ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER 27, 2000
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COVER STORY

  The Economy: Passing a Dimmer Torch
The next President will likely have to deal with a fading expansion
      COVER IMAGE: The New President's Economy
      CHART: Growth Slows...As Tech Demand Weakens...Manufacturing Dips...
      CHART: ...The Stock Market Declines...The Trade Gap Explodes...And Corporate Debt Surges
      TABLE: Turbulence Ahead
      The Alan Greenspan of OPEC?
         CHART: Fill 'Er Up
      Can the Market Regain Its Balance?
         CHART: Scaling Back Expectations
         CHART: Losing the Investor Vote
         TABLE: The View from Four Wall Street Gurus
      Commentary: The Pitfalls of One Person, One Vote
         TABLE: Where the Votes Are
         TABLE: No Electoral College
      Sleight of Hand at the Polls
         TABLE: Tricks of the Trade
      Is There Any Help for the ''Hanging Chad''?
      Commentary: The Young and the (Still) Listless
 

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY

  Asia's Future (int'l edition)
It's set for a new technology-driven leap forward, but huge problems remain
      COVER IMAGE: Asia's Tech Future
      TABLE: The Tech Future
      Beyond the Lab (int'l edition)
         CHART: Startup Explosion
      The Chips Are Up (int'l edition)
         TABLE: Betting Big
         Chasing the Dream to Shanghai (int'l edition)
      Minds over Matter (int'l edition)
         CHART: Going, Going...
      A Biotech Hub (int'l edition)
         CHART: Genetic Express
      Rewriting the Rules (int'l edition)
         TABLE: Vietnam's IT Plan
 

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY

  Workers in Bondage (int'l edition)
Europeans are only now learning of the horror of widespread sweatshops that use forced immigrant labor
      COVER IMAGE: Workers in Bondage
      TABLE: The Route to Europe
      TABLE: A Year of Raids
      Witnesses to a Murder (int'l edition)
      Italy: Center of the New Slave Trade (int'l edition)
      ONLINE EXTRA: Workers in Bondage: A Photo Essay
 

EDITOR'S MEMO

  Honoring Our Web Site
 

UP FRONT

  Talk Show
  The Big Mac Looks a Little Green
  AT&T Debacle? What Debacle?
  The Name of This Game Is--The Name
  TABLE: Desk Rage
  Moving Off of Welfare--by Bus
  A Virtual ''Vacancy'' Sign
  The Ultimate Scooter Returns
  CHART: The Online Blues
  Footnotes
 

READERS REPORT

  Global Capitalism Needs Some Fine-Tuning
  Voluntary Food Labeling Is Working for Consumers
  Competition Could Only Improve Public Schools
  Weighing in on the Alaskan Wilderness Debate
 

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

  ''A compromise from the crusader'' (Finance, Nov. 13, 2000)
 

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

  Resist the Pressure to Spend the Surplus
 

ECONOMIC TRENDS

  New Ammo in the Gun Debate
      CHART: Arms and Violence: Three Related Trends?
  Redefining Core Inflation
  Startups: Where the Action Is
      CHART: Creative Crosscurrents
 

TECHNOLOGY & YOU

  The Election: How the Web Blew It
      TABLE: Rating the Election Sites
 

BOOKS

  The Moral Perils of Permanent Plenty
      PHOTO: Cover, ''The Virtue of Prosperity''
  When Egos Deferred to Duty
      PHOTO: Cover, ''Founding Brothers''
 

INDUSTRY MONITOR

  Cranking Up the Juice in Your Car
  Radio Waves Could Turn Bar Codes into Has-Beens
  Faster Trains May Bring Star Wars Down to Earth
  Innovations
 

INDUSTRY INSIDER

  A Driving Force behind Tomorrow's Greener Cars
      CHART: Off the Road
      PHOTO: Toyota Prius
 

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

  U.S.: This Political Shock Won't Upset the Soft Landing
      CHART: A Sharp Slowdown in Retail Activity
      CHART: The Waning Wealth Effect
      CHART: Where Factory Production Is Weakest
  South Korea: The Pain Means Reforms Are Kicking In
      CHART: Factory Output Is Downshifting
 

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

  Can Fiorina Reboot HP?
      CHART: Carly's Crisis
  Commentary: How Levitt Won the Accounting Wars
      TABLE: What Levitt Got
  Daimler's Designated Driver
      CHART: So Much for German Engineering
  Commentary: You've Got the New Economy All Wrong, Mr. Gerstner
 

IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

  Walter Isaacson: Time Passage
      PHOTO: Walter Isaacson
  Verizon Sees Blue Sky Ahead
  MP3.Com Signs a Peace Treaty
  Lightening the Load at CMGI
  FedEx Hitches Up a New Trucker
  Will ICG Have to Pull the Plug?
  Et Cetera...
  Morning After
      CHART: Bank of America Stock Price
 

THE CORPORATION

  Can Home Depot Get Its House in Order?
      CHART: As Home Depot's Growth Slows...Its Stock Has Been Hammered
 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

  It's a Nano World
      TABLE: Just Like Child's Play
      The Ultimate Library
      Rainbow's End
      Mix and Meld
      Atomic Skyscrapers
      From a Volcano to Your Washing Machine--and Beyond
 

DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

  Introduction
  Don't Take Off on an Empty Stomach
  Perils of the Sporadic Workout
  Bad Gums, Bad Heart? Could Be
  Innovations
 

WORKPLACE

  Commentary: Labor's Labors Aren't Lost
      TABLE: Gridlock: The Unions' Friend?
 

MARKETING

  Gotta Get That Gatorade
      CHART: Brand Gatorade
 

GOVERNMENT

  A Wave of Scandals in Puerto Rico
      TABLE: Bribery, Fraud, & Worse
      TABLE: Tapping Puerto Rico
 

SPORTS BUSINESS

  Tiger vs. the PGA: How Serious Is It?
      TABLE: The Importance of Having Tiger
      Teeing Off in the Inner City
 

MANAGEMENT

  GE Capital's E-Biz Farm Team
      TABLE: GE Capital Goes Back to School
 

PHOTO ESSAY

  Monsters of the Deep
 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

  Lazard and Mediobanca: Shocks to the System (int'l edition)
      GRAPHIC: Mediobanca's Ties
      GRAPHIC: Lazard's Web
  Whither Europe? Ask Felix Rohatyn
  An About-Face at Aventis
      TABLE: Revamping Aventis
  How Much Is That Robot in the Window?
  Commentary: Japan: This Time, the Rebel with a Cause Could Win
 

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

  Mexico: Can Fox Govern with the PRI in a Shambles?
  Going Private
  Sigh of Relief in Spain
 

MEDIA

  Can Liberty Media Get Its Groove Back?
      TABLE: Malone's Incredible Shrinking Portfolio
  How AOL Time Warner Will Shake Up the Net
      TABLE: Vying for Access
 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  BW's Info Tech 100: Who's Still Standing?
      A 20-Year-Old Overnight Success
         TABLE: Rational Software
      SONICblue Is Singing a New Song
         TABLE: SONICblue (Formerly S3)
      TABLE: The Info Tech 100
 

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

  Where's My Dream Car?
      CHART: Kicking the Tires over the Wires
  How the Web Is Retooling Detroit
      GRAPHIC: A PTC Project in Progress
      TABLE: Forecasting an Automotive E2E Revolution
  Conservation: Been There, Doing That
      PHOTO: Laser Cutters Are Helping to Save Big Bucks in the High-Energy Industry
      CHART: More Bang for the Buck
 

BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

  SUVs: Say Good-bye to the Shake, Rattle, and Roll
      TABLE: Four of the New Utes
  Staying Out of the Tax Twilight Zone
      TABLE: ABCs of the AMT
      For This Tax Break, Should You Hold ''HOLDRS''?
  Merrill's Tech Guru Draws the Big Picture
      TABLE: Merrill's Top Tech Picks
  Your Money and Your Life Insurance
 

BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

  The Unsung Hero of Fund Investors
      RESUME: Mercer Bullard
 

BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET

  Juicing Up Caminus
  Is Gehl Heading for a Harvest?
      CHART: A Long Dry Spell
  Voting Machines Florida Would Love
      CHART: More Investors May Say Aye
 

FIGURES OF THE WEEK

  Figures of the Week (.pdf)
      Production Index Components
 

EDITORIALS

  The Economic Challenge Ahead
  The Big Five's Chance at Self-Regulation
 

INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON BULGARIA

  Where Fakery Is an Art Form...There's No Help to Kick the Habit (int'l edition)
      MAP: Bulgaria
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM BUDAPEST

  Will They Gentrify the Jewish Quarter? (int'l edition)
      MAP: Budapest
 

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

  Weighing in on the Alaskan Wilderness Debate (int'l edition)
  Global Capitalism Needs Some Fine-Tuning (int'l edition)
  Colombia: Signs of Progress in the Contraband Fight (int'l edition)
 

INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

  ''This is 'the big one' for Brazilian banking'' (Latin American Business, Nov. 20, 2000) (int'l edition)
 

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

  Is Hyundai About to Topple, Too? (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Hyundai's Mess
  The Philippine President Who Won't Go Away (int'l edition)
      CHART: The Estrada Effect
 

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

  From World-Class to World-Class Disaster (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Busting Up a Former Belgian Highflier
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS

  The Internet Party Didn't Last Long (int'l edition)
      CHART: Latin Net Stocks Head South
  The Panic Has Subsided--but Not the Debt (int'l edition)
      CHART: Argentine Roller Coaster
 

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

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

INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

  How Asia Can Rev Up Its Engine (int'l edition)
  Shut Down Europe's Sweatshops. Now (int'l edition)
 

ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS

November 6, 2000
  Commentary: Old Retail Laws + New Economy = Big Mess

November 20, 2000
  Last Days of the Industrial Raj?


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