Cover Photograph by Brian Smith. ASIAN COVER Illustration by Tim O'Brien. LATIN AMERICAN Cover Illustration by Josh Gosfield.
Oct. 25, 1999
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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
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
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