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June 12, 2000

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COVER STORY
• The Genome Gold Rush
•    COVER IMAGE: Eureka! The Genome Gold Rush
•    TABLE: Unearthing DNA's Riches
•    The Genome Explained
•    What This Means to You
•    The Pharma Frenzy
•       TABLE: Genomics among the Giants
•    Survival of...Who?
•       CHART: The Biotech Roller Coaster
•    ONLINE ORIGINAL: William Haseltine on Human Genome Science's Plan
•    ONLINE ORIGINAL: The Slow, Painful Path to Payday in Genomic Stocks

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
• Inside the Bank of Japan (int'l edition)
•    ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Inside the Bank of Japan
•    CHART: Japan Has Cut Rates to Zero...Without Sparking Inflation...But Growth Remains Anemic
•    A Talk with the Taskmaster (extended) (int'l edition)
•    Commentary: Why Summers & Co. Have Stopped Bullying Japan (int'l edition)
•    ONLINE ORIGINAL: "No...to a Stop-and-Go Policy"
•    ONLINE ORIGINAL: "The Public Is Wiser Than the Economists or Government"
•    ONLINE ORIGINAL: "We Called the Policy Board the Sleeping Board"

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY
• The Stars of Europe (int'l edition)
•    EUROPEAN COVER IMAGE: The Stars of Europe

FRONTIER
• Frontier
Our special supplement for entrepreneurs and small business

ANNUAL DESIGN AWARDS
• Winners 2000
•    TABLE: Winners for 2000...
•    TABLE: ...And over the Past Five Years
• Capital Ideas
• Main Squeeze
• Oh, the Workplaces You'll Go!
• Working Assets
• Color Me Handy
• Home Remedies
• House Beautiful
• Clear Thinking
• Everyday Miracles
• Move Over, Graphic Designers
• Gonzo Gear for Hard Landings
• One for the Road
• 2000 IDEA Winners

UP FRONT
• Talk Show
• A Green Thumb in NAFTA's Eye?
• Cuba Cashes in on Cachet
• Finally, High Speed for the Boonies
• TABLE: Virtually Authentic
• Plastic Can Be So Unforgiving
• Like Toddler, Like CEO?
• Brighter Lights for Euro Flicks
• CHART: Beyond E-Mail
• Footnotes

READERS REPORT
• Making Coke a Better Place to Work
• The CPAs Support a Strong Oversight Board
• Slim Pickings for Online Shoppers
• Women Reap More Benefits from Social Security
• Lenders Who Prey on the Poor
• How Motorola Pioneered Handheld Cell Phones
• For Women MBAs, Try East Carolina
• Managed Care Is Focusing on Consumers
• Basic Nutrition for Just Peanuts

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
• First Quarter Corporate Scoreboard (May 15, 2000)

BOOKS
• Publishing Magnate, Political Chameleon
•    PHOTO: Cover, ''The Chief''

TECHNOLOGY & YOU
• Kiss the Floppy Good-Bye

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
• The States Are Ending Welfare as We Know It--but Not Poverty

ECONOMIC TRENDS
• A Coming Social Security Battle?
•    CHART: More Older Workers Stay on the Job
• Venture Capital: The Beat Goes On
•    CHART: It's Still a Money Gusher
• How People Decide to Save

INDUSTRY MONITOR
• Making a Spill-Proof Crane
• No Flash in the Pan
•    CHART: Silicon Surge
• Microwave That 2-by-4
• Innovations

BUSINESS OUTLOOK
• U.S.: Why Higher Rates Aren't Denting Consumers' Spirits
•    CHART: Consumers Remain Very Optimistic
•    CHART: Consumer Spending Outpaces Income Gains
•    CHART: No Slowdown in Mortgage Activity
• The Netherlands: Just Taking a First-Quarter Breather
•    CHART: Dutch Labor Markets Are Extremely Tight

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
• IPOs: Slip Sliding Away?
•    CHART: IPOs Have Fallen Off...But Venture Funds Are Still Flowing...
•    TABLE: ...Into These Industries
•    It's Layoff Time in Dot-Com Land
• Networking at the Speed of Light
•    TABLE: Buying Binge
• The Market Blahs Are Hitting Wall Street's Bottom Lines
•    TABLE: The Bad News for Financial Services
• Commentary: How Much Further Can the Fed Push?
•    CHART: Rising Rates Don't Hurt Yet
• Commentary: How Real Is the ''Wealth Effect''?
• Ads as Far as the Eye Can See
•    CHART: Rent This Space
• No Cakewalk at Sara Lee
•    CHART: Inching Back

IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
• Charles Conaway: Attention Kmart Investors
• Lawyers Like These Calvin Briefs
• Phone Rates: We All Get a Break
• HP Nets a Sweet Deal at Amazon
• AT&T: Reach Out and Touch, Part II
• Trouble in the Air for the EPA
• Et Cetera...
• The Joy of Flex
•    CHART: Flextronics Stock Price

WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
• Why Corzine and His Checkbook Don't Threaten the Republic
• Money Launderers Beware
• Playing the Bounce

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
• When Is Hyundai Going to Get It?
•    CHART: A Chaebol's Wild Ride
• Britain's Orange: Ready to Take on the World
•    TABLE: The New Orange

THE CORPORATION
• Rocky Ground for Monsanto?
•    CHART: A Weaker Harvest for Monsanto
•    TABLE: Farm Team

ENVIRONMENT
• Are Old PCs Poisoning Us?
•    TABLE: PC Pollution

DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
• A Fantastic Voyage through Your Intestines
• Breast Cancer: New Hope for Slowing Its Spread
• Add Consultant to Shopping Cart
• Innovations

GOVERNMENT
• Should Business Fear Charlie Rangel?
•    TABLE: What Rangel Wants

PEOPLE
• Icahn: The Once and Future Dealmaker
•    RESUME: Carl C. Icahn

SOCIAL ISSUES
• Commentary: Who Says Student Protests Don't Matter?
•    TABLE: Closer to Sweat-Free

LEGAL AFFAIRS
• Breaking Up the Old Credit-Card Game?
•    TABLE: The Credit-Card Crackdown
•    TABLE: Coming Down Hard on Plastic

WORKING LIFE
• Workers, Surf at Your Own Risk
•    TABLE: What Productivity Revolution?

FINANCE
• The Bull Is Only Taking a Siesta
•    CHART: The Air Comes Out of the Nasdaq
•    CHART: The Sharp Decline in Trading Volume
• How Safe Are One-Stop Financial Web Sites?
•    TABLE: How VerticalOne Consolidates Your Accounts

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
• GM Guns It in Trucks and SUVs
•    CHART: Picking Up at GM
• Commentary: Old Economy or New, Vertical Empires Don't Work
• Making Sure Big Rigs Have Something to Carry

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• Shop Online--Pick Up at the Store
•    TABLE: Using Clicks to Get inside Bricks
• Headhunters' Secret
•    TABLE: Is Your Directory Confidential?

BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
• The Best of Both Worlds?
•    TABLE: Building a Folio
• Commentary: There's No Such Thing as a Free Trade
•    TABLE: Four Gratis Trading Services
• Angels Who Hope to Make a Killing
•    TABLE: Three Kinds of Angel
•    TABLE: Angel Resources
• A Self-Defense Policy for Women
•    TABLE: Why Long-Term Care Insurance Matters for Women

BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
• Shedding Some Light on Your Risk
•    TABLE: Grading Your Stock or Fund

BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
• Small-Caps Redux?
•    TABLE: Selected Buyout Bait
• Backing the Web's ''Picks and Shovels''
• Why Isle of Capri Is Sitting Pretty
•    CHART: Upping the Ante

FIGURES OF THE WEEK
• Figures of the Week (.pdf)
•    Production Index Components
•    HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992

EDITORIALS
• Don't Spook the Venture Capitalists
• Net Privacy: Fix the Problems Now

INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON MEXICO
• Movie Cameras Are Rolling Again...With Some Help from the State (int'l edition)
•    MAP: Mexico

INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM VIENNA
• A Camera That Really Opens Your Eyes (int'l edition)
•    MAP: Central Europe

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
• When the Fed Hikes Rates, It Harms Weaker Economies (int'l edition)
• The Coming Shakeout in B2B Exchanges (int'l edition)
• Shore Up the Euro--with Gold (int'l edition)
• A Recount for Shawn Fanning? (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
• Hyundai's Fix (int'l edition)
•    CHART: A Chaebol's Wild Ride

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
• EU Wannabes: Not Now. Maybe Later (int'l edition)
•    TABLE: What Delayed Entry Means
•    CHART: Central Europeans Come Up Short
• More Potholes on Poland's Road to the EU (int'l edition)
• ''Italy Is at a Turning Point'' (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS
• Commentary: Latin America's Not-Quite-Dictators (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
• International Figures of the Week (.pdf) (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
• Japan's Maverick Banker May Make Sense (int'l edition)
• ''Present at the Creation'' in Europe (int'l edition)

ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
•JUNE 5, 2000
• Commentary: A United States of Europe?