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June 28, 1999




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COVER STORY
Internet Anxiety
   COVER IMAGE: Internet Anxiety
   CHART: Nothing But Net
   TABLE: Jumping on the Bandwagon
   A Brutal Survival Plan (extended)
   How Schwab Grabbed the Lion's Share (Includes video Q&A with CIO Dawn Lepore)
      CHART: Schwab's Net Assets
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: GE's Welch: ''This Is the Greatest Opportunity Yet''
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: PaineWebber's Cyber-Seer: ''We're Only at the Beginning of This''
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Toys 'R' Us' Nakasone: ''We Needed to Move Quickly''
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: For Compaq, Nowhere Left to Go but Up?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
A Tale of Two Families (int'l edition)
   ASIAN COVER IMAGE: A Tale of Two Families
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
L'Oreal: The Beauty of Global Branding (int'l edition)
   EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: L'Oreal: The Beauty of Global Branding
   CHART: L'Oreal's Makeover
   TABLE: Across the Beauty Spectrum
   Where the Science Is More Than Skin-Deep (int'l edition)
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: L'Oreal's Owen-Jones: ''I Strive for Something I Never Totally Achieve''
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Resume: Lindsay Owen-Jones
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: How Germany's Beiersdorf Succeeds with Its Own Style
 
FRONTIER -- THE RESOURCE FOR ENTREPRENEURS
 
FRONTIER -- IN BOX
Shrinking Pay, Hooray!
   CHART: For Most Small-Company CEOs, Pay Is Flat...
TABLE: Rip the Cord
Wake Me When It's 2001
A Second Helping?
Honesty Is...
A Summer Placement
Frontier Online
 
FRONTIER -- TRENDS
Grab a Partner
   CHART: Small Business Mergers on the Rise
The Brush-Off from Banks
   CHART: Rate Watch: A Tighter Leash
The Talent Drought
Overinflated
 
FRONTIER -- WHO'S HOT
Tiger in Your Trunk
Instant Expert: Workplace Disability
 
FRONTIER -- WHAT WORKS
Temp Insanity?
Smart Answers
 
FRONTIER -- DIGITAL MANAGER
A Point-and-Click Sales Force
   TABLE: Muster a Virtual Sales Force
Random Access
 
FRONTIER -- FEATURES
Guru Marketing
   A Prominent Spot
   The Envy of All She Surveys
   Let Me Say This About That
   A Man of Position(ing)
Bridging the Pension Gap
   CHART: You Can't Retire
   TABLE: Pension Packages
   Return of an Old Favorite
 
FRONTIER -- LIFE & CO.
Give Me Your Tireless
 
FRONTIER -- UNDER 30
She Hates to Hear ''No''
 
EDITOR'S MEMO
Technology for the Nontechie
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Are Time-Shares a Seaworthy Idea?
The Telcos Try to Take the Hill
''Nike, We Have Liftoff''
Needed: An Army of Investors
From Prime Time to Online
Big Bucks--and Dog Walking, Too
Acupuncture Goof? It's Covered
CHART: Millionaires Aplenty
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Citigroup Can't Afford to Ignore Corporate Culture
Don't Discount Net Present Value
Automation: Siemens Is No Slacker
CEOs Should Fight Class Actions
Monarch Mortality Isn't Biotech's Fault
The Mothers of Invention
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''100 Years of Innovation'' (Bonus Issue, Summer, 1999)
''Club Feud'' (Sports Business, June 21)
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
A Notebook That's Kind to Fingers
   PHOTO: IBM ThinkPad 240
Easy Hookups for Small Fry
   PHOTO: Intel AnyPoint External Adapter
Help Desk
Web Destinations
 
LETTER FROM GEORGIA
Teaching History Where Horror Reigned
   MAP: Georgia
   PHOTO: Andersonville POW Museum Display
 
BOOKS
Ah! Peace and Quiet and a Good Book
Fished Out
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Against the Tide''
Home Truths
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Built from Scratch''
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
What We Can Learn from the Asian Mess
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Who's Caring for the Aged?
   CHART: A Puzzling Slowdown in Nursing-Home Demand
The Eurodrag on U.S. Profits
   CHART: Corporate America's European Stake
Japan's Upturn May Be for Real
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Rates Are the Question. What Is the Answer?
   CHART: Inflation's Back? Never Mind
   CHART: Another Surge in Homebuying
   CHART: Industry Is Awash in Extra Capacity
Colombia: Is Bogota Nearing the Bottom?
   CHART: Colombia Is Mired in a Deep Recession
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Mutual Funds: So Long, Glory Days?
   CHART: The Mutual-Fund Inflows Peaked in 1997...And Continue to Decline This Year
More Bitter Harvests Ahead
   CHART: U.S. Farmers Lose Ground Globally...As Crop Prices Have Withered
   Commentary: Let the Markets Do Their Job
      CHART: Farm Subsidies on the Rise
Clinton: Making the Most of a Winning Hand
Commentary: Lockheed Martin Needs to Unload Excess Baggage
   CHART: Lockheed Earnings: Downdraft
The Amalgamated Doctors of America?
   TABLE: What Would Be Gained--And Lost
Packard Bell NEC Hits the Restart Button
   CHART: NEC Products Lose Share in the U.S.
   PHOTO: NEC Z1
Commentary: Big Airlines Should Follow Midwest's Recipe
Business Is Not Pat Robertson's Calling
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Meg Whitman: When the Bidding Stopped
Profit Squeeze at Fidelity
New Worries for a Numbers Man
The Feds Collar Street Thugs
That Jalopy: Charity or Scam?
Rite Aid's Headaches Continue
Et Cetera...
Oracle's Outstanding Omen
   CHART: Oracle Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Rust Belt Rumble: What's behind the Push for Steel Quotas
Internet Taxes: An End Run?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Watch Out Europe: Here Comes Wal-Mart
   TABLE: Wal-Mart's March into Europe
Things Aren't Going Better with Coke
Why Mahathir Is So Pleased with Himself
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Northern Ireland: Can Peace Be Salvaged?
German Bank Probe
A NASDAQ for Japan
 
THE CORPORATION
Will PCs and TV Get Playboy Hopping?
   TABLE: Beyond the Centerfold
   PHOTO: E-Commerce at Playboy.com
 
ENTERTAINMENT
Commentary: Are Music Companies Blinded by Fright?
   TABLE: Cyber Music Wars
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Where No-Frills Net Trades Are Sacred
   TABLE: How the Web Brokers Stack Up
   CHART: Ameritrade's Share
Commentary: Qwest, Pull the Plug on This Deal
   CHART: Qwest's Rise and Fall
 
FINANCE
Are Two Stocks Better Than One?
   TABLE: Tracking Tracking Stocks
You're in New Hands with Allstate
   CHART: Who Sells Personal Insurance
The Hysteria over Hedge Funds
   TABLE: How Hedge Funds Have Fared
Commentary: Why Goldbugs Feel So Squashed
   CHART: Gold's Declining Luster
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Video: The Net's Next Battle Royal
   TABLE: Webcasting Sweeps the Net
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Volunteers to Phone E.T. Are Lining Up...
...And There Could Even Be a Chance to Visit
Saturday Night at the Holographs?
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
This Jag Lives Up to Its Looks
   TABLE: Jaguar S-Type
   TABLE: Lincoln LS
   TABLE: Rivals to the Lincoln...and the Jaguar
   PHOTO: 2000 Jaguar S-Type
   PHOTO: 2000 Lincoln LS
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Building Stocks: Worth Moving Into?
   TABLE: Value in Homebuilding Stocks
   CHART: Builders Lag the Market
Don't Give Up On That Refi
   TABLE: Cyber Sources
Staying Afloat When Your Health Sinks
   TABLE: Emergency Sources of Cash
Y2K Doesn't Scare Emerging-Markets Pros
   TABLE: How Prepared Are Emerging Economies?
Will This Down-Under Fund Get Back on Top?
   PHOTO: EquitiLink's Brian Sherman
   TABLE: First Australia's Biggest Bets
   Britain on the Cheap
Macro Gains from Microcaps
   TABLE: Kern's Top Holdings
A Safer Ride on the Net
   TABLE: A Batch of Net Plays
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Home Prices Are Just a Click Away
   TABLE: Homes on the Web
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
Kmart: A Food Chain?
   CHART: Looking Juicy for Prowlers
Rare Medium Has Done Very Well
   CHART: A Typical Web Highflier
Buyout Rumblings at Rural/Metro
   CHART: Not Rushing to a Fire
 
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
The End of Irrational Exuberance
The Pentagon's Badly Aimed Billions
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON YUGOSLAVIA
A Mother Lode in Northern Kosovo...But Who'll Wind Up with It? (int'l edition)
   MAP: Yugoslavia
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
A Techie Paradise, Courtesy of Turk Telecom (int'l edition)
Suharto Still Casts a Long Shadow in Indonesia (int'l edition)
The U.S. Has a Case of Neocolonial Fever (int'l edition)
All Internet Companies Are Not Alike (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Does the recovery have legs?'' (Asian Business, June 7) (int'l edition)
''The Stars of Asia'' (Special Report, Asian Edition, June 14) (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Mahathir's Revenge
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Mahathir on Currency Controls, Western Banks, Anwar, and More
An Unlikely Chipmaker in an Unlikely Place (int'l edition)
   CHART: Unisem's Rise
In Japan, It's Hard to Tell the Bankers from the Loan Sharks (int'l edition)
For Secom, a Payoff from Paranoia (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Wake-Up Call in Germany (int'l edition)
   TABLE: A Few Good Moves...But Plenty Left to Do
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
A Bunch of Angry Mexican Shareholders
   TABLE: Why Investors Are Wary of Salinas
China's New Rallying Cry: Invest (int'l edition)
   CHART: Shanghai's Bull Run
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
The U.S. and Europe: End the Food Fight (int'l edition)
Why Must Japan's Bankers Act Like Thugs? (int'l edition)



 
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