Cover photograph by Brad Trent. ASIAN Cover Photograph by Alexander Mares-Manton.
Oct. 11, 1999
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Palm VII: Hey, Little Surfer
Winning Hearts and Lungs
Pick Up Some Eggs at the Office, Dear
TABLE: Hey, Big Tech Spender
Battle of the Muscle Bikes
A Union Takes Off at the FAA
Which B-Schools Care the Most?
TABLE: Environmental Hot Spots
CHART: Medical Costs Still Hurt
Footnotes
LETTER FROM MAINE
To Speak or to Sign: A Family's Journey
MAP: Maine
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Use the Surplus to Train Tomorrow's Workforce
ECONOMIC TRENDS
The Magic of U.S. Venture Capital
CHART: A Torrent of Investment Dollars
Global Demand for Managers
CHART: Help Wanted at the Top
Investing in High R&D Stocks
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Bradley vs. Gore: Now It's a Race
Just ''Tell People What You Believe'' (extended)
Who's Afraid of Pricey Oil?
TABLE: What Happens When Prices Double
CHART: Crude Prices Keep Climbing...But Dependence Is Falling
Commentary: This Correction May Well Have a Silver Lining
CHART: No Pain, No Gain
Why Gold Is Precious Again
CHART: Restoring the Glitter
Amazon.com Throws Open the Doors
TABLE: Amazon's Growing Reach
Look for the Union Label--at IBM?
TABLE: What Else Is Eating IBM Workers
PHOTO: Union Members Demonstrating at an IBM plant in Vermont
Meet Your Local GM Dealer: GM
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Thomas Rogers: A Webmaster for Old Media
Bell Atlantic Rings Up the FCC
Peace on the Net--for Now
GM and the UAW Shake on It
Abbott Has a New Headache
The SEC Casts a Wide Net
Et Cetera...
Huffy: Curve in the Road
CHART: Huffy Corp. Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The GOP Congress: All Rancor and No Rudder
Bank Deal in the Works?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
''Incredibly Stressed'' at the FDA
CHART: An Agency Stretched Thin
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
For Utilities, a Lightbulb Goes On
DNA Chips Really Do Compute
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Bird-Size Plane
PHOTO: Microplane
Innovations
PEOPLE
Jerry Barton vs. the United States
TABLE: Let's Not Make a Deal
PHOTO: Proposed Golf Course Site in Ireland
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
The New Economy vs. the Bubble Economy
Dr. Levitt's RX for a New Market
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON FINLAND
Looking to Tame a Big Neighbor...And Clean Up a Mess, As Well (int'l edition)
MAP: Finland