ISSUE DATE: JUNE 26, 2000

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COVER STORY
Midyear Investment Guide
The easy money is getting less easy, but don't despair. A soft landing looks likely, and there are still opportunities aplenty.


INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY

Deal Time at Seagram (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Seagram's New Mix
    Tapping into a Gold Mine at Seagram? (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Vivendi's Expanding Empire


UP FRONT

    Talk Show
    The Case of the Purloined Web Sites
    Out, Out, Damn Fractions
    Prime Time for Nonunion Talent
      TABLE: A Flood of Capital
    Cyber-MBAs from a Name You Know
    Chicago: Hands Off That Cell Phone!
    Chow Down at the Robo-Grill
      CHART: Vehicles of a Certain Age
    Footnotes


READERS REPORT

    Some Cures for Sick Buildings
    Will Other Companies Adopt 3M's High Standards?
    Paying Artists for Music on the Net
    Daimler and Chrysler: You Saw the Crash Coming
    Please Don't Call Us ''Grease Monkeys''
    Free Trade Has Its Share of Hypocrisy, Too


CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

    ''3M's big cleanup'' (Environment, June 5, 2000)


BOOKS

Bring Back the Quilting Bee
    PHOTO: Cover, ''Bowling Alone''


INDUSTRY INSIDER

Grainger: Junk That Catalog and Get on the Web
    CHART: Sideways Slide: W.W. Grainger Inc.


TECHNOLOGY & YOU

Smart Sites Built by Nongeeks


ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

Social Security Is Working Just Fine, Thank You


ECONOMIC TRENDS

Social Security Is More Secure
    CHART: America's Largest Antipoverty Program

Japan's Sluggish Job Engine
    CHART: Some Hire, and Some Fire

Pollyanna Projections


BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S: The Fed Likes the Cooler Data, but So Does Wall Street
    CHART: Inflation Remains Under Control
    CHART: Consumers Take a Breather
    CHART: Gas Prices Begin to Soar Again

Australia: There's No Slowdown Down Under--Yet
    CHART: Economic Growth Remains Too Hot


NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

The Great Antitrust Debate
    TABLE: Hurdles for the New Antitrust
   Will the Appeal Hold Water?
   Commentary: Lessons from the Web--A World without Monopolies
   Microsoft's Killer Apps
       TABLE: Microsoft Unchained

MP3s: If You Can't Lick 'em, License 'em
    TABLE: Taming the Web

Commentary: Warm and Fuzzy Won't Save Procter & Gamble
    CHART: P&G's Tumble

Gore: Two Chickens in Every Pot?

Commentary: Privacy: Don't Ask Technology to Do the Job
    TABLE: A User's Guide to P3P


IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

   Edward Whitacre Jr.: Showing Muscle in Long Distance
   Chasing the Mob Down the Street
   Time Warner-EMI: Perfect Harmony?
   Fessing Up to Funny Numbers
   eBay's Bid for Fixed Prices
   A Network with a Faltering Net
   Et Cetera...
   Soft Hardware
    CHART: Hewlett Packard Stock Price


WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

   Why Bush Is Climbing Aboard McCain's Straight Talk Express
   Bush Adviser vs. Privacy
   Slow-Walking on China
   Unemployment Fund Fight


THE BEST OF BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE

   Sounding the Alarm in Mexico
   The Man behind All Those E-Ads
   None of Your Business


PHOTO ESSAY

   Harvard Business School: The Class of 2000


PEOPLE

An E-Tailer's Labor Pains
    RESUME: Laurie McCartney
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: "I'm Always Asking: 'Is It Working?'"


THE CORPORATION

Millionaire Buys Disney Time
    TABLE: Patching Up Disney's Big, Big World


MARKETING

The Great Portal Purge
    TABLE: Portal Predicament


GOVERNMENT

Hoffa at Halftime
   Hoffa: On Free Trade, Election 2000, and Winning (extended)

Where This Election Will Be Won
    GRAPHIC: Will the Rust Belt Rule?


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hope Is Where the Heart Is
    GRAPHIC: Pump It Up
   Existing Devices


DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

   You've Got Mail--20,000 Leagues under the Sea
   How Geckos Stick Like Glue--without Goo
   Hands-on Exams of Faraway Patients
   Innovations


INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

The Web of Quality
   GE: Zero to 60, No Skid Marks
       CHART: Spinning Up Quality at GE
   Mexico Goes Top-Flight
       TABLE: Mexico's March to Quality
       PHOTO: Elamex Employees Only Look Old Style


SOCIAL ISSUES

Commentary: When Nonprofits Go After Profits
    TABLE: Getting Down to Business


SPORTS BUSINESS

Bronx Cheers in Montreal


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Can Rich McGinn Revive Lucent?
    TABLE: Why Lucent Is Struggling
    CHART: Lucent Stock Takes a Hit
    ''Good Old-Fashioned Straight Talk'' from the New CFO

Can SAP Swim with the Swiftest?
    TABLE: How SAP Lags behind the Leaders
    CHART: i2 Technologies Stock Price
    TABLE: What's Sapping SAP

Sun Takes Another Shot at Storage
    CHART: The Storage Market Is Growing Fast...But Sun Is Far Behind

Commentary: This Tax Could Tangle the Global Net


BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

Finally, Credit Where Credit Is Due
    TABLE: Lending to Women in Business


BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

Fans of Handspring May Flip for Its IPO
    TABLE: Handspring's Big Winners
    PHOTO: Handspring's Rainbow Array of Visor PDAs


BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET

Texaco and Shell?
    CHART: Bubbling Up

Why Chiron May Be on the Mend
    CHART: Ready for a Pick-Me-Up

Talk to Your Car? It's General Magic
    CHART: Another Pounded Tech Stock


FIGURES OF THE WEEK

   Figures of the Week (.pdf)
   Production Index Components
    HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992


EDITORIALS

By Bringing Microsoft to Heel...

...Antitrust Is Breaking New Ground


INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE

The Moulin Rouge Goes Disney...As High Tech Drives Up Rents (int'l edition)
    MAP: France


INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM MEXICO

Will Young Rockers Really Rock the Boat? (int'l edition)
    MAP: Mexico
    PHOTO: Mexican Rock Band Molotov


INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

   The Chinese Won't Give Up Piracy Anytime Soon (int'l edition)
   The Third World Wants Knowhow, Not Handouts (int'l edition)
   When Daimler Met Chrysler (int'l edition)
   Why Should the Judge Care Whether Microsoft Survives? (int'l edition)
   Investors Keep the Faith in Vimpelcom (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

   "The Stars of Europe" (European Edition Cover Story, June 12, 2000) (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

India Is Ready for Takeoff (int'l edition)
    TABLE: The Two Faces of India

Commentary: Sorry, Japan. High Tech Is No Magic Wand (int'l edition)

Investors Won't Exactly Be Rushing to Pyongyang (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

German Carmakers: Great Wheels, No Traction (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Germany's Skidding Auto Market
   The High End Heats Up (int'l edition)

A Mighty Fortress Is My Tax Haven (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Liechtenstein: Little but Luxe

What Did Putin Know, and When Did He Know It? (int'l edition)

Is Your Flight Late? Have a Massage (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA

New Tricks for an Old Chilean Store (int'l edition)
    TABLE: A Recipe for Growth
   Twilight of a Latin Mogul? (int'l edition)
    RESUME: Benjamin Steinbruch (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

Will a New Generation Get the Arab World Moving? (int'l edition)

Mexican Peso Jitters (int'l edition)

A Suharto Payback? (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Can SAP Swim with the Swiftest? (int'l edition)
    TABLE: How SAP Lags behind the Leaders
    CHART: i2 Technologies Stock Price
    TABLE: What's Sapping SAP


INTERNATIONAL -- BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE

The Ripening of the Wireless Web (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Europe's Mobile Madness
    Wireless Web, Euro-style (int'l edition)
       TABLE: What You Can Do on Your Web Phone
    Phoneless in America? (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

International Figures of the Week (.pdf) (int'l edition)


INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

France, Take Down the Barricades (int'l edition)


ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS

    JUNE 19, 2000
This Yanqui Raider Wouldn't Go Home


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