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May 17, 1999




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COVER STORY
Remaking Microsoft
   COVER IMAGE: Remaking Microsoft
   TABLE: Building Microsoft 2.0
   ''I'm Trying to Let Other People Dive in before I Do''
      RESUME: Steven Anthony Ballmer
   The Five Facets of Bill Gates's Tech Vision
   Q&A with the Visionary-In-Chief
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Why Microsoft Shareholders Should Cheer the AT&T Deal
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Iridium Hits Flak in the Balkans
Another Term for Greenspan?
How Poor Kids May Enrich Schools
Land of the Rising Conflict
When Bidders Are Ringers
The Movie House Is a Steakhouse
   PHOTO: General Cinemas' Premium Theater
Check the ID of That Furby
CHART: Who Do You Trust?
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Scandal at the Amex: Points of View
Coke's Problems Are of Its Own Making
The Right Numbers at Schwab
 
BOOKS
The Unsung Heroes of the PC Age
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Dealers of Lightning''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
A Better Channel for the PC-TV
   TABLE: Replay vs. TiVo
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
When Free Markets Threaten Family Values
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
More Than One Game in Town
   CHART: Home Sweet Home: The Most Widely Held Major Asset
Do Towers Rise before a Crash?
Congress Plans Fatter Pensions
 
DIGITAL DISPATCH
Quick, Fed Ex Me an Executive
   TABLE: Ex FedEx Execs in the Valley
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Win-Win in Slowing Labor Costs
   CHART: A Curious Slowdown in Compensation
   CHART: Strong Income Gains, Even Stronger Spending
   CHART: Trade: A Huge Drag on First-Quarter Growth
Japan: Still No Consumer Turnaround in Sight
   CHART: An Unprecedented Gap in Two Jobless Rates
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
AT&T: What Victory Means
   TABLE: The AT&T Deal for MediaOne
   PHOTO: C. Michael Armstrong
   The Man Behind AT&T's Coup
      TABLE: The Hostetter Saga
   ''AOL Has to Do Something Quickly''
      TABLE: How AOL Plans to Fight Back
Speed Up That Line!
   CHART: Manufacturing Picks Up
The Farmer's Almanac and the Fed
Commentary: A Perfect Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
   TABLE: Who Benefits From a Minimum-Wage Hike
The UAW to Daimler: Thanks for the Bargaining Chip
   TABLE: UAW Targets DaimlerChrysler Units and Suppliers
Commentary: Anatomy of a Shareholder Slaughter
Can EDS Catch Up with the Net?
   TABLE: The Comeback Plan for EDS
Commentary: This Mickey-Mouse Case Should Disappear
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Joseph Galli: Power Drain
GM's Engine Stalls Out
Bailing out of PC Chips
HP Gives EMC the Heave-Ho
Ready to Trade Around the Clock?
Pats to Hartford: Drop Dead
Et Cetera...
The Limited: In Fashion
   CHART: Limited Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
A Kinder, Gentler GOP? Not If Tom DeLay Can Help It
Tax Cuts for Savers?
No More Mr. Nice George
Insurance Deal Unraveling?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Divorce, Italian-Style
   TABLE: The Bitter End of a Long Marriage
Commentary: Let the Markets Decide the Euro's Fate
Size Does Matter in Asia's Cyber Race
   TABLE: Asian Internet Stocks Take Off
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Kosovo: Can the Allies Win the Diplomatic Endgame?
Hong Kong Crisis
Panama's New Boss
 
MARKETING
Look Who's Thinking Small
   TABLE: Shrinking to Neighborhood Size
   CHART: Big Slowdown for the Big-Box Stores
 
MANAGEMENT
Headhunting 2000
   TABLE: Job-Search Stats
   TABLE: The Big Crunch
   TABLE: New Web Tricks for Recruiters
   TABLE: Click and Seek: Online Job Sites
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A Booster for Biotech
   TABLE: Beyond the Needle
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Getting the Mouse out of the Medicine
That Daring Commuter in Her Flying Machine?
Cyberauctions You Can Finesse
Animal Magnetism That Cleans Oil Pollution
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
GOVERNMENT
Patrick Kennedy Has His Hand Out
   TABLE: A Politician's Progress
   CHART: Democratic Cash
 
THE CORPORATION
Commentary: Poison Pills: Let Shareholders Decide
 
FINANCE
Time to Buy Net Stocks: No or Yes?
   CHART: Net Companies' Shares Are Sky High...
   TABLE: ...But So Is Their Growth
Goldman Sachs: How Public Is This IPO?
   TABLE: Who Owns Goldman Sachs? Goldman Sachs
Commentary: Don't Disarm These ''Securities Cops on the Beat''
Raising Funds on the Cheap
   TABLE: Bypassing the Broker
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
Why Neon Looks All Set to Glow
   CHART: Software for the World of E-Commerce
Fresh Rumbles at Input/Output?
   CHART: Its Low Price May Draw Bids
Multimedia: The Web's Bingo Hall
   CHART: No Big Score So Far
 
BITS & BYTES
An E-Test to Help Workers Evolve
Hacker-Tracking Gets Smarter
Now the Web Can Be the Way to Mom's Heart
Do You Know Where Your Kid Is Surfing?
   TABLE: Watching Minors on the Web
Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
Corporate America's Profit Surprise
   TABLE: The Quarter's Winners and Losers
   CHART: A Spotlight on First-Quarter Profits
   As If Labor Costs Weren't Worrisome Enough...
      CHART: An End to Cheaper Commodities?
   TABLE: First-Quarter 1999 Corporate Profits (.pdf)
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
The Art of Collecting Art
   TABLE: Big Dates in the Art World (extended)
   TABLE: Paintings vs. Stocks
   ONLINE ORIGINAL TABLE: Building Your Collection
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Treasure Chest of Art Online?
Sleeping Your Back Pain Away
   TABLE: A Good Night's Sleep
Winning Big in Small Caps
   TABLE: Rockland Growth Fund
 
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
The Myth of the Minimum Wage
The AT&T Deal Spells Competition--for Now
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITOR'S MEMO
Putting the World in Focus (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON SLOVAKIA
An Ethnic Minority Breathes Easier...As Politicians Try to Clean Up a Mess (int'l edition)
   MAP: Slovakia and Hungary
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Here Comes the New, Improved Upjohn (int'l edition)
This Taipan Has a Lot to Make Up For (int'l edition)
To Revamp Japan Inc., First Reform the Banks (int'l edition)
Is It Healthy That CEOs Are So Wealthy? (int'l edition)
Better to Repay Top Taxpayers Than Waste Money (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Nissan: Still Downshifting (int'l edition)
Investors Rush Back to Malaysia for More (int'l edition)
   CHART: Malaysia Rising
A Make-or-Break Test for Zhu (int'l edition)
Commentary: Taiwan Can't Afford Its Bad-Boy Image (int'l edition)
Enron Isn't Home Free in India Yet (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Power Struggle
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
The Rise and Rise of an Italian Cyberplayer (int'l edition)
Scania: A Big-Rig Brawl (int'l edition)
   TABLE: What's Riding on Scania
Is This Russia's Next Prime Minister? (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
This Bid Breaks a Big Latin Taboo (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Drilling New Ground
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Asia's Short-Sighted Internet Policies (int'l edition)



 
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