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Oct. 18, 1999




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COVER STORY
The Main Event: Bernie vs. Mike
   COVER IMAGE: Mike vs. Bernie
   TABLE: Two Titans, Two Gambits
   What It Will Take to Win
      TABLE: A Bigger No. 2
      TABLE: Bernie's Challenges
   AT&T: The Problems Keep on Coming
      CHART: Plenty of Snags Lately
      TABLE: AT&T's Six Challenges
      TABLE: Turmoil at the Top
   Commentary: All These Mergers Are Great, But...
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Some Sorry Scores from AT&T's California Testbed
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Why These Sprint Shareholders Are Eating Dust
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
Smart Phones (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: Smart Phones
   TABLE: Europe's Edge in the Net-Phone Battles
   Taking a Net Phone for a Spin (int'l edition)
      PHOTO: Alcatel's Web Touch Phone
   ''I'm Online All the Time, and It's Free'' (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY
Son of El Tigre (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: Son of El Tigre
   TABLE: Rise of a CEO
   CHART: A Snapshot of Grupo Televisa
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: The Man Who's Stalking El Tigre (int'l edition)
 
SPECIAL REPORT
Executive Education: Learning to Lead
   
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Your Name, My Web Site
Attention, Kmart Surfers
Table: Rock 'n' Web
Alan Greenspan--Protectionist?
Lands' End's End Run
''Just Put It on My Dilbert Card''
   PHOTO: Dilbert NextCard Visa
Italy Says: Don't Boil Our Cheese!
CHART: Stay Warm!
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Abortion Isn't the Way to Weed Out Criminals
Amtrak Is on Track to Get Rid of Federal Subsidies
Who Will Survive the Coming E-Commerce Shakeout?
What's Sexy about E.Biz--and What's Not
Don't Be Too Hard on Campaign Soft Money
Even in the New Economy, Someone Has to Grow Crops
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''It's a tech stock? Bring it on!'' (Business Week Investor, Oct. 4)
''Why gold is precious again'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Oct. 11)
 
BOOKS
A Biography at War with Itself
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Dutch''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Projectors Get Positively Petite
   TABLE: Three Lightweights
   PHOTO: InFocus' Lightweight LP330 Video Projector
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
What Price Pollution? Leave That to a Global Market
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
An Inflation Conundrum
   CHART: Two Ways of Looking at Housing Inflation
Don't Wait for the Data
Why America Is Sitting Pretty
   CHART: An Economic Scorecard
 
DIGITAL DISPATCH
Where Second Place Means ''Loser''
   TABLE: Pointer
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: No Wonder the Fed Has a Foot on the Brake
   CHART: Price Pressures Are Rising, Say Purchasers
   CHART: Factory Stockpiles Are the Leanest on Record
   CHART: Goods Buying Has Taken Off
Czech Republic: Nothing to Do but Cut
   CHART: Another Rate Cut to Jump-Start Growth
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Furor over ''Frankenfood''
   TABLE: Resistance Builds across the Globe
The Fed's Foggy ''Transparency''
   TABLE: Sending a Clear Signal?
The Biggest Media Mogul You Never Heard Of
   RESUME: L. Lowry Mays
Commentary: Bush's Declaration of Independence
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Henry Yuen: Taking TV Guide to E-Land
Ellison Gives Gates Another Rap
A New Leader in Online Travel
State Farm Writes a Really Big Check
Smile Pretty for AOL
More Gloom from Glaxo
Et Cetera...
Halliburton: Still Drills
   CHART: Halliburton Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Steve Forbes, the New King of the Right Wing
Forbes on the Record
 
GOVERNMENT
Keeping Newt Flush and Center
   TABLE: Newt Inc.
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
A PC Tuner That Leaves Cable Modems in the Dust
Making Those Old Snapshots Look New Again
Windshields You Can Darken at Will
Innovations
   PHOTO: Daphnia
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
BOOK EXCERPT
Chainsaw Al
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Chainsaw''
 
MARKETING
''Clicks and Mortar'' at Gap.com
   TABLE: Fashion Forward
   TABLE: Seamless Fit
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
Poverty in America
   CHART: A Brighter Urban Job Picture...Is Lifting Up Even the...
   CHART: ...Most Disadvantaged...By Raising Low-End Wages
   CHART: Inequality Is No Longer Worsening...
   TABLE: ...But the U.S. Still Faces Many Problems
   Commentary: Full Employment Won't Send Prices Sky-High
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Asia Hits a Bump
   CHART: Asian Markets Lose Steam
A Japanese Reformer with Kid Gloves
   TABLE: The Man...And His Mission
Olivetti: Back to the Bad Old Ways?
   CHART: Investors Shun Olivetti...And Telecom Italia
Commentary: Liberte, Egalite--and Equities?
Menem May Not Be Ready to Fade Away (extended)
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
China: Does Jiang Have the Clout to Tackle the Tough Jobs?
Allianz Makes a Bid
Shaping Up in Brussels
 
FINANCE
Psst! Want the CPI Number?
   TABLE: How the Whisper Number Could Affect the Markets
The No-Name That's Shadowing Schwab
   TABLE: Chasing the Big Guys
United Asset Management: Not Exactly a Comeback Kid
   CHART: Can UAM Reverse Its Stock's Fall?
Commentary: Let's Shine Some Light on Hedge Funds
 
BITS & BYTES
Letting Kids Call the (Cartoon) Shots
   PHOTO: SpunkyTown.com's T-Bit in His Alien Ship
Boston's Route 128 Is Humming Again
Coming in from the Cold
Need Tech Workers? Try Keeping the Ones You've Got
   TABLE: Help Really, Really Wanted
Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
INDUSTRIES
Lockheed Martin Returns to Base
   TABLE: Retreat
Making the Net Go Faster, Faster, Faster
   TABLE: High-Speed Hotbeds
   TABLE: The Broadband Scorecard
   Where to Find Warp Speed
      TABLE: The Fastest Way to the Net
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Avoiding the Day-Care Nightmare
   TABLE: Seals of Approval
   TABLE: What to Look for in a Center
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Let Your Keyboard Do the House-Hunting
   TABLE: Buy, Sell, Borrow on the Web
   For Sale: A Stake in Virtual Real Estate
      TABLE: Real Estate Net Plays
Against the Tide
   TABLE: Big Gains Abroad
Minifunds, Maxi Gains
   TABLE: Thank Heaven for Little Funds
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Will These Acorns Turn into Oaks?
   TABLE: Turning in Dandy Returns
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
Is Kulicke a ''Sleeper''?
   CHART: Up and Down Like a Yo-Yo
Why Boyd Gaming May Be a Good Bet
   CHART: Not Exactly on a Roll Now
ITT Industries: Its Time May Be Nigh
   CHART: In a Serious Swoon
 
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
Poverty in America: Some Good News
Why This Merger Wave Is Different
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON VENEZUELA
Success Is Spoiling Margarita Island...But Its Neighbor May Be Smarter (int'l edition)
   MAP: Margarita Island, Venezuela
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
A Flawed Study on Abortion and Crime? (int'l edition)
Europe Need Not Discard Its Safety Nets (int'l edition)
How the Rest of Japan's Banks Could Bulk Up (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
The Sultan of Brunei: Sell the Yacht? Or the Renoir? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Sultan's Woes
Commentary: A Nuclear Wake-Up Call for Japan's Regulators (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Jolly Few Sparks at Marks & Spencer (int'l edition)
   TABLE: How to Rekindle the Flame
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Will There Still Be Real Reform in Japan? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Man...And His Mission
Good for Barrick, Bad for Gold? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: How Munk Burnished Barrick Gold
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
A Step Back in Japan? (int'l edition)
Here Comes the Mobile Web (int'l edition)



 
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