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Feb. 21, 2000




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COVER STORY
Cyber Crime
   COVER IMAGE: Cyber Crime
   CHART: Computer Security Breaches Are on the Rise...And the Most Popular Route In Is the Net...Adding Up to Bigger Losses
   TABLE: How This Happened to Yahoo!, eBay, and E*Trade
   TABLE: Storming the Fortress
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Take an Information-Systems Security Test
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Why Internet Security Stocks Could Be a Safe Play
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
India Wired (int'l edition)
   ASIAN COVER IMAGE: India Is Pinning Its Hopes on Getting Wired
   CHART: Exporting India's Brainpower
   TABLE: Branching Out: Some India IT Stars
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
The Race to Rule Mobile (int'l edition)
   EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: Why Europe Loves Mobile
   TABLE: Three Titans Face Off
   What's a Cell-Phone User Worth? (int'l edition)
   The Wizards of Telecom (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Telecom Gold
   Commentary: Auf Wiedersehen, Germany Inc. (int'l edition)
      TABLE: A Deal with Impact
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY
Slim's New World (int'l edition)
   LATIN AMERICAN COVER IMAGE: Slim's New World
   TABLE: Slim's Expanding Empire
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Carlos Slim: "The Key Is the Internet"
 
SPECIAL REPORT
An Eagle Eye on Customers
   TABLE: The Davids and Goliaths of Customer Software Square Off
   TABLE: A Guide to Customer Management Software
   How Marriott Never Forgets a Guest
   Salesforce.com: An Ant at the Picnic
 
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Another Take on Tech Valuations
   TABLE: Always Another Big Thing
There Won't Be a Bain Drain
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Dim
Lost Keyes at Daytona
Can the Caps Score with the Net?
Deadbeats in the Payroll Department
Fast Food for the Munchies
CHART: Crashing Less, Hurting More
Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
A Woman's Place Is at the Financial Controls
Pricewaterhouse: No Audits Were Compromised
Don't Be Too Harsh on the Cendant Board
With Universal Health Care, Everybody Could Live Longer
Japan's Inheritance Tax: Not So Lethal
Will Driving a Toyota Make Me Young Again?
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''Beating the football odds'' (Economic Trends, Feb. 14, 2000)
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Windows 2000: Worth the Wait
   TABLE: Plugging In
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Pirates, Snoops, Monopolists: Why the Net Needs Some Cops
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Will the Boom Need Bucks?
   CHART: The Achilles' Heel of Capital Spending
The Temp Surge Isn't Temporary
Cities That'll Pick You Clean
   CHART: High Tabs on the Road
 
BOOKS
First, Let's Kill All the Consultants
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Consulting Demons''
Brain Teasers
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Defending the Cavewoman''
Louder!
   PHOTO: Cover, ''Instruments of Desire''
 
INDUSTRY MONITOR
This Headgear Gives a Peek into the Future
A Trillion Bits Per Second Is within Reach
BP Amoco Takes a Big Bath in Alaska
Innovations
 
INDUSTRY INSIDER
A Talk with the Man Who Got Rayovac All Charged Up
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: How Fast Is Too Fast? Look to the Labor Markets
   CHART: Job Growth Begins 2000 with a Bang
   CHART: Productivity Keeps Picking Up Steam
   CHART: Consumer Borrowing Is on the Rise
Hong Kong: On the Road to Wellness
   CHART: Foreign Demand Is Helping the Recovery
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Against the Grain, McCain Style
   TABLE: Economics According to McCain
   The Engineer inside McCain's Money Machine
Bronfman and Diller: Together Forever?
   CHART: Bronfman's Comeback
Commentary: Mattel's Lack-of-Action Figures
Workers of the World, Log On
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Peter Job: Reuters Jumps into the Net
Caught in Boeing's Battle of Nerves
PCs Close in on Warp Speed
Aetna Gets No Respect
Iridium: McCaw to the Rescue
SBC Casts a Wider Net
Et Cetera...
Bill of Health
   CHART: Boston Biomedica Stock Price
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Normal Trade for China? The Odds Are Looking Longer
A Boost for Wireless
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Suddenly, Amazon's Books Look Better
   CHART: Profits on the Horizon?
   TABLE: Amazon's Plan to Stem Losses
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Jeff Bezos: There's No "Shift in the Model"
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
A Few Good Seals Haul Data from the Deep
Matchless Drug Delivery in a Tiny Package
Figuring Out Which Proteins Do What
How to Rate Those E-Vendors
Developments to Watch Contacts
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Keeping Cancer from Taking Root
   TABLE: In the Pipeline
 
MARKETING
Uncle Sam Wants You...To Have Fun!
   TABLE: Sign Up Now
 
THE CORPORATION
Running Rings around Saturn
   TABLE: A Bumpy Ride...
   CHART: ...Sends Saturn into a Skid
   Hard at Work under Saturn's Hood
      RESUME: Cynthia M. Trudell
Can Nike Still Do It?
   CHART: As Athletic Shoes Lose Favor...Nike Slows from a Sprint to a Jog...
   CHART: ...And Profits Still Lag...Giving Investors a Case of the Jitters
   TABLE: A Whole New Race
   Take Our Swoosh. Please
 
ECONOMICS
Riding the New Economy
   CHART: Strong Productivity Growth...Is Fueling the Economy...Despite Tightening by the Fed
   The Currency Game Has Brand-New Rules
 
FINANCE
Creative Accounting at Century?
   CHART: Century's Stock Has Plummeted
   RESUME: Michael G. DeGroote
Those Sexy Consultants
A Quick Scramble up Fidelity's Ladder
   RESUME: Gail J. McGovern
Commentary: Mutual Funds Should Unload Their Loads
   CHART: Load Funds Lose Ground
 
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
Can Thermo Catch Fire Again?
   TABLE: The New Thermo
This Cat Isn't So Nimble
   CHART: Still Digging Out
 
MEDIA
Will the Blair Witch Sequel Be an IPO?
   TABLE: Artisan's Mixed Bag
 
GOVERNMENT
Bush's Avenging Angel
 
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Live and in 3-D, Your Body at Work
   TABLE: Online Info
   TABLE: Image Makers
Commentary: Adopting? You Deserve Benefits, Too
   TABLE: Help with Adoption Issues
   ONLINE ORIGINAL: Dave Thomas' Beef: "Nobody Thinks about It"
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Going, Going...Click!
   TABLE: Selling on the Web Block
   Vroom! How to Sell a Mercedes Fast
Commentary: Should You Be Scared of Decimal Stock Pricing?
   TABLE: Decimal Pricing Pros and Cons
 
BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Metlife: I Wouldn't Take This Puppy Home
   TABLE: A Bit Bloated
 
BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
The Net's Salsa Beat
   CHART: Pushing Higher
Cementing a Relationship?
   CHART: Firmer Results Lately
EMCOR: Where Lights Should Be Flashing
   CHART: Left behind by the Bull Market
 
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
E-Barbarians at the Gate
Productivity: It Just Keeps Going
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON MEXICO
A Run on Tequila's Raw Material...Could Take a Toll on Margaritaville (int'l edition)
   MAP: Mexico
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Do Customers Care If FedEx Parcels Come by Air or Road? (int'l edition)
Don't Throw Out Europe's Cultural Diversity (int'l edition)
Look Out for Pell-Mell Money Supply Growth (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
A Net IPO Boom in Asia--Or a Bubble? (int'l edition)
   CHART: Asian IPOs Are Hot Again
Normal Trade with China: The Odds Are Looking Longer (int'l edition)
Shouldering Thailand's High-Tech Hopes (int'l edition)
   CHART: Hana's Rapid Rise
 
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
A Whole New Currency Game (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Strong Markets, Strong Currencies
Poland: Whose Bank Is It, Anyway? (int'l edition)
   TABLE: Foreign Players Buy into Polish Banks
South Africa: A Golden Touch? (int'l edition)
   CHART: Moving with the Times
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (int'l edition)
   Country Focus/Brazil (int'l edition)
      CHART: Brazil's GDP



 
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