cancer
TABLE: Angiogenesis Inhibitors in Clinical Trials
PHOTO: Untreated Cancerous Mouse Lungs
PHOTO: Treated Mouse Lungs
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
From Everest to Yale, a Test of Telemedicine
A New Superdrug to Take on the Superbugs
Electroshock Therapy for Cancer-Causing Pollution
Tiny ''Malted Milk Balls'' Have a Way with Light
PHOTO: Nanoshells
Developments to Watch Contacts
PEOPLE
Bringing New Air to New York
RESUME: David Neeleman
SOCIAL ISSUES
Commentary: Sweatshop Reform: How to Solve the Standoff
TABLE: Dueling Codes of Conduct
TABLE: What's a Living Wage?
CHART: Apparel Imports Have Soared...As Production Has Shifted Regions...
TABLE: ...Seeking Low-Cost Labor