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June 21, 1999




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COVER STORY
Information Technology Special Report
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Your 1040 in 120 Seconds
Bush to Greenspan: No Hard Feelings
A Major Tourney Sprouts in Iowa
Investors with Big Shoulders
A Star Stumbles on Net Stocks
   TABLE: Going Down
Roller Coasters: A Steep Upswing
Get Your Masters in Cappuccino
CHART: Juicing Up the PC
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
All Internet Companies Are Not Alike
Give eBay's Founder His Due
Productivity Is No Panacea for Inflation
The Fed Must Do More Than Jawbone
Al Gore Needs to Be a Green Giant
Please, Vouchers for Nonsectarian Schools Only
College Can't Be All Things to All People
 
BOOKS
We're Suckers--and We Love It
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Lead Us Into Temptation''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
A Guide to Mapless Travel
   TABLE: Four Routes to Trip Planning
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Why It's the Wrong Time for the Fed to Squeeze
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Rising Wages, Safer Streets
   CHART: How Crime Declines as Youths Age
The Downside of a Savings Revival
An Investment Role Reversal
   CHART: As One Ratio Falls, the Other Rises
 
DIGITAL DISPATCH
In the Land of Plenty, Plenty of Angst
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Silicon Boys''
   PHOTO: Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs in Turner's ''Pirates of Silicon Valley''
   PHOTO: Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates in Turner's ''Pirates''
   TABLE: Pointers
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Labor Markets Are Sending Mixed Signals
   CHART: A Sign of Slower Growth?
   CHART: The Job Data Still Show a Puzzling Trend
   CHART: Another Strong Month for Vehicle Sales
Hong Kong: Quaking before the Fed
   CHART: Will Interest Rates Stay Down?
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
George Fisher's Photo Finish
   CHART: Fisher's Bumpy Reign
P&G: How New and Improved?
   TABLE: Problems Nag P&G
Nucor: Meltdown in the Corner Office
Commentary: Even a Touch of Inflation Can Be Dangerous...
   CHART: Less Inflation, Low Rates...Prosperity
Commentary: ...Yes, but for Now, Let the New Economy Run
   CHART: Sign of a New Economy
Motorola Is Ringing Again
   CHART: On the Rebound
Allied Well at Honeywell
   TABLE: How Michael Bonsignore Fixed Honeywell...And Plans to Run the New Merged Behemoth
Good Medicine for Roche?
Commentary: The Airlines Booked Their Own Trouble
Making Nice in Detroit
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Martin Baily: In the ''Out'' Door
AT&T's Cable Gets Frayed in Oregon
A Megamarket for Brokers Only
Dismal Science to Science Fiction
Dr. Koop's Big Coup
World Wide Wedding Chapels
Et Cetera...
Lockheed's Downdraft
   CHART: Lockheed Martin Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Suddenly, Financial Privacy Is a Hot-Button Issue
''Geek Week''
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Indonesia's Mystery Woman
   TABLE: Megawati's Game Plan
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Megawati: Getting ''People to Believe in Their Goverment''
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Kwik: ''We Have Confidence That We Can Make the Poor Understand''
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Sukardi: ''People Can't Wait. They're Hungry''
Singapore's Lee: ''You Shape Up or Perish'' (extended)
The Birth of a New Europe?
   TABLE: Europe's Postwar Agenda
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Can North Korea Be Coaxed out of Its Cave?
A Gaijin Win in Japan
 
GOVERNMENT
Big Casinos' Big Score
   TABLE: Americans Drop a Bundle on Gambling...
   CHART: ...And Big Casinos Get the Lion's Share...
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Steve Wynn: The Gambling Commission ''Was a Waste of Time and Energy''
   Commentary: Sure There's a Price, but It Pays to Play
 
MEDIA
Discovery: Beyond Bloody Gazelles
   TABLE: Discovery's Expeditions
 
PEOPLE
From Rags to 3-D Chips
   RESUME: K.Y. Ho
 
MANAGEMENT
B-Schools That Look Like America
   TABLE: Minority Faculty at Business Week's Top 25
   TABLE: Why the Project Works
   TABLE: ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Dearth of Minority Faculty
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Olimar vs. Callaway: Club Feud
 
THE WORKPLACE
A Leg Up for the Lowly Temp
   TABLE: Temp Groups Are Sprouting Up All Over
   TABLE: Permanent Rights For Temps?
 
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Commentary: A Web Sales Tax: Not If, but When
   CHART: As Online Retail Spending Grows...More Sales Taxes Will Slip Away
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A New Breed of Thinking Computer?
   TABLE: Computing with Chaos
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Gene Therapy for Hemophilia: ''Now Within Reach''
Tiny Helicopters That Go Boldly Where No Man...
   PHOTO: NASA's Mars Minicopter
Safe Glucose Levels, All the Time?
Innovations
   PHOTO: Bell Labs Rainbow-Effect Thin Prism
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
FINANCE
Instinet: Still King of the E-Bourses?
   TABLE: The Contenders
The Leadership Question at Lazard Freres
   TABLE: The Three Lazards: A Financial Snapshot
   Michel David-Weill on Why Lazard Made the Move (int'l edition)
Commentary: Is This Any Way to Fight Fraud?
Egg All over North Face
   CHART: Slippery Slope
 
BITS & BYTES
Can the Web Help Get You into College?
Small-Biz Buyer Meets Small-Biz Seller Online
How to Keep the Tech Workers That You've Got
   TABLE: The Top Five Reasons Why Tech Workers Quit
Electronic ''Earwash''
Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
ECONOMICS
Commentary: Questions the Candidates Aren't Getting Asked
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Baffling Advances against Breast Cancer
   TABLE: Breast Cancer Resources
   A Huge Cancer Test Needs Volunteers
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
An Internet Heaven For Venture Capital Angels
   TABLE: Where to Start
Bank Stocks: Where the Net Doesn't Rule
   TABLE: Financial Stocks to Bank On
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Under the Hood of the Avis Deal
   CHART: Avis Stock Takes a Dive
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
A New Home for AHP?
CompUSA: Set for Sweeping Change
   CHART: A Victim of Falling PC Prices
SPX Is Gunning Its Engines
   CHART: On a Tear Lately
 
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week
   CHART: Production Index
   Production Index Components
   HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992
   CHART: Mutual Funds
   CHART: S&P 500
The Week Ahead
 
EDITORIALS
Don't Rush to Tax E-Commerce
The G-8 Should Build on the Momentum
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON OMAN
A Star Is Born on the Arabian Sea...But How Fast Will Change Come? (int'l edition)
   MAP: Oman
   PHOTO: Dedication Ceremony for the Port at Salalah
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM MEXICO
Under the Volcano, Rock-Solid Faith (int'l edition)
   MAP: Mexico
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
A Legal Solution to Hong Kong's Problems (int'l edition)
All Kyoto Needs Is Entrepreneurs (int'l edition)
Europe's Red Tape Is a Big Bore (int'l edition)
Double-Cooking Is Not a Belgian Secret (int'l edition)
Foreign Technology Funneled to U.S. Companies? (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Paving the Way for Layoffs (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Obuchi's New Deal
   For Now, Obuchi Is King of the Hill (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
The Birth of a New Europe? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Europe's Postwar Agenda
Commentary: Wanted: A Turnaround Artist for Germany (int'l edition)
Why Two TV Titans Might Finally Get Hitched (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Deal at a Glance
Commentary: Poland: A Beacon for the Rest of Europe (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
It's Crunch Time in the Latin Debt Market (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Indonesia: A First Step (int'l edition)



 
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