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Nov. 15, 1999




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COVER STORY
Merrill's E-Battle
   COVER IMAGE: Inside Merrill
   TABLE: Merrill's Online Strategy...Has Many Pitfalls
   TABLE: Leaping into Cyberspace
   TABLE: Merrill's Web Presence
   TABLE: Merrill Towers over Schwab...
   CHART: ...But Schwab's Market Cap Tops Merrill's...And Schwab's Asset Growth Blows Merrill Away
   TABLE: A Slew of Partners
   The Architect of Merrill's Digital Future
      VIDEO: Q&A with John McKinley
   ''The Winds of Change Are upon Us'' (extended)
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Online Brokerage Stocks: Is Their Time Coming Again?
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L COVER STORY
Remaking Nissan (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: Inside Nissan
   CHART: Nissan's Woes
   PHOTO: Nissan's Altima Sedan
   PHOTO: Nissan's Frontier Crew Cab 2000
   For Renault, a New Chance to Take on the World (int'l edition)
 
SPECIAL REPORT
Technology Buying Guide
Click here for a special presentation
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
No Joking Around with Amazon.Con
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Monica's Story''
Alan Greenspan: One Job Is Enough
Pinstriped Pundits for the Web
Happy Returns
Death to E-Words Everywhere
Silencing Chat-Room Boors
Visa Puts Its Name Up in Lights
CHART: Taking Care of Mom and Dad
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Who'll Benefit from the SBC-Ameritech Merger
''Consumer Reports Is a Priceless Asset''
Does Japan Inc. Suffer from Too Much Gray Hair?
Genetically Modified Foods: Label before You Leap
Take a Long Vacation, Inflation Hawks
Medical-Savings Plans: Still Works in Progress
A Greenhouse Solution That's Worse Than the Problem?
Laptops in the Schools in Rural Virginia
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Spotting 'Style Creep''' (BusinessWeek Investor, Nov. 1)
''Using the Net to soup up your palm top computer'' (BusinessWeek Lifestyle, Nov. 8)
''A treasure trove in antique maps'' (BusinessWeek Investor, Nov. 8, in some editions)
The BUSINESS WEEK Best-Seller List (Nov. 8)
 
BOOKS
Why George W. Made It So Far So Fast
   PHOTO: Cover, ''First Son''
Rebel Banker
   PHOTO: Cover, ''McColl''
Passionate Pilot
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Daughter of the Air''
 
DIGITAL DISPATCH
A Modest Proposal to End I-Way Road Rage
   TABLE: Web Pointers
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Don't Need Faster Chips? You Will
   TABLE: Microprocessor Milestones (extended)
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
A Requiem for Glass-Steagall
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Stock Market Time Bomb
   CHART: Can Companies Keep Buying Back Their Shares?
Uncrowding the Classrooms
Male Turtles vs. Female Hares
   CHART: A Shrinking Gender Gap
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Speed Limit Is Higher, but Growth Is Still Too Fast
   CHART: Stockpiles Are Falling Behind Demand
   CHART: Markets Get Tighter as Activity Increases
   CHART: Labor Costs Are Still Not a Worry
Japan: The Recovery Isn't Catching Fire
   CHART: Tax Incentives Are Lifting Homebuilding
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Net Branding: The Name's the Thing
   TABLE: The Cost of Building a Brand
   Commentary: Nynex, We Hardly Knew Ye
Throwing Bricks at the Clicks
I Am Cyber-Woman. Hear Me Roar
   CHART: No Gender Gap on the Web
UPS: Will This IPO Deliver?
   TABLE: What Will UPS Deliver?
The One-Year Itch at DaimlerChrysler
   CHART: Downhill Racer
   PHOTO: Chrysler PT Cruiser
AHP-Warner: No Panacea, But...
   TABLE: What the Combined Company Would Look Like
Commentary: For Lockheed, Breaking Up Is Good to Do
   TABLE: Piece Work
Temp Wars: Why Microsoft May Cry Uncle
   TABLE: Strong Arguments for Hiring
Kiss That Tax Shelter Goodbye?
   CHART: Making More but Paying Less
Commentary: Is P&G's Makeover Only Skin-Deep?
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Jack Welch: One Big Pair of Vacant Shoes
More Bumps for Boeing
Ford and GM Will Vie in Cyberspace
Do They Consult or Do They Count?
Now Hong Kong Is a Magic Kingdom
Bell Atlantic Swings and Misses
Et Cetera...
Abbott Labs' Bitter Pill
   CHART: Abbott Laboratories Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The Privacy Lobby Is Starting to Sting
A Preview of 2000?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
High Anxiety in Paris
   TABLE: La Creme de la Creme under Scrutiny
Suddenly, Vivendi Isn't Such a Live Wire
   CHART: Vivendi's Downward Drift
Commentary: It's Tougher to Do Business in Brazil. That's Good
China: Logged On in Limbo
   TABLE: Lost in Chinese Cyberspace
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Malaysia: Time Could Sap Mahathir's Strength
The Saudis Open Up
Uruguay Turns Left
 
THE CORPORATION
Reality Bites at Raytheon
   TABLE: Bulking Up
   CHART: As Raytheon Misfires on Earnings...Investors Dive for Cover
 
MARKETING
Someday, Lee, Wal-Mart May All Be Yours
   RESUME: H. Lee Scott Jr.
   TABLE: Leading Wal-Mart
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
Ford: The High Cost of Harassment
   TABLE: Trouble at the Auto Maker
 
ECONOMICS
Commentary: How Most Economists Missed the Boat
   CHART: A New Look Back
   TABLE: The Numbers from Carter to Clinton
   TABLE: The Economic Scorecard
 
PEOPLE
Jessica Bibliowicz: Full Speed to $1 Billion?
   RESUME: Jessica Bibliowicz
 
GOVERNMENT
Who the Corporate Bosses Are Backing
   TABLES: Interesting, Strange, and Surprising Facts about CEO Giving
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: What the CEOs Say about the Candidates
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Good Thing Steve Forbes Doesn't Need CEOs' Cash
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Scrubbing the Blood Supply
   TABLE: What's in the Pipeline
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Chiron and Roche: A Real Blood Feud
Clogged Arteries? Zap 'Em
   TABLE: Cardiology's Hot New Technology: Radiation
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Tracing the Genes That Made Adam and Eve So Different
Finally, Hot Superconductors Are Heating Up
Be Nice to Your Friends with a Full Head of Hair
AIDS: A Double Dose of Disappointment
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Wild and Woolly World of Linux
   TABLE: How to Avoid Culture Clash
E-Mail That Won't Come Back to Haunt You
   TABLE: New E-Mail Systems Can...
 
MANAGEMENT
In Search of Leadership
   TABLE: Winning Strategies of Corporate Stars
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Now It's NBA All-The-Time TV
   TABLE: Media Empire in the Making
   PHOTO: NBA's ''Under Pressure'' Video and ''Hot Shots'' Book
   PHOTO: NBA's ''Inside Stuff'' Magazine, ''Feed the Fever'' CD, and WNBA ''Celebration'' Book
 
ENTERTAINMENT
Digital Entertainment Network: Startup or Non-Starter?
   TABLE: What's on DEN?
 
FINANCE
Reichmanns Redux
   TABLE: The Keys to Revival
   PHOTO: The Reichmanns' Building at First Canadian Place
More Treats Than Tricks on Wall Street
   TABLE: Market-Pleasing Earnings
Commentary: You Shouldn't Have to Pay for Government Access
Special Report: The E-Bond Revolution
   TABLE: The New E-Bond Market
   GRAPHIC: Taking Bids from around the World
   CHART: A Surge in E-Bond Trading
   ''The Prices Are Lower, and the Yields Are Higher''
      TABLE: Where to Buy Bonds Online
 
WORKING LIFE
Siemens: Building a ''B-School'' in Its Own Backyard
   TABLE: At Siemens, School Rules
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Europe's Not-So-Merry E-Christmas (int'l edition)
   TABLE: E-Tips for Europe's Santas
Can This Be Savile Row? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Young and Hip
Handmade in Naples (int'l edition)
Serious about Wine (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Wine Shopping
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Planning a Smooth Financial Ride
   TABLE: Financial Planning: An Economist's Approach
   Fear Not. Shelter Stocks, Not Bonds
New Exchange Funds: Not Just Spiders and WEBS
   TABLE: Index Securities You Trade
 
BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Lending a Helping Hand--with Stocks
   TABLE: Doing Good the Smart Way
 
BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
JDS Uniphase Clicks
   CHART: Breathtaking Climb
Beaten Down: Mattel and Philip Morris
Brightening Up at Sherwin-Williams?
   CHART: Dribbling Down
 
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
How to Set Rules for the Web
The WTO: Another Chance for China
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON CHILE
An Island Argues over a Bridge...Which Business Says It Badly Needs (int'l edition)
   MAP: Chile
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM SHANGHAI
Polishing Up a Capitalist Jewel (int'l edition)
   MAP: East Asia
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Did Mundell's Ideas Really Advance the Euro? (int'l edition)
The End of Democracy in Pakistan (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
China: Logged On in Limbo (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Lost in Chinese Cyberspace
India's Critical Mess (int'l edition)
   TABLE: A Nuclear Report
A Shouting Match between Cell-Phone Giants (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Battle of the Telecom Titans
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Vertigo at Vivendi (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Breaking Up Vivendi
   CHART: Vivendi's Downward Drift
Storming a CD Bastille (int'l edition)
   TABLE: An E-Commerce Battle in Europe
AstraZeneca: A Drug Megamerger That's Working (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Why the Future Looks Promising
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Banking: It's Brussels vs. Berlin (int'l edition)
   TABLE: A Privileged Position
There's New Bounce in Asian IPO Markets (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Waiting in the Wings
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Level the Field for Europe's Banks (int'l edition)



 
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