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Latin American Cover -- Argentina: The Unfinished Revolution


Cover Photograph by F. Carter Smith/SYGMA. LATIN AMERICAN Cover Illustration by John Kleber.

Aug. 16, 1999




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COVER STORY
Gunmakers Under Fire
   COVER IMAGE: Under Fire
   TABLE: A Divided Camp
   TABLE: The Crime World's Weapons of Choice
   PHOTO: Marlin .22 Rifle
   TABLE: Gun Restrictions: What's on the Table
   TABLE: How One Gun Got into the Wrong Hands
   No Surrender from Mr. Saturday Night Special
   Flash Point on the Road to the White House
   Commentary: Guns Are Wounding America's Image Abroad
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY
Argentina: The Unfinished Revolution (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: Argentina: The Unfinished Revolution
   CHART: Argentina's Inflation Is under Control...But the Economy Is Turning Downward
   TABLE: Argentina's Partial Transformation
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: The Taxman Looks High and Low--but Mostly High--for Cheats (int'l edition)
 
FRONTIER
Frontier: The Resource for Entrepreneurs
 
EDITOR'S MEMO
Bringing You More Value
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Is eOne Cruising for an iBruising?
   PHOTO: eMachine's eOne Computer
Giving Bias Victims Their Fair Share
Your Glitch Is Their Headache
A Strip Search with a Twist
From Tech Whiz to E-Book Evangelist
Playing the Name Game--and Losing
   PHOTO: LPG's Trademarked Y2K Bug
Online Bidders, Beware
CHART: Prescription for Danger
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Blockbuster: Viacom's Redstone Begs to Differ
Retirees Are a Big Opportunity for Corporate America
An Early Observer Recalls Ben Rosen's Edge
Internet Banks Are Skimping on Customer Service
The New Economy's ''Tornadoes''
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''A sharp advance in digital photos'' (Technology & You, July 26)
''The lion in winter'' (Information Technology, July 26)
''Mad Ave: A star is reborn'' (Marketing, July 26)
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
More Punch in Apple Portables
   TABLE: The New Apples to Go
   PHOTO: Apple's iBook
   PHOTO: Apple's G3 PowerBook
 
LETTER FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Where Oilmen Watch for Killer Icebergs
   MAP: St. John's, Newfoundland
 
BOOKS
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Coffee
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Uncommon Grounds''
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Is Alan Greenspan a Genius--or Just Plain Lucky?
   CHART: Forecasting the Fed
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Weighing the Wealth Effect
   CHART: The Leap in Wealth
Is Techno Savvy Overrated?
What Can Derail Job Training
Japan's Incredible Shrinking Banks
   CHART: Less Reliance on Japan's Banks
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Who Says the Iceman Cometh?
   CHART: Stockpiling Will Fuel Second-Half GDP
   CHART: The Wide Gap Between Incomes and Spending
   CHART: Companies Are Waiting Longer for Supplies
Britain: These Were the Kindest Cuts of All
   CHART: British Industry Foresees Better Times
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The Great Net Stock Sell-Off
   CHART: Goldman Sachs Internet Index
   TABLE: Internet Stocks Are Plunging
Generation $
   TABLE: Where the Raises Are
   Wage Inflation: Just a Phantom After All?
   Commentary: The Spoils of the New Economy Belong to High Tech
Dow and Union Carbide: Formula for a Perfect Marriage?
   TABLE: A Matter of Chemistry
For Carmakers, ''Wide Eyes and White Knuckles''
   CHART: Dangerous Curves
U.S. Exporters Get the Word: Guilty
Soap Opera at Wal-Mart
Take Only As Directed (Wink)
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Richard Parsons: Three Heads Are Better Than Two at Time Warner
AMD's New ''Dream'' Chip
Does WWF Have a Lock on This IPO?
Humana Has Lost Its Head--Again
Phone Companies Make Nice
No Debating This Surplus Plan
Et Cetera...
US Airways: Airborne
   CHART: US Airways Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The Surplus: Is Clinton Torpedoing the New Democrats?
Death and Taxes
Dems to Biz: We Want You
Gramm Awaits Fed Nominee
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Bourse Busters
   TABLE: New Threats to Old Exchanges
Vietnam: Welcome Back?
   CHART: Vietnam's Woes
Commentary: Daewoo's Boss Is Playing a Dangerous Game
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Germany: Can Schroder Drag His Party Down the Road to Reform?
Russia's New Party
Progress in Indonesia
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Football: Touchdown for Denise DeBartolo York?
 
MANAGEMENT
Commentary: Earth to Herb Kelleher: Pick a Co-Pilot
   TABLE: Who's in the Wings at Southwest? Who Knows?
Manpower: ''I'm Working My Tail Off to Fix the Company''
   TABLE: Reinvigorating Manpower
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Oracle: Practicing What It Preaches
   TABLE: How Oracle Corp. Is Harnessing the Web
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Titan's Lunar Sea Is No Surfer's Paradise
   PHOTO: Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon
Levitation: It's All in the Fingers
   PHOTO: ''Levitating'' Magnet
Healing Hearts and Minds in Kosovo
A Cleaner Way to Make Ethylene
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
FINANCE
Currency Trading or Currency Scam?
   TABLE: Psst! You Too Can Make a Killing!
Citigroup: So Much for 50-50
Commentary: Day Trading Is a Sucker's Game
 
PEOPLE
Paul Allen Gets a Little Respect
   TABLE: Busy Billionaire
 
CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
Big Spenders Are Keeping This Party Going
   CHART: A Spotlight on Second-Quarter Profits
   TABLE: Winners and Losers in Quarterly Profits
   Overseas Economies Aren't Chipping in Yet
      CHART: Just Starting to Pick Up Steam
   TABLE: The Second Quarter Corporate Scoreboard (.pdf)
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
''Mom, My Back Really Hurts''
   TABLE: Keeping Young Backs Healthy
   TABLE: Kids' Ergonomics
Why Is My Child So Jumpy?
   TABLE: Where to Go for Help
   TABLE: Red Flags for SID
Good Exec, Better Dad (extended)
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Business Dad''
Shielding Children from Cyber Perils
   TABLE: Making Surfing Safe for Kids
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Private Equity for the Hoi Polloi?
   TABLE: New Private Equity Funds of Funds
ONLINE ORIGINAL: Safe Havens in a Choppy Market
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
High Fund Fees Have Got to Go
   TABLE: Good Practices, Bad Fees
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
Time for Biotime?
   CHART: A Transfusion from Big Buyers
New Ammo in the Cancer War
   CHART: Suitors May Surface
Zapping the Fat in Restaurant Costs
   CHART: Headed for a Feeding Frenzy?
 
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week
   CHART: Production Index
   Production Index Components
   HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992
   CHART: S&P 500
   CHART: Mutual Funds
The Week Ahead
 
EDITORIALS
Say Yes to Serious Gun Control
Shortsighted about Satellites
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE
A Drift-Net Ban Scares Fishermen...As Overfishing Cuts the Bounty (int'l edition)
   MAP: Ile D'Yeu, France
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
A Powerful Antipiracy Weapon: Better Customer Support (int'l edition)
The U.S. Should Make Top-Tier Schooling Affordable (int'l edition)
Let World Bank Bureaucrats Share the Pain of Default (int'l edition)
Real Men Don't Mix Sex and Sports (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Battle of the batteries'' (Science & Technology, Aug 9.) (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Vietnam: Welcome Back? (int'l edition)
   CHART: Vietnam's Woes
Unplugged by Beijing (int'l edition)
   TABLE: A Guide to the Unicom Mess
Malaysia: Turning a Cash Cow into a Beast of Burden (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Petronas' Spending Spree
Can Fujitsu Be the Behemoth of the Net? (int'l edition)
   CHART: Fujitsu: A Makeover in Progress
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Have a Coke and a Smile--Please (int'l edition)
Gas Pains in Russia's Heartland (int'l edition)
   CHART: As Russia's Oil Prices Rise...So Do Its Oil Exports
The Race to Rewire Poland (int'l edition)
   TABLE: A Portrait of Netia
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Let the Market Fix Daewoo (int'l edition)
Argentina Has to Follow Through (int'l edition)



 
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