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COVER STORY • Vivendi: Going Hollywood A French tycoon casts himself in the role of Hollywood gate crasher COVER IMAGE: Vivendi: Going Hollywood PHOTO: Vivendi Chairman Jean-Marie Messier TABLE: Messier's Master Plan TABLE: Jean-Marie's Universe TABLE: Messier's Metamorphosis Has Barry Diller Found a Soul Mate? ONLINE ORIGINAL: How Vivendi Could Become USA Networks' Rich Uncle INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY • The Stars of Asia (int'l edition) As the region rapidly constructs a New Economy, here are 50 pioneers who are working to ensure that it's built on a solid foundation ASIAN COVER IMAGE: The Stars of Asia INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY • Mexico: Will It Vote for Change? (int'l edition) Changes in the electorate -- and new voting regulations -- could finally spell defeat for the PRI LATIN AMERICAN COVER IMAGE: Mexico: Will It Vote for Change? CHART: The PRI's Shrinking Share of the Vote TABLE: The Presidential Contest Could Yield a Different Result This Time Vicente Fox: ''A Revolution of Hope Is Going On'' (extended) (int'l edition) Francisco Labastida: ''Who Is More Capable of Carrying Out the Changes?'' (extended) (int'l edition) ONLINE ORIGINAL: Not a Fair Fight Quite Yet UP FRONT Talk Show Offshore Buyers Are Diving In TABLE: Shopping Spree Is Xerox Prime Prey? GM Sees the Future, and It Is Trucks TABLE: Have Tech, Will Travel Can I Sell You Some 2005 Merlot? The Carrot-and-Rolex Approach Florsheim Shoes' Magnetic Appeal CHART: Cough It Up FootnotesEDITOR'S MEMO You Read It Here First READERS REPORT • China Is Getting Better at Busting Counterfeiters • Don't Apply a Different Antitrust Standard to Cisco • Let Doctors Help Diagnose Sick Buildings • The Small Beauties of the New Economy • Privacy and Secure Data Are VerticalOne's Priorities • Burning Waste Is a Better Solution Than Landfills LETTER FROM ARGENTINA • A Town So Poor in a Land So Blessed MAP: Argentina BOOKS • This Summer, Tuck into Some Good Books • Reinventing R&D PHOTO: Cover , ''Engines of Tomorrow'' • Fish Story PHOTO: Cover, ''Mattanza'' • The Business Week Best-Seller List TECHNOLOGY & YOU • Speech Recognition: Dialing Up Data the Easy Way ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Privatizing Social Security: Where Both Sides Go Wrong ECONOMIC TRENDS The Trade Gap May Be Inflated CHART: Why Have These Deficits Diverged? Insider Selling? No Problem • Execs Ride a High-Tech Tide CHART: More Room at the Top BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Recovery Abroad Could Mean Trouble Stateside CHART: The Rebound in Export Growth CHART: Foreign Obligations Are Piling Up CHART: Industrial Activity Is Still Accelerating • France: The Economy Muscles Up CHART: A Record Quarterly Gain in New Jobs NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Who's to Blame for Gas Prices? CHART: Why So High? CHART: Can't Keep Crude Down Commentary: Don't Blame Surging Pump Prices on OPEC CHART: Crude Supplies Again Outpace Demand Petroleum Minister Naimi: ''It Is Unfair to Call Us a Cartel'' (int'l edition) Is Wachovia's Plight a Warning? TABLE: Vulnerable? • Commentary: Why the Economy May Be Safe at Higher Speeds TABLE: Running Room Can WorldCom Sprint to the Finish? TABLE: Why the WorldCom-Sprint Deal Is on the Ropes • Commentary: Is AOL's Instant Messaging an Unfair Advantage? • Can Microsoft's Nemesis Save Napster? TABLE: Napster vs. the Record Industry Commentary: Lots of Drugs Should Stay behind the Counter IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Pozen vs. Reynolds: Duking It Out at Fidelity Handspring Vaults into the Limelight Toys Are Tanking at Mickey D's A Trash Hauler Appeases the Feds Honeywell Stirs Up a Beehive Saatchi Finds Un Ami in Paree Et Cetera... Heel? CHART: Steve Madden Stock Price WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Gore vs. Bush on Social Security: A Choice Not an Echo Silicon Valley Stall INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS • Commentary: Let's Face It: Putin Is a Threat to Democracy INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK The Euro Could Cost Tony Blair Dearly Battle for Russia's Wealth Cardoso Cracks Down LEGAL AFFAIRS Wal-Mart: Why an Apology Made Sense TABLE: Wal-Mart's Cartful of Legal Woes DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH 3-D Images That You Can Step Into Are Those Teeth Growing in That Petri Dish? A ''Bridge'' Chip Gives Intel a Black Eye Innovations SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY • Coming to a Cell Phone Near You... TABLE: A Snapshot of PacketVideo MARKETING Still Seeking Synergy at Saks Fifth Avenue CHART: Share-Price Slide RESUME: R. Brad Martin RESUME: Christina Johnson TABLE: Not Your Mother's Saks For Coke, Local Is It TABLE: Going Native FINANCE FASB Grows New Fangs TABLE: FASB 133: Not for Bean Counters Only • Commentary: Dot-Coms: Buy Ratings vs. Burn Rates TABLE: The Strong Buy Brigade Hangs In INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • Windows of Opportunity TABLE: How the .Net System Works TABLE: Fishing for Dollars: Casting a Wide .Net HP's E-Speak: Good Products, Botched Marketing THE CORPORATION Paccar Is Built for the Long Haul TABLE: Paccar: Swerving to Avoid a Downturn BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR • Low-Fliers May Be Poised to Take Off CHART: Recovery? TABLE: Gaining Altitude • Did You Get that Utrillo on the Web? PHOTO: Double Poke in the Eye II TABLE: Collecting via the Web TABLE: Good Works Online • E-tail Shares: Shop with Caution CHART: E-Tailers Slump TABLE: How Cybershops Stack Up • A Global Value Investor on an American Shopping Spree TABLE: Templeton Growth Fund TABLE: Templeton Growth Fund's Biggest Holdings BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO • Visteon: What's That Funny Noise? TABLE: Visteon vs. Delphi INSIDE WALL STREET • Nextel's Clear Signal CHART: More and More Subscribers • A New Deal for New Century? CHART: Suitors May Be Waiting • Charging Up with Electric Fuel CHART: Rolling Out ''Instant Power'' FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) Production Index Components HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992 EDITORIALS Globalization, French Style Social Security: Safer Than You Think INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON NEW ZEALAND • As the Kiwi Economy Limps Along...Australia Licks Its Chops (int'l edition) MAP: New Zealand INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT • In Defense of Putin's Efforts to Build a True Nation State (int'l edition) • Make Room for Nokia's Jorma Ollila • Microsoft's Success Has Little to Do with Innovation (int'l edition) • A History Lesson in Mobile-Phone Licenses (int'l edition) INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS • The Koreas: Ready to Do Business? (int'l edition) CHART: Trade between the Koreas • Taiwan: Hitching a Ride on the Wireless Web (int'l edition) TABLE: The Cloners Take On Cell Phones • Air India's Excess Baggage (int'l edition) INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE • ING Hits a Speed Bump (int'l edition) TABLE: ING's Shopping Spree • Commentary: Europe's Bankers Need One Set of Rules (int'l edition) INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK • International Figures of the Week (.pdf) (int'l edition) INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS The Stars Building a Better Asia (int'l edition)
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