ASIAN COVER: Digital Illustration by Joe Calviello. EUROPEAN COVER Illustration by Gene Greif.
June 14, 1999
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Jim Clark's Big Payday
Going All Out to Pick Up a Gig
Return of a Talking Head?
TABLE: Greasing the Palm
Paying to Solve a Cosmic Whodunit
Sweet Blasphemy
Meow-Meow Marketing
CHART: The Asset Mix Tilts to Stocks
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The West Needs to Forge a Weapons Alliance
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Illness and Economic Status
CHART: Healthy Bodies Go with Money in the Bank
Friendly Boards Are Not All Bad
Return of ''The Carry Trade''?
CHART: A Tempting Yield Gap
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Bernie Ebbers: A Wireless Consolation Prize
Texaco-Chevron: Undone Deal
A Downer at American Home
Hoffa Delivers a Deal
AOL Spins a Couple of Hits
Off the Amex Floor, Mr. Schettino
Et Cetera...
Noble Defeat
CHART: barnesandnoble.com Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Sorry, George--the Free Ride Is Just About Over
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Europe: Buyout Fever!
CHART: Buyouts Are Booming in Europe
Commentary: Who's Running Europe's Central Bank, Anyway?
In Asia, It's Ready, Set...Trade!
TABLE: Asia Wakes Up to Online Trading
Commentary: Don't Kill All the Lawyers--Send Them to Japan
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Will Kosovo Become the Berlin of the Balkans?
Singapore Banks Get Moving
Scandal in Mexico
SOCIAL ISSUES
Commentary: Wanted for Adoptions: Worldwide Standards
PHOTO: Kevin Foley and Daughter in Moldova
THE CORPORATION
The Fall and Rise of HarperCollins
CHART: Harper Trims Its List...To Rejuvenate Earnings
PHOTO: Jane Friedman and Titanic
PHOTO: Cover, ''Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood''
PHOTO: Cover, ''The Professor and the Madman''
For Carnival, Few Icebergs on the Horizon
CHART: Carnival Steams Ahead...Giving Investors a Ride
PEOPLE
Leo Hindery's Assignment: Rewire America
RESUME: Leo Hindery, AT&T's Cable Guy
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Balloons for Space Exploration: Not Hot Air
PHOTO: NASA Hot-Air Balloon at Launch
A Diet Supplement to Egg on Sluggish Sperm
Confusing the Common Cold
But Can It Do Windows?
PHOTO: Honda P3 Robot
Developments to Watch Contacts
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week
CHART: Production Index
HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992
CHART: Mutual Funds
CHART: S&P 500
The Week Ahead
BUSINESS WEEK INDEX
Business Week Index
EDITORIALS
Inflation Ain't What It Used to Be
Even Merrill Can't Evade This Net