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Nov. 1, 1999




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COVER STORY
Religion in the Workplace
   COVER IMAGE: Religion in the Workplace
   TABLE: Spirituality in America
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Funds That Help Investors Answer a Higher Calling
 
INTERNATIONAL -- COVER STORY
Morgan Stanley: The Deal Machine (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: Morgan Stanley: The Deal Machine
   TABLE: Morgan Stanley's Growing Influence in Europe
   TABLE: The Battle for Europe's Markets
   Storming Ahead of the Pack in Asia (int'l edition)
 
BUSINESS WEEK E.BIZ
Business Week e.biz
   
SPECIAL REPORT
Business Week/Architectural Record Awards
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
A Chic Spot for the CEO Crowd
Red-Faced in Redmond
Boards Are Packing More Wallop
TABLE: Drawing a Crowd
Sometimes Politics Can Be a Real Trip
Dot.com Gets a League of Its Own
   TABLE: The Ad Value of a Basketball Startup
The Last Straw
   PHOTO: Do-It-Yourself Straw Casket
CHART: For Immigrants, Education Counts
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Why Dow 36,000 Is Probably a Fantasy
Shorten That Long Baseball Season
Is Online Reporting Too ''Fast and Loose''?
One Unhappy Ford Owner
Internet Riches Are An Illusion
Keep the Feds out of Education
The FDA: Underfunded or Just Inept?
Computers Don't Make Good Doctors
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Learning to lead'' and ''The executive MBA your way'' (Special Report: Executive Education, Oct. 18)
''Prime-rate funds: Ready for prime time'' (BusinessWeek Investor, Oct. 4)
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Oh, for a Bug-Free Browser
Presto! Shared Printing
Help Desk
Web Destinations
 
BOOKS
How the Net Was Born--and Where It's Headed
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Weaving the Web''
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Mundell: The Man Who Laid the Groundwork for the Euro
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Mean Streets for the Poor
   TABLE: Poverty's Dire Effect on Life Expectancy
How to Calm the Campus
Who's Bullish, Who's Not
   CHART: The Top Brass See Problems Ahead
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Why Oct. 28 Is Marked on Wall Street's Calendar
   CHART: Export Growth Is Picking Up
   CHART: Shoppers Continue to Keep Retailers Busy
   CHART: Import Prices Are Turning Around
Italy: Still the Caboose on the Euro Train
   CHART: Manufacturing Is Rebounding in Italy
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Is the U.S. Building a Debt Bomb?
   TABLE: Some of the Biggest Borrowers
   CHART: Debt Soars to Record Levels
Commentary: Supply-Side Isn't Voodoo Anymore
Profits Look Great. They May Be Merely Good
   TABLE: An Early Look at Third-Quarter Profits
Commentary: Rite Aid Hasn't Treated Its Real Ills Yet
   TABLE: Plenty of Wrong Moves
A Boom for the Baby Bells?
   TABLE: Baby Bells Want to Go Long
Commentary: The High Cost of Canada's Not-So-Open Skies
Shortcutting the Online Traffic Jam
   GRAPHIC: Around the Web Bottleneck
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Arthur Shaw: A Web Wizard for the Well-To-Do
CBS: Calling Off a Spin-Off?
No Aptivas Sold Here
Why McDonnell Got Slapped
Second Thoughts on Phone Bills
The SEC: Turning on the Speakerphone?
Et Cetera...
Lexmark: Offline?
   CHART: Lexmark International Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Why Business Isn't Bucking This Minimum-Wage Hike
Divided on Internet Ads
Tax Dollars at Work
Doctor Unions Gain Support
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Japan's Asian Comeback
   CHART: Signs of Life
Commentary: Will Japan Inc. Copy Nissan's New Model?
A Hard Sell for Microsoft in China
Mannesmann Makes Its Move
   TABLE: The Contenders
Coming Soon: Europe's First $1 Trillion Bank?
   TABLE: Hypo and Dresdner: Serious Synergy
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Can a Compromise President Hold Indonesia Together?
Redoing European Aerospace
Chavez Disappoints
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Taking Aim at the Nightmare Bug
Commentary: Wanted: Early Warning for Global Epidemics
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Plotting the Finest Lines on Computer Chips
   PHOTO: Nanoplotter Printing
How to Keep Mice from Hitting the Bottle
Mad Cow Disease: A Promising New Blood Test
A Hipper Prosthesis
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
ENTERTAINMENT
Can This Man Make the MGM Lion Roar Again?
   CHART: Blockbuster
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
NASCAR: Unsafe at This Speed?
   CHART: Zoom TV
   CHART: Motor Sports Are Pacing the Market
 
MARKETING
Can Wendy's Sizzle Again?
   CHART: Serving Up Profits
 
MANAGEMENT
At Pier 1, a Search for Lost Cachet
   CHART: As Pier 1 Loses Its Moorings...Investors Get Dunked
 
GOVERNMENT
Election 2000: Nobody's Ignoring Hispanics Now
   CHART: Why the Hispanic Vote Matters So Much
 
THE CORPORATION
Tyco: Aggressive or out of Line?
   TABLE: Tyco under Fire
   TABLE: Deal-A-Day Dennis
   CHART: Tyco's Buying Binge Stokes Sales...And Even Bigger Earnings Gains...But Accounting Questions Have Spooked Investors
   CHART: Tyco When Kozlowski Took Over...And Tyco As It Is Today
It's a Wonderful Herbalife
   TABLE: Mark Hughes's Herbalife: Two Decades of Turmoil
 
ECONOMICS
When Is the Jobless Rate Too Low?
   CHART: Jobs and Inflation
 
FINANCE
Time for Investors to Spread Their Wings?
   CHART: A Comeback May Be Ahead
Invasion of the Superbanks?
   TABLE: What Might Happen Next
The New 401(k) Bonanza: Lower Fees
   TABLE: Comparing 401(k) Expenses
Morgan for the Masses?
 
INDUSTRIES
Commentary: How the Pentagon Can Be All That It Can Be
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Spotting ''Style Creep''
   TABLE: Style Drifters
Commentary: Fear Not the Dark, Stock Traders
   TABLE: The 24-Hour Market
Consumer Clout
   TABLE: Getting into the Heads of Consumers
Making Sense of Medicare
   TABLE: Medicare Resources
   TABLE: To Your Health
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Not All Day Traders Are Looney Tunes
   TABLE: George's Rules of Day Trading
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
A Northrop Co-Pilot?
   CHART: Many Investors Have Bailed Out
Banking on a Techies' Banker
   CHART: Steadily Picking Up Steam
Concentric: Net ''Backbone'' Supplier
   CHART: In a Long Slump
 
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
Beware of the Debt Bomb
Accounting: The Games Companies Play
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Building Walls Around Gypsies...Could Backfire on the Czechs (int'l edition)
   MAP: Czech Republic
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM BELGIUM
From Desk to Disaster Area--and Loving It (int'l edition)
   MAP: Belgium
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Do India's Young Care About Others? (int'l edition)
Abortion Is No Way to Control Crime (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Japan's Asian Comeback (int'l edition)
   CHART: Signs of Life
Commentary: Will Japan Inc. Copy Nissan's New Model? (int'l edition)
A Hard Sell for Microsoft in China (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Euro Cell Phones: Mannesmann Calling (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Contenders
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: How Li Ka-shing Made Big Green on Orange (int'l edition)
Healing Novartis (int'l edition)
   TABLE: What's Ailing a Giant
   CHART: Taking a Fall
Is Iberia Finally Ready for Takeoff? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Irala Remakes Iberia
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS
A Copper King in Mexico? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The New Giant at a Glance
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Coming Soon: Europe's First $1 Trillion Bank? (int'l edition)
  TABLE: Hypo and Dresdner: How They'd Work Together (int'l edition)
Mercury Dips, and the City Shivers (int'l edition)
Bringing Down the Czech Crown (int'l edition)
   CHART: Too Much of a Good Thing?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Creative Destruction in Europe (int'l edition)



 
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