ISSUE DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2000
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COVER STORY

  Microsoft's Big Bet
Can the software giant head full steam into the Net -- and still cling to Windows? It's sure going to try
      COVER IMAGE: Microsoft's Big Bet
      TABLE: Microsoft's Internet Adventure
      TABLE: Honeywell Gets Caught Up in Microsoft's .Net
      TABLE: The Windows Defenders and the .Net Advocates
      Bill and Steve on Threats and Strategies
 

UP FRONT

  Talk Show
  Wall Street Irks the Watchdog
  A Gizmo Called Audrey
  For Whom the Nobels Toll
  TABLE: Paying Through the Roof
  Down to the Sea in Mega-Yachts
  Needed: Execs to Fight Info Sprawl
      TABLE: Know Your Data Categories
  Thinner Paychecks for Obese Women?
  CHART: Fewer Shots
  Footnotes
 

READERS REPORT

  The New Economy Is Both Destructive and Creative
  Cheaper Energy Storage Will Give Green Power a Lift
  Facing the Consequences of U.S. Energy Policy
  Lower Drug Prices Can Be Found Online
  Puerto Rican Statehood Would Harm the U.S. Treasury
  How Much Corporate Information Is Too Much?
 

BOOKS

  Russia: The Making of a Kleptocracy
      PHOTO: Cover, ''Midnight Diaries''
      PHOTO: Cover, ''Sale of the Century''
      PHOTO: Cover, ''Godfather of the Kremlin''
      PHOTO: Cover, ''Failed Crusade''
 

TECHNOLOGY & YOU

  Microsoft Thinks Different
 

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

  Earth to America: The World Won't Go Away
 

ECONOMIC TRENDS

  The Economy's Perfect Storm?
      CHART: Surging Oil Prices: Prelude to a Recession?
  An Unlikely Use for Suicide Rates
  Europe Isn't Such a Laggard
      CHART: Measurement Muddle
 

INDUSTRY MONITOR

  From Car Exhaust to Diamonds in the Rough
  Pumping Up the Volume of GPS Satellites
  Methanol-Juice Packs to Keep Gadgets Going
  Innovations
 

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

  U.S.: So Far, the Economy Is Riding Out a Bumpy October
      CHART: Where Inflation Is Picking Up
      CHART: Car Troubles Magnify the Factory Slowdown
      CHART: Inventories Still Look Manageable
  Brazil: Looser Policies Should Keep Paying Off
      CHART: The Industrial Sector Is on a Solid Rebound
 

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

  The Financing Squeeze
      CHART: Triple Trouble
      CHART: Problem Loans Are Increasing
      A Liquidity Crisis Is Pushing Asia to the Wall
         CHART: Risky Asia
  Financial Services: No Ordinary Downturn
      CHART: A Hit, A Palpable Hit
  Commentary: How Xerox Ran Short of Black Ink
      CHART: Poor Cash Flow at Xerox...
      CHART: ...Has Hurt Investors
  Cancel the Boxster. My Portfolio's Been Pummeled
      CHART: As Nasdaq Goes, So Go Consumers
  Which One Can Close the Sale?
      TABLE: Too Close for Comfort
      Lose the Vote, Win the White House
         MAP: Electoral Map
  Commentary: Eyeballs, Bah! Figuring Dot-Coms' Real Worth
      TABLE: Slimmed Down
  The Word at Yahoo! Yikes!
      TABLE: Yahoo!'s Growth Strategies
  Commentary: How PC Makers Are Reprogramming Themselves
      CHART: Gateway Moves Beyond the Box
 

IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

  Steven Gillis: In the Pink at Corixa
  Got Those Big Blue Blues
  It's Easy Being Green
  Delta Spreads out at JFK
  Firestone Plants Roll to a Halt
  One Step Closer to an AIDS Vaccine
  Et Cetera...
  Tarnished Copper
      CHART: Copper Mountain Stock Price
 

WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

  Billboards, Animal Traps, and a Tight Presidential Race
  Execs: Ban Soft Money
  I Want My MP3
 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

  Is the Mideast Mortally Wounded?
      TABLE: Peace Hardly Stands a Chance
  Commentary: Ditching Duisenberg Won't Save the Euro
  Commentary: What This Nobelist Can Do for an Encore
 

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

  A Power Vacuum Could Engulf the Philippines
  Mexico Fights Inflation
  Chinese Charm Offensive
 

THE CORPORATION

  Commentary: The Myth of Corporate Reinvention
      TABLE: Xerox
      TABLE: Eastman Kodak
      TABLE: AT&T
  DuPont's Big Remake May Need a Remix
      CHART: DuPont Suffers As Earnings Stall...And Its Stock Takes a Drubbing
      TABLE: Promises, Promises
      A Company Lifer Who Wants to Be a Maverick
 

MANAGEMENT

  Commentary: The Big Five's Credibility Gap Is Getting Wider
      TABLE: Who's Watching the Watchdog?
 

LEGAL AFFAIRS

  Taxing Times for Tax Havens
      TABLE: Paradise Lost?
 

THE WORKPLACE

  When Workers Just Can't Cope
      TABLE: How to Handle Mental Illness at Work
 

MEDIA

  TV: Watch This! No, Watch This!
      TABLE: Creating a Buzz
 

PEOPLE

  Kissing Off the Cosmetics Counter
      RESUME: Robin Burns
 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  CNET: Can a Tech Guru Handle Wine, Too?
      CHART: CNET's Marketing Campaign
      TABLE: Expansion Plans
  The Check Is in the E-Mail
      TABLE: Paying Up
 

SPORTS BUSINESS

  The NFL: Full Contact in the Valley
  Holy Testosterone! The XFL Is Comin' at You
      PHOTO: XFL TV Ad
      TABLE: Coming to a Gridiron Near You?
      Commentary: This League Has More Than a Fighting Chance
 

MARKETING

  Commentary: Nike Tries Getting in Touch with Its Feminine Side
 

DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

  How Many Photons Can Dance on the Head of a Chip?
  Fish and Chips for Safer Turbines
      PHOTO: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sensor Fish
  Moonbots That Run on Sunlight
  Innovations
 

THE BEST OF BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE

  Surf at Your Own Risk
  This Mess Will Cost AmEx
  Don't Touch That Keyboard
 

ECONOMICS

  Japan Explained
      RESUME: Karel van Wolferen
 

FINANCE

  Smith Barney: A Settlement That's Not Settled
      TABLE: Pamela Martens' Quest for Justice
  Ridgewood: Feet First into the Tech Meltdown
      TABLE: Ridgewood Bets Big on High Tech
  Commentary: Investment Banks: Let Analysts Do Their Jobs
 

INDUSTRIES

  The Oil Gods Must Be Smiling on Russia
      CHART: On the Rise
      TABLE: Petro Profits
  Oil Mergers: Uh, About That Break for Consumers...
      TABLE: Mergers Are Good for Stocks
 

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

  Planning Made Simpler
      TABLE: Optimizing Everywhere
 

INDUSTRY INSIDER

  Making Decisions with Precision
      RESUME: Saul I. Gass
 

BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE

  What Is Business Casual?
 

BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

  Waiting for the Death of the Death Tax
      TABLE: Do's and Don'ts While the Rules Change
  Buy Euros before You Book That Flight
      TABLE: Converting the Euro
  Philanthropy with a Woman's Touch
      TABLE: Characteristics of Women Who Give
 

BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

  Krispy Kreme: A Dozen Hot Questions
 

BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET

  Hitched at Midland?
      CHART: Heading for Higher Ground
  A Closer Look at Orbotech
      CHART: Severely Punished
  3dfx: ''A Potential Home Run''
      CHART: Striking Out Big-Time
 

FIGURES OF THE WEEK

  Figures of the Week (.pdf)
      Production Index Components
 

EDITORIALS

  Debt Market Storm Rising
  Is Big Oil Getting Too Big?
 

INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON SWEDEN

  A Worrisome High-Tech Divide...May Get Worse As Homes Get Wired (int'l edition)
      MAP: Sweden
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM ARMENIA

  Abandoning a Sinking Country (int'l edition)
      MAP: Armenia
 

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

  There Are Good Reasons for Voter Apathy (int'l edition)
 

INTERNATIONAL -- SPECIAL REPORT

  Prosperity under Siege (int'l edition)
      The Big Squeeze in America (int'l edition)
         CHART: Triple Trouble
      Asia's Liquidity Drought (int'l edition)
         CHART: Risky Asia
      Europe: It's Time to Start Worrying (int'l edition)
         CHART: The Biggest Blow: Oil
 

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

  East Timor's Petro Trouble (int'l edition)
      MAP: Australian-Timorese Border
  The Internet Flier Who Fell to Earth (int'l edition)
      CHART: PCCW's Sliding Fortunes
 

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

  The Oil Gods Are Smiling on Russia (int'l edition)
      CHART: On the Rise
      TABLE: Petro Profits
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS

  Colombia Looks to Crack Down on Contraband (int'l edition)
  Argentina's de la Rua: He Used to Be Boring but Clean (int'l edition)
      CHART: Consumer Confidence Takes a Dive
 

INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

  The Korean Bank That Almost Got Away (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Korea's Troubled Banks
  Why Bombay's Blue Chips Are Down (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Multinationals in India: Trailing the Market
  Nasdaq Japan: Birth Pangs, or Something Worse? (int'l edition)
      TABLE: No Honeymoon
 

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

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

INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

  Contain the Middle East Violence (int'l edition)
 

ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS

OCTOBER 23, 2000
  South Koreans Are Crazy for Cramming
  Virgin Is In for a Bumpy Ride



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