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Jan. 24, 2000




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COVER STORY
Welcome to the 21st Century
   COVER IMAGE: Men of the Century: Bob Pittman and Steve Case
   TABLE: How the Giant Fits Together
   Running the Numbers on the Deal
      TABLE: One Stab at Valuing the Stock
   Commentary: Is This Baby Built for Cyberspace?
   A Little Help from the Feds
   So Who's Next?
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Loving AOL--Before Time Warner
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: AOL-Time Warner Creates "negative Synergy"
 
SPECIAL REPORT -- MUTUAL FUNDS
Mutual Funds: What's Wrong
   CHART: Flows to Mutual Funds Slow Down
   CHART: Assets Have Exploded, But Expenses Remain High
   CHART: Taxes Take a Toll on Returns
   How Janus Made Mincemeat of Its Rivals
      TABLE: Janus Tops the Charts
Our Annual Guide to Mutual Funds
   TABLE: The A List
   TABLE: The Best Performers in Their Categories
   TABLE: The Largest Funds
   TABLE: The Fund Categories
   SCOREBOARD: Equity Funds: Mutual Fund Scoreboard (.pdf)
 
SPECIAL REPORT -- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Best and Worst Corporate Boards
   TABLE: Attributes of a Good Board
   TABLE: The Best and Worst Boards of Directors (.pdf)
   Now, a Gadfly Can Bite 24 Hours a Day
   Good and Bad Boards by the Numbers
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Coffee, Tea--Maybe Even a Meal
Another Day, Another Dollar
A Fund Even Your Pet Could Love
TABLE: Corporate Giving
Say Konichiwa to Broadway
The Cat's Meow for Old Pets
A Chef's Hat for the Man with the Star
CHART: Small Transactions That Add Up
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
Kudos on the New Economy. Now Get Back to Work
Comet Counts Cursors. It Doesn't Track Users
Would a Y2K Meltdown Have Been So Bad?
No Need for ''Biotech'' Labels on Food
Detroit Cars: All Talk, No Quality
More Buzz on the Super Hornet
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Univision peers into cyberspace'' (The Corporation, Jan. 17, 2000)
''Corporate welfare: The sound bite and the fury'' (Government, Jan. 17, 2000)
 
BOOKS
Is the Dismal Science Dazed and Confused?
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Butterfly Economics''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
What Keeps AOL on Top
   TABLE: On-Ramps to the Net
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Piracy on the Net: Why It Needs More Policing
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
America's Jobs Are Changing
   TABLE: U.S. Job Growth: The Coming Decade
Are the Rich Getting Stingy?
   CHART: Some Give More--And Some Less
The Taming of the Economy
 
INDUSTRY MONITOR
How Aluminum Is Shaping Up for Motown
Fill 'er Up, Please--with Hydrogen Peroxide
Catalysts for the New Millennium
On the Radar
 
INDUSTRY INSIDER
Heavy Static over Digital-TV Standards
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: So Hard to Get Good Help These Days
   CHART: The Labor Pool Continues to Dry Up
   CHART: Is the Wage Slowdown Bottoming Out?
   CHART: A Hefty Surge in Consumer Debt
India: Reform Is the Key to Lasting Growth
   CHART: The Global Recovery Lifts Foreign Demand
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The Economy: The Case for a Soft Landing
   CHART: The Wealth Effect Levels Off
   CHART: A Softer Housing Market
Commentary: Take Airline Reform off Standby
Did Nazi Loot End Up at the Vatican Bank?
Bank One: Out of Excuses?
Cars That Let You Cruise--and Surf
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: GM's Ron Zarrella: Putting the Net on Wheels via AOL
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Paul Clayton: The Burger King Abdicates
Microsoft: To Split or Not to Split
Boeing Is Buzzing around Hughes
Allstate Calls It a Day in Japan
Rite Aid Still Has the Sniffles
A Polymer Payday for Farmers?
Et Cetera...
Concentric: No Also-Ran
   CHART: Concentric Network Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Why Al Gore Has the Greens Seeing Red
Techie Wish List Granted
 
THE CORPORATION
Now, for Ahold's Next Course...
   TABLE: Ahold's U.S. Shopping Spree
   CHART: Investors Put Ahold on Ice
 
GOVERNMENT
Sleepless after Seattle
   TABLE: Where the Politicians Stand
   Trade with China: What Now?
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
The Big Grab
   CHART: Value of Announced Deals
   TABLE: Key Players in Europe's Merger Wave
Wal-Mart's Not-So-Secret British Weapon
   TABLE: The Giant's European Game Plan
BMW Could Use a Little Skid Control
   TABLE: Overhauling Rover
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
German Pols and Business: The End of the Affair?
India Opening?
Estrada's Reform Effort
 
PEOPLE
Will Coke Go Better with Carl Ware?
   TABLE: Restoring a Classic
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Is Windows Ready to Run E-Business?
   TABLE: Windows vs. the World
   The Long March of Windows 2000
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
The WWF: Blood, Sweat, and a Lady Named Linda
   RESUME: Linda E. McMahon
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Linda McMahon: ''We Really Put on a Fun Show''
   Wrestling's Real Grudge Match
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Are Zebra Fish and Humans Joined at the Genes?
   TABLE: They're Family
   TABLE: The Lab Menagerie
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Taking the Temperature of Things Past
A Tiny Electrical Charge to Relieve Depression
A Bridge toward the Right Chemistry
Innovations
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Cruising the Net--In Hyperdrive
   TABLE: Broadband Info
   TABLE: Speed Check
   TABLE: Going Online
So You Want to Bet on Broadband?
   TABLE: Broadband Plays
A Vintage Year for Wine Web Sites
   TABLE: Web Wine Buys
   TABLE: Online Wine Merchants
 
BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
A Small Price to Pay for Retirement
   TABLE: Making Your Nest Egg Last
 
BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
A Way to Woo Youth
   CHART: Room to Grow?
Hauppauge Clicks in PC Video Gear
   CHART: Sliding Down the Slope
Ready to Rock at Comdisco
   CHART: Lots of Oomph
 
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 Great Irony of AOL Time Warner
Mutual Funds: Time to Clean House
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON CHILE
A City Transformed by a Fish...Worries That the Boom Won't Last (int'l edition)
   MAP: Chile
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM CUBA
Havana's Dance with the Dollar (int'l edition)
   MAP: Cuba
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Pounding Europe's Pavements Is No Picnic (int'l edition)
The Perils of Potent Pesticides (int'l edition)
There's More to Porsche Than Sports Cars (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Kicking Tires in Seoul (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Why Buy a Korean Car Company?
Can China's Revamped Oil Giant Fly on Wall Street? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Making Over Petrochina
Can Asia Cellular's Satellite Venture Get off the Ground? (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
A Fiscal Reformer's Last Hurrah (int'l edition)
   CHART: Frenkel's Good Fight
   Jacob A. Frenkel: The Man Who Opened Israel's Economy (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS
Did the IMF Drop the Ball in Ecuador? (int'l edition)
   CHART: Ecuador's Currency Crisis
The High Cost of Free Internet Access (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Latin America's Net Heavyweights
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Henning Schulte-Noelle: Europe's Player (int'l edition)
   TABLE: What Is Allianz's Next Move?
   TABLE: How Allianz Stacks Up
   $40 Million a Year? That's Some Gross Income (int'l edition)
   PIMCO: A ''Quantum Leap'' for Allianz (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (int'l edition)
   Country Focus/Germany (int'l edition)
      CHART: German Inflation
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
China: Working Out for the WTO (int'l edition)



 
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