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Nov. 8, 1999
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FRONTIER
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
A Really Simple Plan
Such Acrimony over Acronyms
More Temp Trouble at Microsoft
TABLE: Justice, American Style
Women Hoopsters Run and Gun
So Who Wants to Retire?
States Go on a Treasure Hunt
TABLE: Forgotten Funds
CHART: Ooh, My Aching Bottom Line!
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
A Sophisticated Assault on Global Capitalism
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Solving a Labor Market Enigma
CHART: Which Job Count Do You Believe?
Uncle Sam's Key Role in Science
Who Will Invest in Poor Nations?
CHART: Globalization Steams Ahead
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: So Far, the Interest Rate Bite Is More Like a Nibble
CHART: Higher Rates Cut into Mortgage Applications
CHART: The Housing Market Remains Tight
CHART: Consumer Confidence Is Down, But Still High
Thailand: Finally Off the Critical List
CHART: Output Growth Is Accelerating
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Can the Fed Hit Its Mark?
TABLE: On Course?
Software: A New Calculus for the New Economy
TABLE: The Numbers Just Keep Getting Better
Now Europe Wants a Rate Hike, Too
Just-in-Time Manufacturing Is Working Overtime
TABLE: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Commentary: Bob Rubin Isn't the Answer to Citi's Real Problem
Bracing for a Trade Battle in Seattle
TABLE: Seattle Wish List
Commentary: Empty Aisles at the Financial Supermarkets
The Big Trim at Gillette
TABLE: What's on the Chopping Block
Commentary: Tinkering with Genes: Time for a National Debate
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Marc Andreessen: A Netscapee's Next Caper
The Net Economy Keeps on Clicking
A Clearer View of Windows 2000
Lucent Looks Like a Looker Now
A Sugar Daddy for Stanford
GTE Goes to the Mat over Cable
Et Cetera...
Power Surge
CHART: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Nouvelle Hampshire: More Mainstream Than You Think
Short in Seattle
Replacing Chafee
Cyber Name Game
SOCIAL ISSUES
Commentary: Sweatshops: No More Excuses
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
You Must Be 12 or under to Enter
A Lucky Break in Fighting Psoriasis
Sounding Head Injuries by Sonar
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Alzheimer's: ''We Now Have Clear Targets''
TABLE: Cause or Symptom?
TABLE: At Long Last...Hope
How to Help the Brain to Repair Itself
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
New Data Back Up the New Economy
Europe: A Few More Walls to Tear Down