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Nov. 22, 1999




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COVER STORY -- THE MICROSOFT RULING
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INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
Fuji: Beyond Film (int'l edition)
   COVER IMAGE: Fuji: Beyond Film
   CHART: Fujifilm Holds Its Profits High...While Banking On a Digital Camera Wave
   TABLE: How Fujifilm Stacks Up against Rivals
   A Whole New Bag of Digital Tricks (int'l edition)
      PHOTO: Sony's Cybershot Digital Camera with a Hinged Lens
 
EDITOR'S MEMO
Going Online to Sharpen Your Skills
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
The Haves and Have-Nots at UPS
Hong Kong Plays a Numbers Game
Up against the Wall, Companies!
Holding the Line on Legal Bills
The Net Frenzy Feeds Even Tiny Moldova
Undressed for Success at E*Trade
Italy: Will This Be Armani's Army?
CHART: Do the Right Thing
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Religion, Spirituality, and Profits
Medical Savings Accounts Are a Vital Alternative
The Drop in Poverty Seems to Have Passed New York By
Don't Blame Texaco for Delays in a Rain Forest Case
Defending Yourself against the Feds Is No Picnic
Europe Trails the U.S. in Digital Wireless
The Key to Tech Stocks: Covering the Spectrum
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Don't leave home without a freebie'' (Finance, Nov. 8, 1999)
 
LETTER FROM LONG ISLAND
A Wine Region That's Aging Beautifully
   MAP: Long Island, N.Y.
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
''Bribe'' Third World Parents to Keep Their Kids in School
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Why the Wage Gap Widened
   TABLE: Rising Wage Inequality: Some States Bucked the Trend
Are Americans Spendthrifts?
   CHART: Thrift Is Still Understated
When Drug Patents Expire
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Passwords May Soon Be History
   TABLE: Stop and Identify Yourself
 
BOOKS
The Pollyanna Prophecies
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Long Boom''
Caught Between a Rock and Bill Gates
   PHOTO: Cover, ''High St@kes, No Prisoners''
 
TALKING TECHNOLOGY
No, Virginia, the Net Is Not Going to Make Everything Simple
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Will the Markets Force the Fed's Hand?
   CHART: Market Tightening Does an About-Face
   CHART: A Dwindling Supply of New Workers
   CHART: A Sharp Slowdown in Real Wage Gains
Brazil: Looks Like a Recovery Coming
   CHART: The Pressure Is off the Real -- For Now
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Crunch Time in Pill Land
   Leading Pfizer's Raid: ''I'm Usually On Target''
TheStreet.com: Now for TheDive.com
   CHART: Get Me Rewrite
Pulp Fact: Reams of Good News
   CHART: Back from the Recycling Bin
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Michael Eisner: Be Our Guest
Avis' Barry Rand: No. 1 and Trying Harder
Flying United in Cyberspace
Just What the Patients Ordered
New Management at Waste Management
Guilty of Trading on a BW Column
Et Cetera...
Funny Business?
   CHART: Providian Financial Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The E-Tax Debate Is About to Turn into a Brawl
Encryption Fears
Food Labels
Medicare Windmill?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
China: WTO or Bust?
   TABLE: What a WTO Accord Would Do
Volkswagen: Spinning Its Wheels?
   TABLE: VW's Year 2000 Bugs
Commentary: Why Mexicans Won't Toss Out the Ruling Party
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Russians Are ''Ready to Accept an Iron Hand''
Malaysia Elections Loom
Pinochet: Homeward Bound?
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Bubbles vs. Bugs in Your Tap Water
Extra Arms for Heart Surgeons
The Next Taxol?
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Attention Deficit: Is It in the Genes?
Patent Reform Pending
   TABLE: The Patent Wars
 
WORKING LIFE
The Glass Ceiling: The CEO Still Wears Wingtips
   CHART: Still an All Boy's Club
   TABLE: Power Titles: Who Has Them
   TABLE: Women in Power: A Score Card
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
Commentary: Pity the Poor Baseball Owners? That's Rich
 
CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
Corporate Profits: What a Difference a Year Makes
   CHART: Aftertax Profits Quarter by Quarter
   A Spotlight On Third-Quarter Profits
      CHART: Change in Aftertax Profits from 1998
   TABLE: The Quarter's Winners and Losers
   Damn the Interest Rates, Full Speed Ahead
      CHART: So Far, No Slowdown in Capital Spending
   Third Quarter 1999 Corporate Scoreboard (.pdf)
 
FINANCE
Wall Street's Frenzy over Fees
   CHART: Fee-Based Investing Takes Off
   TABLE: Will Schwab Get Hurt?
Commentary: How to Wring Out Money Launderers
Could Tobacco Bonds Go Up in Smoke?
Commentary: Reliance Holdings: Dismal Management, Stellar Pay
 
MEDIA
The Industry Standard: Dot.com Glossy
   TABLE: The Standard vs. the Competition
 
SOCIAL ISSUES
Commentary: Free Trade Needs a Nod from Labor
   TABLE: WTO and Labor Rights: Moving Closer?
 
GOVERNMENT
Searching for the Real McCain
   TABLE: Lots of Noise, But What Has McCain Accomplished?
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: McCain: ''I'm Not Going to Spin''
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Insurers Step Gingerly into Cyberspace
   TABLE: Are You Covered?
 
BITS & BYTES
Or You Could Use a Pay Phone
How to Do Everything
A Place to Put All Those Bright Ideas
Why the ''Tech Help Wanted'' Sign Keeps Getting Bigger
   TABLE: Don't Worry, Still Happy
Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
THE CORPORATION
Capital One: Isn't There More to Life Than Plastic?
   CHART: Cap One Scoops Up New Customers...And Profits Climb Higher...Taking Investors on a Ride
   ''We Try to Minimize Face-to-Face Interviews''
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
The Best Old-Age Home May Be at Home
   TABLE: Help for Homebodies
   How to Have That Talk with Your Folks
Day Care for Kids--And Grandparents, Too
   TABLE: Features of Centers for Seniors and Kids
The Graying of the Net
   TABLE: Where Net-Literate Seniors Can Surf
Commentary: My Days As a Whippersnapper in a Retirement Home
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Commentary: It's Time to Shine a Light on Brokers
   TABLE: Getting the Best Execution
Latin Stocks: Don't Wait for Manana
   TABLE: The Best Bargains
 
BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
IPOs: The Cold Truth for Outsiders
   TABLE: To the Moon
 
BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
A Surge at Seagate
   CHART: A Recent Wave
Solid Paper Gains at Champion
   CHART: On a Tear
For Seagram, Sweet Music on the Net
   CHART: End of the Slow Movement?
 
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
Microsoft: The Right Remedy
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON GREENLAND
The Inuit Want to Hunt Seals Again...And Heal Their Wounded Culture (int'l edition)
   MAP: Greenland
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Greenspan Must Handle the U.S. Debt Bomb with Care (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
What Indonesia's Wahid Has to Do--and Fast (int'l edition)
   Can Kwik Revive the Economy? (int'l edition)
Finally, Japan's Netizens May Be Able to Afford the Net (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Cracking Japan's High Phone Fees
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
VW: Spinning Its Wheels? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: VW's Year 2000 Bugs
British Midland Triggers a Storm in Europe's Skies (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Bishop's Flight Plan for British Midland
It's Snazzy, It's Sexy, It's...Philips? (int'l edition)
   PHOTO: Philips' Eye-Catching Alarm Clock
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS
Cuba: Yahoo!, Stay Home (int'l edition)
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Cuba's Baby Steps into the Wired World (int'l edition)
   ONLINE ORIGINAL TABLE: Finding Cuba Online (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Mexico's Bolsa Has Bounce (int'l edition)
   CHART: Mexico's Bolsa Shrugs Off Political Worries
Everybody's Flocking to the Euro (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Euro: Pluses and Minuses
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (int'l edition)
   Country Focus/Germany (int'l edition)
      CHART: Unemployment



 
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