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Oct. 25, 1999




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COVER STORY
David Wetherell: Internet Evangelist
   COVER IMAGE: David Wetherell: Internet Evangelist
   CHART: CMGI's Rocketing Shares
   TABLE: David Wetherell's Internet Empire
   RESUME: David S. Wetherell
   PHOTO: David Wetherell, Age 5
   One Big Happy Family--But for How Long?
   Lycos: The Chick That Didn't Fly the Coop
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Should You Invest In the Companies CMGI Invests In?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
A New Japan? (int'l edition)
   ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Japan: Is It Really Ready to Change?
   TABLE: Change in Japan: Progress...And Obstacles
   Marriage Goes the Way of Lifetime Employment (int'l edition)
   Commentary: An Inflexible Japan? Look Again (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY
Battle for the Net (int'l edition)
   LATIN AMERICAN COVER IMAGE: Latin America Logs On
   CHART: Spotlight on the Latin Internet
   CHART: Where the Cybernauts Are
   United States: La Vida Loca of a Latin Web Star (int'l edition)
   Brazil: UOL: The AOL of Latin America? (int'l edition)
   Argentina: The Rise and Rise of Patagon.com (int'l edition)
   Mexico: Discovering the Web's Flower Power (int'l edition)
   Peru: Putting the Net in the Corner Store (int'l edition)
 
SPECIAL REPORT
The Global Rush to Find Partners
   TABLE: Why Alliances Can Make More Sense than Acquisitions
   When Old Foes Need Each Other
      TABLE: Alliances: A Sampler of Media/Entertainment Deals
   Volatile Combos
      TABLE: Teamwork
   When Is Cozy Too Cozy?
      TABLE: How the Trustbusters See It
   Commentary: The Alliance Manager: I'm O.K., You're O.K.
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Out of Office, but in Fashion
Turning Junkyards into a Crystal Ball
Honda Rehearses a Pickup Line
   PHOTO: Honda Spocket
Death without Taxes? Not So Fast
A B-School Goes the J-School Route
Golf Clubs Online: A Better Idea?
Hi, I'm John, and I'm an Entrepreneur...
CHART: More People, But How Well Off?
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
In Praise of Breakthrough Technologies
Baseball: How Rich Teams Should Subsidize Poor Ones
Get Ready for Conception Control
Online Recruiting: Too Much Is Riding on a Resume
The High Hurdles That Enzyme Researchers Face
Retired Execs Form a Valuable Brain Trust
What RJR Is Doing to Keep Kids off Cigarettes
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Legal wrangling won't restore the rainforest'' (Environment, Oct. 11)
''Jerry Barton vs. the United States'' (People, Oct. 18)
 
LETTER FROM IDAHO
Where Sheep Take Over the Streets
   MAP: Idaho
 
BOOKS
How the SATs Changed America
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Big Test''
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: ''The Vision behind the American Meritocracy...Is Extremely Elitist''
One Thing the Brain Can't Fathom: The Brain
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Undiscovered Mind''
Ye Olde Fiasco
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
An Apple Ready for Hard Knocks
   TABLE: Apple's New iBook
   PHOTO: Apple's New iBook
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The Message in Letting Ecuador Default
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Is Construction Really Slowing?
   CHART: Census Says Building Activity Has Weakened
Where Office Rents Are Dear
   CHART: A Global View of Office Costs
Helping Close the Gender Gap
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Is Labor Demand Weakening or Is There a Shortage of Workers?
   CHART: September's Job Loss: Sign of a Slowdown?
   CHART: Busy Shoppers Are Borrowing Heavily
   CHART: The Rise in Pay Gains Is Not a Worry Yet
Britain: Keeping a Lid on Growth
   CHART: Underlying Inflation Remains under Control
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Y2K: Hold the Bubbly, for Now
   CHART: After Y2K, Tech Money Will Flood into E-Commerce
The Vise Trapping PC Makers
   CHART: Chip Prices Are Soaring...While PC Prices Drop
Commentary: The Nasty Side Effects of Medical Savings Accounts
Hughes: Free at Last?
Why Xerox Is Struggling
Why Mundell Won the Nobel
Commentary: The Fed's Dangerous Liaison with Wall Street
HDTV: You're Not Going to Like This Picture
   TABLE: What's Holding Up High-Definition Television?
Commentary: Is the FCC Chief All Talk?
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Giancarlo Parretti: Suspect Apprehended. Fade Out
Clinton's New World (Trade) View
Colt Backs Away from Handguns
Con Ed May Nab a New Englander
A Queasy Feeling at Pfizer
Phelps Dodge: The Best-Laid Plans...
Et Cetera...
Phone.com: Surf City
   CHART: Phone.com Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The Amazing New Clout of a Teamster Named Hoffa
Will It Be Lott vs. Hagel?
Right-Wingers for Forbes
The GOP's Budget Ploy
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
For Deutsche Telekom, Time Is Running Out
   TABLE: Deutsche Telekom: Under Siege at Home...And Stumbling Abroad
Storming France's Art Barricades
In Hong Kong, Too Much of a Good Thing?
   CHART: Hong Kong Bought Low, Wants to Sell High
Asia's Business-to-Business E-Boom
   CHART: E-Biz Rising
The World's Worst Nuclear Nightmare?
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Indonesia: Whoever Is President Will Answer to General Wiranto
Blair Picks His Own
Mahathir Backs Down
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
The Art of Giving--When Your Resources Are Vast
   TABLE: Gates's Gifts
   TABLE: Family Matters
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
The Great DNA Chip Derby
   TABLE: Biochip Contenders
   PHOTO: DNA Chip Device from Clinical Micro Sensors
   GRAPHIC: Dead-On Diagnosis
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Acid Rain: Bad News About the Good News
Feathered Friends--of Stutterers
An Elephant's Memory in a Tiny Space
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
THE WORKPLACE
Commentary: The Auto Talks: Who Really Won
   TABLE: Detroit Poker: How They Split Up the Pot
 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
E-Day: Online Banks Invade Europe
   TABLE: Europe's Online Banks Gain Speed
 
FINANCE
How Good Are the Gomez Ratings?
   TABLE: The Rap on Gomez Advisors
Commentary: We're All Tech Investors Now
   CHART: Growing Clout in the S&P 500
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Enterprise Software: A Belated Rush to the Net
   CHART: Sales of Enterprise Software Are Slowing...So New Targets Are the Customer Service Market...
   CHART: ...Programs Connecting Companies to Suppliers...And E-Commerce Software for Powering Web Sites
   TABLE: How the Corporate Software Giants Stack Up
   CHART: SAP Stock Price
   CHART: Oracle Stock Price
   CHART: PeopleSoft Stock Price
   CHART: J.D. Edwards Stock Price
   i2: The Early Bird Gets the Market
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Tagliabue on the NFL Today (extended)
The Quiet Guy Who Brought Football Back to Houston
 
MEDIA
ConsumerReports.com: No Ads. No Links. Just Loyalty
   TABLE: Pay-Per-Read
   PHOTO: Consumer Reports' First Issue, May, 1936, and the October, 1999, Issue
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Pain Is More Than a Symptom
   TABLE: The Truth about Treating Pain
The Kindest Cut?
   TABLE: How Thermal Surgery Works
Menopause: Easing the Transition
   TABLE: Books on Menopause
   TABLE: Menopause Resources
Sitting Pretty--And Pain Free
   TABLE: Where the Chairs Are
   TABLE: A Chair Buyer's Checklist
   PHOTO: HAG (left) and BodyBilt Chairs
This Ball Is on a Roll
   PHOTO: Exercising with a Physioball
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
No-Sweat Direct Investing
   TABLE: Bypassing Brokers via the Web
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
What's Big, Brown, and Beautiful? UPS
   TABLE: How UPS Delivers
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
Is Tyco After Bard?
   CHART: Tyco: ''The Fit Would Be Great''
It May Be Miller Time for Sam Adams
   CHART: A Takeover May Be Brewing
Why There's Lavish Buying of Ladish
   CHART: Ready to Rev Up?
 
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
In Praise of Business Alliances
Are We Getting Blase About Y2K?
A Subtle Shift in Japan
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON ALBANIA
The Benz Is Hot in a Bandit Economy...And Even the Legit Fix Stolen Cars (int'l edition)
   MAP: Albania
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Which Breakthroughs Are Revolutionary? (int'l edition)
Prices Remain a Mystery in the Oil Game (int'l edition)
Europe's Safety Net Makes Life More Civilized (int'l edition)
Inefficient State Companies Are Dragging China Down (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Olivetti: Back to the bad old ways?'' (European Business, Oct. 18) (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Asia's Biz-to-Biz E-Boom (int'l edition)
   CHART: E-Biz Rising
Reform Grabs More Seats in Delhi (int'l edition)
   MAP: India
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
For Deutsche Telekom, Time Is Running Out (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Deutsche Telekom: Under Siege at Home...And Stumbling Abroad
Commentary: How the Net Can Bust Europe's Car Cartel (int'l edition)
Storming the Barricades of French Auctions (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
In Hong Kong, Too Much of a Good Thing? (int'l edition)
   CHART: Hong Kong Bought Low, Wants to Sell High
   TABLE: Hong Kong's Top Five Holdings
Online Banks Invade Europe (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Europe's Net Newcomers Gain Speed



 
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