Cover Design by Francesca Messina/BW; Digital Illustration by Joe Calviello/BW; Cover Photographs (Clockwise from Top) by Alan Levenson, William Mercer McLeod, Richard Morgenstein.
Jan. 10, 2000
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
Hand-Slapping across the Water
In Frozen Finland, Money to Burn
Granola Hits the Big Time
Table: CyberEurope
Musing over the Millennium
CHART: China's Leap Forward
CHART: The Shrinking Workforce
GRAPHIC: Coming to America
CHART: Projected Costs to Educate a Y2K Baby
GRAPHIC: The Costs of Raising a 21st Century Child
CHART: New Home Starts, 2000-09
Footnotes
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Though It's a New Economy, It's Got Some Old Flaws
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Plastic Puts the Poor at Risk
CHART: Poor Folks' Credit-Card Use Has Surged
The New World of Work
Why That Deal Is Only $9.99
CHART: When the Price Is Right
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Consumers Keep Stoking the Economy's Fires
CHART: Fed Jitters Shake the Bond Market
CHART: Consumer Optimism Hits a 31-Year High
CHART: The Order Backlog Is Piling Up
Italy: A Latecomer Joins the Party
CHART: Better Growth in a Euro-Zone Laggard
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Shop Till the Ball Drops
CHART: Millennium Spree
E-Tailers Keep Giving Away the Store
Commentary: How Bell Atlantic Can Shake Up Long Distance
RCN: The Juiciest Morsel in Cable?
TABLE: The Last Mile
Gerhard Schroder, Hero of Germany Inc.?
TABLE: Where the Money Is
Commentary: Reveille for Government Arsenals?
CHART: Fewer Bucks for the Bang
Compaq's Long Road Back
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Gregory Maffei: Lots More Money to Count
What Am I Bid for These Old LPs?
A Helping Hand for FDA Gumshoes
Check Out This Gross Income
These Jailhouses Didn't Rock
How AOL Wipes Out the Competition
Et Cetera...
Radio Days
CHART: Sirius Satellite Radio Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
In California, Bradley and McCain Could Slam into Reality
Smoke Screen
A Trade-Off at the WTO
Net Candidates
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 Spread of Prosperity
The Best Managers: What It Takes