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Oct. 11, 1999




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COVER STORY
Remaking Ford
   COVER IMAGE: Remaking Ford
   TABLE: Nasser's Game Plan
   PHOTO: 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
   PHOTO: 2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Truck
   PHOTO: Ford's Jaguar S-Type
   CHART: Ford's Stock Leads the Pack and Profits Are Booming...
   CHART: ...But Most Are Coming from Trucks and Overseas Units Are Struggling
   Why the Unions Are Stirred Up
   Europe: Where Ford Needs to Step on the Gas
      CHART: Ford Fades Out
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Chairman Ford Talks about Jac Nasser
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Jac Nasser: "In the Past, We Tried to Do Too Much"
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Can Nasser Get Ford's Stock onto a Smoother Road?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
India's Youth (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: India's Youth
   TABLE: How India's New Generation Is Different
   ''We Want to Grab the Funky Market'' (int'l edition)
      PHOTO: Ad for Liberty's Gliders Shoes
      TABLE: How Companies Are Wooing India's Youth
 
SPECIAL REPORT
Dialing for Pennies
   TABLE: Dialing Abroad Will Never Be the Same Again
   Coping with the Revolution
      TABLE: Third World Backlash
   A Failure to Communicate
      TABLE: The Trouble with Global Plans
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: The FCC's Kennard: Fighting for Lower Long-Distance Rates
 
FRONTIER
Frontier
   
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
 
READERS REPORT
What to Do About the Brain Drain
Are Two Incomes Really Necessary?
Work and Family: A Difficult Dance
The Main Economic Threat Is a Bursting Bubble
Innovation Will Help Fill Those Internet Niches
The Restructuring Wave Is Still Paying Off
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
An interview with French finance czar Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Oct. 4, 1999)
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Boy, Can This Box Play Games
Smarter Mice
   PHOTO: Microsoft's IntelliMouse Explorer
Carrying Cases
 
BOOKS
Sony: Management by Whim
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Sony''
Was Marcos Misunderstood?
   PHOTO: Cover, ''America's Boy''
 
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
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold--Just Right
   GRAPHIC: Forecasters Take Aim at 2000
   CHART: Optimism Dips, But Remains High
   CHART: Capital Spending Remains Strong
Spain: Somebody Turn Down the Heat
   CHART: Growth Is Expected to Remain High
 
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?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
A New Order at Nissan
   PHOTO: Nissan's Xterra SUV
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: ''There Needs to Be a Sense of Urgency''
Japan's LTCB: What a Coup--and What a Risk
Sina.com: Is This Any Way to Dress Up for an IPO?
A Raid on the Staid
   TABLE: The British Bank Shuffle
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Has Brazil Missed Its Best Chance for Reform?
Italian Brouhaha
French Disclosure
 
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Escape from East Timor
 
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
 
THE CORPORATION
Abbott Labs: Drugmaker, Heal Thyself
   CHART: Abbott's Anemic Sales
 
ENVIRONMENT
Commentary: Legal Wrangling Won't Restore the Rain Forest
   TABLE: Drawn-Out Dispute
   MAP: Ecuador
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Baseball Teams: And Then There Were 28...
 
ENTERTAINMENT
Does Sony Really Need a Partner?
   TABLE: Convergence Play
   TABLE: Sony's Entertainment Portfolio
 
MEDIA
Commentary: Journalism's Online Credibility Gap
   TABLE: A Crumbling Wall?
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Fast Chips, Faster Cleanup
Earthlink to AOL: Watch Your Rearview Mirror
   TABLE: Strategy
 
FINANCE
Rethinking Wall Street
   TABLE: The Players and Their Positions
Chase: Building ''Brick by Brick''
   TABLE: The Chase Is On
Mutual Funds Go Topsy-Turvy
   TABLE: The Best Performers
   TABLE: How the Big Funds Fared
   TABLE: The Worst Performers
   TABLE: The Best Bond Funds
   TABLE: The Fund Averages
 
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Commentary: Can a Tough-Guy Law Deck Big Tobacco?
   TABLE: Justice's Arsenal
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
A High-Tech Job: Should You Take the Plunge?
   TABLE: Where Web Jobs Are
Go to the Head of the Class
   TABLE: Schooling for Career Switchers
   TABLE: Teachers' Tools
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Giving It the Old College Try
If You Can't Stand the Heat...
   TABLE: Chef Schools
Online Aid for Stressed-Out Parents
   TABLE: Where Mom and Dad Can Look
   Where Working Moms Chat--Offline
Big Winner in Big Caps
   TABLE: Happy Returns
Which Number Is the Real McCoy?
   TABLE: Ways to Say Earnings
   TABLE: Earnings Estimates Online
Commentary: Food Deals May Leave You Hungry
   CHART: Food Stocks on a Diet
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Saving Yourself from Yourself
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
Room to Run at STM
   CHART: A Long, Hefty Climb
Salton May Be Set to Reheat
   CHART: Just Simmering Lately
IMAX Could Put Ballantyne in Focus
   CHART: Battered Way Down
 
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
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
In the Caribbean, Net Surfers Pay Through the Nose (int'l edition)
What's Wrong with Giving Money Back to Taxpayers? (int'l edition)
Biofilms Can Also Help with Pollution Control (int'l edition)
Limit Guns by Sticking to What the Constitution Says (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Indonesia: A Nation Holding Its Breath (int'l edition)
   TABLE: An Economy on Hold
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
A Raid on the Staid (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The British Bank Shuffle
Europe's Net Stocks: So Much for Flying High (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Europe's Internet Stocks Are Tanking
Cisco's Telecom Two-Step in Europe (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Continental Campaign
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
A Mexican Crackdown--or Just PR? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Those Who Have Been Nabbed So Far
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Europe Races into a World of Junk (int'l edition)
   CHART: Investors Get a Taste for Junk...
   TABLE: ...And Companies Are Serving It Up
Japan's LTCB: What a Coup--and What a Risk (int'l edition)
Commentary: IMF Bailouts: Some Debtors Are More Equal Than Others (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
What Europe's New Economy Needs (int'l edition)



 
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