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June 14, 1999




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COVER STORY
Value Investing Is Back--With a Twist
   COVER IMAGE: Midyear Investment Guide: The New Value Investing
Value Investors Learn New Tricks
   CHART: Only Recently Has Growth Beaten Value
   TABLE: The Heroes of Value Investing
Commentary: Why the U.S. Will Keep On Soaring
Stocks: Don't Even Think about Cashing Out
   TABLE: Stocking Up On Value
   For the Record: Elizabeth Mackay
Tech Stocks: Technical Difficulties? Not Really
   TABLE: Prime Pickings for Tech Investors
   For the Record: Ryan Jacob
Y2K: The Sky Isn't Falling
   TABLE: Cashing in On Y2K Overkill
Can't See the Roses for the Thorns? Sell Short
   TABLE: Some Short-Seller Favorites
International: As the World Restructures
   TABLE: Who's Following Corporate America's Lead
   For the Record: Leila Heckman
Mutual Funds: Reversal of Fortunes
   TABLE: The Best Returns
   TABLE: The Worst Returns
   TABLE: How the Big Funds Fared
   TABLE: The Bond-Fund Leaders
   TABLE: How the Fund Groups Fared
Make a Buck in Bonds
   For the Record: Kevin McClintock
   TABLE: Good Value in Bonds
Real Estate: REITs on the Rise
   TABLE: Prime Property Picks
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
The Stars of Asia (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: The Stars of Asia
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
Europe: Buyout Fever! (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: Europe: Buyout Fever!
   TABLE: The Biggest Leveraged Deals
   CHART: Buyouts Are Booming in Europe
   The LBO Trailblazer Conquering the Continent (int'l edition)
 
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
 
READERS REPORT
Online Investors Are Customers, Too
Manufacturing Was Never on the Floor
Hey, at Least Something Got Sold
Online Recruiting Needs Fine-Tuning
Americans Deserve More Vacation
Welfare Reform Is Working--for Some
Let's Keep TVs Off the Dashboard
An Athletic Shoe of Her Own
 
BOOKS
Will the 21st Century Be a Woman's World?
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The First Sex''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Office Lite: Less Would Be More
 
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
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Wall Street Is Sweating Out Consumers' Next Move
   CHART: Bond Yields Climb Toward 6%
   CHART: Orders Help to Lift Factory Activity
   CHART: Households Took a Breather in April
Brazil: A Surprising Spark--but No Charge Yet
   CHART: 1999 Starts Off on the Right Foot
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Stock Exchanges: Open All Night
   Commentary: It's 8 p.m., and Mom's Out Trading
Merrill Is Bullish On the Internet
   TABLE: How the E-Brokers Stack Up
   Commentary: Can a Merrill Be a Maverick?
Microsoft on Trial: And Now for the Endgame
Twists in HP's CEO Search
   PHOTO: Intel's Paul Otellini
   PHOTO: Hewlett-Packard's Carolyn Tickner
Stock Options Bite Back
   TABLE: The Case Against West Group
Playing the Medicare Card
   TABLE: Medicare Reform, Clinton-Style
Y2K: Preparing for the Paranoid
 
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
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
AIDS Drugs: Giving It a Rest
   TABLE: A Typical Grueling Regimen
A ''Rosetta Stone'' for the Web?
   TABLE: Activities That Beg for XML
 
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
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Big Blue's Blunt Bohemian
   TABLE: Ricciardi's Mark on IBM
   RESUME: Lawrence Robert Ricciardi
AOL Abroad: ''I Claim This Land...Whoops!''
   TABLE: Overseas, AOL Is the Avis of the Internet
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: AOL's Pittman: ''You Can't Be Tempted to Do Something Stupid''
 
BITS & BYTES
If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get
   TABLE: Web Gap
Be Your Own Jeweler--on the Net
How to Keep E-Shoppers from Defecting
Take That Dress into a Web Dressing Room
Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Commentary: Superstars Could Make Super Owners
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
How a Tech-Fund Star Picks His Plays
   TABLE: One Way to Value Net Stocks
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
Pursuing Chris-Craft
   CHART: Not Going Anywhere Fast
What's Making Cor's Heart Beat Faster
   CHART: On the Rise of Late
Genentech May Soon Breathe Easier
 
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
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON THE PHILIPPINES
As an Ancient Way of Life Crumbles...Farmers Turn to a New Craft (int'l edition)
   MAP: Philippines
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM AMSTERDAM
A Family Feud over Anne Frank's Legacy
   MAP: Amsterdam to Basel
   PHOTO: Anne Frank, 1942
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
China Shows Its True Colors (int'l edition)
Israel Is a Partner, Not an Outpost (int'l edition)
No Choice but to Be Green (int'l edition)
Environmental Laws Don't Grow Overnight (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Offshore funds: Asia is back'' (International Finance, May 3) (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
In Asia, It's Ready, Set...Trade! (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Asia Wakes Up to Online Trading
A Bank Bailout That Might Turn Indonesia's Tide (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Indonesia's Costly Bond Package
Commentary: Don't Kill All the Lawyers--Send Them to Japan (int'l edition)
The Smoke Clears in Taiwan's Noodle Wars (int'l edition)
   CHART: Tingyi Goes Flat in China
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
They're Strangling Russia's Golden Goose (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Sorry State of Russia's Defense Industry
Is Norway's Oil Patch at Last Open to Outsiders? (int'l edition)
   CHART: An Oil Independent Is in Play
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
What the Euro Needs Now (int'l edition)
Asia: A Good Job, Half Done (int'l edition)



 
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