ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER 13, 2000
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COVER STORY

  Bertelsmann: A New Net Powerhouse?
Its deal with Napster could kick-start a bold plan for the media and entertainment giant
      COVER IMAGE: A New Net Powerhouse?
      TABLE: The Deal
      TABLE: The Building Blocks of Bertelsmann
      TABLE: Dueling Net Strategies
      The Man behind Project Thunderball
      Commentary: Napster: Tune In, Turn On, Pay Up
      ONLINE EXTRA: Middelhoff: ''Somebody Has to Take the Lead''
 

TECH BUYING GUIDE

  The New Wireless Wonders
      PCs: What If It Breaks?
         TABLE: Desktops: Best of Breed
         TABLE: How the Warranties Stack Up
         Cool Tools: iFeel MouseMan
      Help Is Just an E-Mail Away
         TABLE: How to Hook Up with a Nerd
      If Web Surfing Is All You're Into...
         Artistic Apples
      Notebooks: Take It with You
         TABLE: The Lowdown on the Latest Laptops
         Cool Tools: Computer Safe
         Test Drive: Cutting the Cord at Last
         ONLINE EXTRA: Staying Connected on the Road
      Handhelds: Pocket Rockets
         TABLE: Wireless Acts
         Cool Tools: Slimpoint Stylus
         ONLINE EXTRA: Modo's Mojo Falling
      Web Phones: A Long Way to Go
         TABLE: Getting on the Wireless Web
         Cool Tools: M130 Headset
         Test Drive: ''Turn Off That Coat!''
         ONLINE EXTRA: Part PDA, Part Phone, and Pretty Tricky
      Net Services: It's Not Just News
         TABLE: Who Offers What
         Cool Tools: Palm Portable Keyboard
      E-Mail with No Wires Attached
      Vortal Combat: The Early Years
         TABLE: Let Your Voice Do the Browsing
 

UP FRONT

  Talk Show
  Who Is the Fairest Guru of Them All?
  Chrysler: Not Quite So Equal
  Steve Case Wants Your Vote
  TABLE: But the Money Doesn't Hurt
  When Aisle Seat Eyes Are Prying
      PHOTO: inViso eShades
  Bush Leads Gore in the Doodad Vote
  Nobody's Watching Your Every Move
  CHART: Day-Care Squeeze
  Footnotes
 

READERS REPORT

  Reviewing the Case against KPMG
  Hizzoner Says: ''Life Is Good in Chicago''
  You Can't Wait for the Final Numbers to Protect Drivers
  ''Priceline.com Is Making the Right Decisions''
  Fixing Corporate America's Service Problem
 

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

  ''Financial services: No ordinary downturn'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Oct. 30, 2000)
  ''Do CEOs vote? Not always--and not often'' (Government, Nov. 6, 2000)
 

BOOKS

  Why the World's Poor Stay That Way
      PHOTO: Cover, ''The Mystery of Capital''
  Pushing the Web to the Speed of Light
      PHOTO: Cover, ''Telecosm''
 

TECHNOLOGY & YOU

  Audrey: Cute, but No Raving Beauty
      TABLE: Hello, Audrey Katherine Lambert
      PHOTO: 3Com Ergo Audrey
 

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

  As Business Goes Global, Antitrust Should, Too
 

ECONOMIC TRENDS

  The Economy's Achilles' Heel?
      CHART: Scant Growth in America's Engineering Ranks
  Yes, Workers Are Grumpier
  The U.S. Loses a Trading Edge
      CHART: Shifting Labor Costs
 

INDUSTRY MONITOR

  An Iron-Enriched Sea of Slime to Cool the Planet?
  Why Blue-Collar Workers Still Have the Jitters
  The Not-So-Shocking News about Power: It's Cheaper
      CHART: Is This a Crisis?
  Innovations
 

INDUSTRY INSIDER

  ''The Old Economy Is the New Economy''
      TABLE: Hidden Gold
      PHOTO: Automated Manufacturing
 

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

  U.S.: Taking the Pulse of the Slowdown
      CHART: Demand Is Cooling Off from Its Red-Hot Pace
      CHART: Oil and Stock Prices Roil Households
      CHART: Benefits Continue to Push Up Labor Costs
  Canada: How a Fiscal Boost Could Play Out Next Year
      CHART: Inflation Is under Control
 

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

  Is Productivity Still Pumped Up?
      CHART: A Cloud over Productivity Growth?
  The Little Guys Take a Breather
      CHART: Small-Business Worries?
  GM Wants to Reinvent the Small Car
  Commentary: It's Getting Lonely at the Top. Too Lonely
      CHART: Help Wanted
  Commentary: The New Feature Microsoft Needs Most: Safeguards
  The Bushdaq vs. the Goredex
      TABLE: How Investors Could Fare...
 

IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

  William P. Sovey: A Three-Year Coffee Break
  Viacom Views Another Target
  DoCoMo Is Calling On AT&T
  The Yeast in First Union's Numbers
  Dot-Coms' Loss, Biotech's Gain
  Can Aetna Cure Its HMO?
  Et Cetera...
  One Fell Swoop
      CHART: WorldCom Stock Price
 

WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

  High Tech's Honeymoon on the Hill May Be about to End
  Art Does Pay
  No Bars to Voting
  Painkillers vs. a Tax Cut
 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

  Japanese High Tech Roars Again
      CHART: Earnings Up, Stock Prices Down
  What's That Knocking under Mercedes' Hood?
 

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

  Is NATO about to Make a Bad Move in the Baltics?
  Hyundai's Latest Woes
  Mideast Hacker Wars
 

SPECIAL REPORT

  Ford's Rouge Redesign
      PHOTO: Ford's Rouge Plant, 1930
      PHOTO: Computer Rendering of Rouge Assembly Plant with Skylights, 2000
 

MEDIA

  Stealing a March on the Networks
      TABLE: Players in the Digital Derby
 

THE CORPORATION

  What Really Happened to the Class of GE
      TABLE: Grading the GE Alumni Club
 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

  Cell Pathways: Blockbuster or Bust
      TABLE: Breaching Cancer's Defense
 

DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

  Robot Planes Will Scout Storms in the Lonely Pacific
      PHOTO: Aerosonde Robot Plane
  Have a (Virtual Reality) Ball
  These Mice Hardly Ever Ask to Be Excused
  Innovations
 

GOVERNMENT

  Who's Giving All That Soft Money
      TABLE: Voting with Their Checkbooks
      TABLE: Vested Interests
 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  The Domain Name Biz: www.dud.com
      TABLE: Gloomy Picture
 

MANAGEMENT

  Will United's Woes Spread?
      CHART: While Service Woes Slam United's Customers...
      CHART: ...And Slow the Airline's Growth...Wall Street Punishes Its Missteps
      TABLE: How United's Labor Woes Are Spreading
      The DC Air Deal: More Likely to Stall Than Fly
      ONLINE EXTRA: United's James Goodwin: ''We Didn't Cave''
 

FINANCE

  An Accounting Compromise from Crusader Levitt
      TABLE: Auditing Deal
  A Talk with a Father of the Euro
      CHART: The Euro's Long Slide
  In Chicago, the Euro Is Magnifico
      CHART: A Sudden Slowdown in a Hot Market
 

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

  Diesels Are the New Thing--Again
      CHART: Powering Up
  Testing, Testing...Systems Are Go
      TABLE: Testing 1, 2, 3
 

MARKETING

  Hold On--What Make of Alternator Is That?
      TABLE: Car Parts: From No Name to Brand Name
 

BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

  Making the Best of Your Clunkers
      TABLE: Trading for Tax Losses
  Keep Your Eyes on Consumers
      CHART: Two Views of Inflation
      TABLE: Tracking Consumers' Income and Outgo
  Picking a Health Plan: Inertia Can Be Costly
      TABLE: Help in Reviewing Your Options
  A Street Legend Sets Up Shop on the Net
      RESUME: Muriel (Mickie) Siebert
 

BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

  'Tis Better to Give--Really
      TABLE: Smart Charity: More and More Choices
 

BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET

  Smithfield: Fat City
      CHART: Bringing Home the Bacon
  Midas Is Muffled--and May Draw Bids
      CHART: The Engine Sputters
  ''A Creeping Takeover'' of Midway Games?
      CHART: Hardly on a Roll
 

FIGURES OF THE WEEK

  Figures of the Week (.pdf)
      Production Index Components
 

EDITORIALS

  Why CEO Churn Is Healthy
  The Wisdom of Alan Greenspan
 

INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON MALAYSIA

  This Race Is a Coup for Mahathir...But Cyberjaya Isn't Up to Speed (int'l edition)
      MAP: Malaysia
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM FRANCE

  A Vineyard's Bitter Fruit (int'l edition)
      MAP: France
 

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

  Consumers Need a Bigger Slice of the Pie (int'l edition)
  With Employment High, Italy Doesn't Need Immigrant Labor (int'l edition)
 

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

  Japanese Racetracks Are Fading in the Stretch (int'l edition)
      CHART: Race to the Bottom
  Don't Write Off This Billionaires' Boys Club (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Dial P for Profit
  Another Casualty of Jakarta's Crony Capitalism (int'l edition)
 

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

  Daimler and VW: Changing Fortunes (int'l edition)
      CHART: VW's Rise
  Daewoo Giveth, and Daewoo Taketh Away (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Tremors on the Assembly Line
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS

  Saving the Forest for the Trees (int'l edition)
      TABLE: The Forestry Stewardship Council
 

INTERNATIONAL -- THE MIDDLE EAST

  Violence May Also Leave Scars on Israeli High Tech (int'l edition)
      CHART: Israel Loses Its Luster
 

INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

  A Virtual Home Run in Japan? (int'l edition)
      TABLE: A Better Banking Deal
 

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

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

INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

  Taking Hong Kong to Task (int'l edition)
 

ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS

November 6, 2000
  Ericsson Still Has a Dial Tone

  Sweden's Dot-Com Deep Freeze


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