Cover Illustration by John S. Abbott. ASIAN COVER
Photograph by Maya Vidon/AFP. EUROPEAN COVER
Illustration by Lou Beach.
June 7, 1999
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Princeton Rules
A Settlement Built Ford Tough?
Air Force One: Training Jet
Internet Futures Will Hit the Pits
CHART: A Bumpy Ride
Andy Grove: Kosovo on His Mind
Banking on Singapore
Send Your Hair to an Alien. $50
CHART: Where's the Cash?
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
A Look at Larry Summers--from Taxes to Haircuts
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Immigrants' Economic Woes
CHART: Poverty Grows Among the Foreign-Born
Are Windfalls Spent or Saved?
The Skinny on Pension Plans
CHART: Buyers and Sellers in the Market
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The New China Syndrome
TABLE: A Who's Who
Who Do You Want to Buy Today?
TABLE: Microsoft's Spending Spree
Lincoln Mercury: Rich Brand, Poor Brand
CHART: Lincoln Rides a Truck Boom...While Mercury Rolls Downhill
How Jaguar Stopped Being a Punch Line
TABLE: Ford Made Quality Job 1 at Jaguar By...
Commentary: Imperiled Monarchs Alter the Biotech Landscape
TABLE: Altered Crops Take Farming by Storm
Will Build to Suit...Eventually
CHART: It Takes Longer to Build a House
Commentary: The Slip-Up That's Slanting the Trade Deficit
A Different Cola War
Commentary: Another Ruined Season That Wasn't
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Anakin Skywalker: Star Wanes
One More Union for First Union?
Food Tests Aren't Going Down Easily
An E-Media Brawl in the Making
This Cable Tycoon Can't Stop Buying
A Failing Grade for Grade
Et Cetera...
Avis' Car Wreck
CHART: Avis Rent A Car Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Is Al Gore Starting to Find His Sea Legs?
Internet Merger Chill?
Try, Try Again
Rural Ruckus
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
The Race to Wire Europe
Colaninno Looks into the Future
Big Chance for a Battered Giant
CHART: The Economy Is Bottoming Out...
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Will China-Bashers in Congress Shower Taiwan with Arms?
Hungarian Misstep
Brazilian Scandal
MARKETING
Sergio Zyman: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sell
TABLE: Zyman Says...
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Forest Labs: From a Raw Deal to a Winning Hand
TABLE: The Route to Victory
FINANCE
Exploiting Uncertainty
TABLE: The New Math in Action
TABLE: Who Has Opted for Real Options--And Why
Options, Options, Everywhere
SOCIAL ISSUES
Commentary: The Fence Is Getting Uncomfortable for Bush
TABLE: A Fine Line
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Can Bees Take the Sting out of Land Mines?
Buckle Up: A Fusion Engine Is in the Works
PHOTO: Artist's Rendering of a Fusion-Powered Space Vehicle
Cell-Size Test Tubes for Biochemistry
A Road with a Built-in Scale
Developments to Watch Contacts
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week
CHART: Production Index
HISTORICAL DATA: BW Production Index Back to 1992
CHART: Mutual Funds
CHART:
S&P 500
The Week Ahead
BUSINESS WEEK INDEX
Business Week Index
EDITORIALS
Keep the Cox Report in Perspective
Europe Goes on Internet Time
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN
Carpet Merchants Need Some Magic...While Oilmen Come Rushing In (int'l edition)
MAP:
Iran