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Dec. 20, 1999




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COVER STORY
Xtreme Retailing
   COVER IMAGE: Xtreme Retailing
   TABLE: Real World vs. Cyber World
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Bargain Days for Mall REIT Investors
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
Samsung (int'l edition)
   ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Samsung
   TABLE: Anatomy of a Turnaround
   CHART: Business Is Surging
   CHART: Growth Is Now Better Balanced
   PHOTO: Samsung Wrist Phone
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY
Mexico: Breaking the Curse (int'l edition)
   LATIN AMERICAN COVER IMAGE: Mexico: Breaking the Curse
   TABLE: Mexico: Then and Now
   TABLE: What Could Still Shake Mexico's Financial Stability
   A Microscope Maker Takes a Global View (int'l edition)
   ''Why Did They Have to Mess It All Up?'' (int'l edition)
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Finance Minister Gurria: Toward Democratic Normality
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Mexico's Central Banker: ''It Doesn't Matter Who Wins''
 
SPECIAL REPORT
The Best Products of 1999
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
A Big Chance for Small Fry
Nader: Hi, It's Me Again
Live! From the Stock Exchange
It's Lonely at the Paris Embassy
Maybe the Worst Years of Our Lives
   TABLE: Is More Better?
It Surfs, It Sets, It Zaps
It's Caviar for the Babysitter
CHART: Tech Torpor Overseas
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Smoke and Mirrors in Marlboro Country
How the World Bank Is Fighting Child Labor
Why a Free Lunch at Your ATM?
In the Pipeline: More Female CEOs
The Net Can't Replace Independent Insurance Agents
Alas, Microsoft Must Go under the Knife
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Outta here at Microsoft'' (Information Technology, Nov. 29, 1999)
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The Seattle Protesters Got It Right
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Vying for the Fast Track
   TABLE: How States Rate in Economic Development
Hope for Kids of Immigrants
Oil Could Roil the Economy
   CHART: Oil Prices Gush Higher
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
How Apple Is Giving Small Biz Short Shrift
 
BOOKS
The Brain's Many Mansions
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Intelligence Reframed''
Using Chaos to Make a Bundle
   PHOTO: Cover, ''The Predictors''
 
TALKING TECHNOLOGY
Don These Specs, Toss Your Monitor
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Any Way You Figure, Wage Growth Should Speed Up
   CHART: Compensation Growth: Which to Believe?
   CHART: Productivity Is Growing Strongly
   CHART: Manufacturers Keep Paring Payrolls
Germany: Giving the Euro a Boost
   CHART: Domestic Demand Is Showing More Strength
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Whose World Is It, Anyway?
   TABLE: After Seattle: The Next Battlegrounds
Fighting Words from a Feisty Al Gore (extended)
   VIDEO: A Talk with Vice-President Gore
Is Coke's Douglas Daft the Real Thing?
   TABLE: Putting the Fizz Back in Coke...
Mona Leaser
Commentary: High Tech's Next Big Market? Try the Inner City
Wanted: One Billionaire to Rescue Iridium
   TABLE: McCaw's Space Mission
Can Apple Take Its Game to the Next Level?
   CHART: Apple's Worldwide Market Share
   TABLE: Upbeat Investors: Thinking Different about Apple
Commentary: Why We Don't Need Patent Reform--Yet
   CHART: Patent Filing Flurry
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Leo Hindery Jr.: Hanging Up with No Hard Feelings
Taking Aim at Project Shootings
From Murdoch, a Health Bulletin
Cendant Settles--for Now
Falling PC Prices? No Longer
Take Two Aspirin, and Get a New Boss
Et Cetera...
Yaho-Ho-Ho
   CHART: Yahoo! Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Capitol Hill: What's behind the GOP Exodus
Digital Scrooges
Split on E-Taxes
Monitoring the Genes
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Can GM Hit Racing Speed in Asia?
   TABLE: GM's Asian Adventure
Microsoft: Ericsson's New Weapon in the Wireless War
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Charm and Arms: China Turns Up the Heat in Asia
Score One for Schroder
A Fresh Face in France
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Are Bio-Foods Safe?
   TABLE: Boon or Bane?
   Gene Is a Four-Letter Word on Wall Street
   Commentary: Warning: Biotech Is Hurting Itself
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
A Sneak Peek at the Next Millennium's Chips
A Smart Shoe Box for Digiphotos
Putting a Plasmatron in Your Tank
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
THE CORPORATION
A Last-Minute Makeover at CompUSA
   CHART: CompUSA's Sliding Sales
 
MANAGEMENT
Dot.Com Boards Are Flouting the Rules
   TABLE: Valley-Style Boards
   TABLE: Too Close for Comfort?
 
FINANCE
A Message from the Mob?
The Fed: Making New Year's More Liquid Than Ever
   TABLE: Protecting Liquidity
Commentary: I'm Not Gonna Pay a Lot for This Stock Quote
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Savvy behind Sycamore
   TABLE: Sycamore's Visionary
   TABLE: Sycamore's Enforcer
 
BITS & BYTES
The Brits Find a Way to Make E-Mail a Private Affair
Sharper Digital Pix on the Cheap
Zeroing in on Women Online
   TABLE: Shopping the Web
A Home on the Web for Top Alums
Bits & Bytes Contacts
 
PEOPLE
Tony O'Reilly: ''I Want More of Everything''
   TABLE: O'Reilly's Empire
   Back at Heinz, the Stock Needs Stirring
      CHART: Pass the Ketchup
 
WORKING LIFE
''Mommy, Do You Love Your Company More Than Me?''
   TABLE: How Entrepreneur Moms Make It Work
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
The St. Moritz of the Slovak Slopes (int'l edition)
   MAP: Slovakia
   TABLE: The Tracks Less Traveled
Finland: A Handy Hop Away (int'l edition)
   MAP: Finland
Fitness: Punishment Is Passe (int'l edition)
   TABLE: New Routes to Fitness
A Wine-Soaked French Retreat (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Grapes of Health
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
No Portfolio Is Safe from Trade Winds
   CHART: The Ballooning Gap
   TABLE: The Major Reports
IPOs: Going After the Hard to Get
   TABLE: USAA Aggressive Growth (USAUX)
   TABLE: The Fund's IPO Winners
Commentary: The Trouble with Boomer Nest Eggs
   TABLE: Bullish Boomers...Are Still Buying Stocks
 
BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Boot Camp for Buffett Wannabes
 
BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
A Hot Buy in Cable
   CHART: The Price Is Not Sky-High
Radware: Directing Net Traffic
   CHART: A Post-IPO Peak--and Slide
A Cozy Niche in Audio Conferences
   CHART: Going Up and Up
 
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
The Anxiety behind Globalization
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON NEPAL
These Days, Paradise Is Full of Smog...But the Gamblers Roll in Even So (int'l edition)
   MAP: Nepal
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM UTAH
Seeking Your Roots? Dig Here (int'l edition)
   MAP: Utah
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
''What Becker Calls Bribery, We Call a Scholarship'' (int'l edition)
Mexico's PRI Rules through a ''Buddy System'' (int'l edition)
Open Standards: A Shield against Monopoly (int'l edition)
Don't Pick on India's Nuclear Program (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
East Asian Tinderbox (int'l edition)
   MAP: Southeast Asia
McCaw, Malone, Murdoch--Chandra? (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Britain and Europe: Divided They Stand (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Sore Spots
   Coming Soon: A Euro-Army (int'l edition)
What's at Stake in the Duma Vote (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Fall of the Finance Shoguns (int'l edition)
   TABLE: The Power Grab
Frankfurt's Power Play (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Threats to Europe's Bourses...Have Them Running for Cover
Commentary: India's IPOs: All That Glitters Isn't a Jewel (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (int'l edition)
   Country Focus/Japan (int'l edition)
      CHART: Japanese GDP



 
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