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COVER STORY
Toy Story Old stores, new rivals, and changing trends have hammered Toys "R" Us. Can CEO John Eyler fix the chain?
COVER IMAGE: Toy Story
CHART: No Fun in the Toy Aisles
TABLE: 52 Years of Toys 'R' Us
RESUME: John Hamilton Eyler Jr.
TABLE: Fixing the Store
Clubby Boardrooms 'R' Us
ONLINE EXTRA: CEO Eyler: ''You Really Have to Have a Service Mentality''
EUROPEAN COVER STORY
Deutsche Telekom's Embattled Boss Ron Sommer runs the AT&T of Europe. Break it up? He says no way
COVER IMAGE: Deutsche Telekom's Embattled Boss
CHART: Deutsche Telekom's Hard Year
TABLE: The $80 Billion Spree
ONLINE EXTRA: CEO Sommer: ''We Are Very Much Misunderstood''
ONLINE EXTRA: CFO Eick: ''A Huge and Incomparable Transition Period''
ONLINE EXTRA: Global Business Chief Hedberg: ''It's Not Just Winning the Deal''
FRONTIER
Frontier
In our latest supplement for small business: Forecast 2001: What's ahead for your company. The business of predictions. Wireless: The next tech boom
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Sign of the Dot-Com Times?
The Aztec Fails to Conquer
Vote of Confidence
TABLE: The New Demographics of Black Americans
Everything's Just Ducky
Making Hay While They Tally Ballots
Now the Blind Can Enjoy Movies, Too
CHART: Christmas on the Web
Footnotes
READERS REPORT
Greenspan and the Productivity Slowdown
Don't Blame R&D for Xerox' Shortcomings
CEOs Let Their Wallets Do the Voting
How Can Economists Put a Price Tag on the Environment?
Pilots' Pay Hikes Pale Beside Execs' ''Parachutes''
Don't Exclude the Baltics from a ''New Europe''
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
''What if it breaks?'' (Technology Buying Guide, Nov. 13, 2000)
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Why Most of Us Can't Have Broadband
TABLE: The Barriers to Broadband
BOOKS
Why Cyberspace Is Great for City Space
PHOTO: Cover, ''The New Geography''
Greenspan Revealed
PHOTO: Cover, ''Maestro''
PHOTO: Cover, ''Greenspan''
The Business Week Best-Seller List
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The Message from Asia: Trade Locally, Think Globally
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Emerging Asia's Shaky Recovery
CHART: Why Have Asian Equities Swooned Again?
Team Trust and a Winning Game
A Louder Boom in the Big Apple
CHART: Outpacing the Nation
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Be Patient, Investors. The Fed Certainly Is
CHART: Builders' Optimism Is on the Rise
CHART: Banks Tighten Their Grip on Credit
CHART: Inflation: Still Tame, but Drifting Up
Mexico: New Leader, Old Problem: Slow Growth
CHART: Growth Remains Strong but a Bit Slower
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
'Tis the Season to Be Gloomy
CHART: Anxious Consumers...
CHART: ...And a Weaker Outlook...
CHART: ...Have Retailers Hurting
It'll Be a Cold Christmas for Web Retailers
CHART: Online Sales Growth Slows
Commentary: The Candidate as a Campaign Spectator
Who Will Help Ellison Run Oracle? Ask Again Later
CHART: Oracle's Big Problem
Commentary: Can Schrempp Stop the Careening at Chrysler?
CHART: Rough Road
Commentary: Broadband's Pioneers May Get Beaten, Then Eaten
TABLE: Crunch Time for DSL Companies
Playboy's Not-so-Energized Bunny
CHART: Aging Playboy
What's Bottling Up Natural Gas
CHART: Yet Another Pricey Fuel
Let's Keep This Exchange to Ourselves
TABLE: Why Suppliers Are Shunning B2B Exchanges
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Kenneth Chenault: No Recount Needed Here
A Windfall for AT&T Wireless?
Flying the Pricier Skies
To China in a Brown Airplane
La Resistance on the Web
Nary a Glimmer at Lucent
Et Cetera...
Telecom Disease
CHART: Juniper Networks Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
A Slowdown Could Hit GOP Governors Where They Live
Insurers Team Up?
Pricey Pentagon Parts
Hillary the Bogeyman
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Vivendi: Welcome to the Real World
TABLE: Messier's Next Hurdles
The Friends of Vladimir
TABLE: Buddies in Business and Government
Commentary: Vicente Fox May Be Setting Himself Up for a Fall
TABLE: To-Do List
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Canada Feels a Hard Wind Blowing from the Right
After Fujimori
MARKETING
The Toy-Train Company That Thinks It Can
TABLE: Lionel Back on Track: A 100-Year History
PHOTO ESSAY
Track Star
GOVERNMENT
Commentary: The Mideast: Win the Media, Win the War
THE WORKPLACE
A Union for Amazon?
TABLE: Why Some Workers Want a Union
Commentary: OSHA's New Regs Will Ease the Pain--for Everybody
TABLE: Redefining Risk
THE CORPORATION
Hazy Picture at Polaroid
TABLE: A Focus on New Products
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Commentary: Ebola Could Soon Be the West's Problem, Too
A Blood Booster for Amgen?
TABLE: Amgen's 2001 Pipeline
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
From Bats to Boats--Wings Take to the Water
Keeping a Check on Foot-and-Mouth Disease
How to Tell When You're Done in the Sun
Chip Technology: Quantum Leaps and Tiny Steps
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Intel Inside Out
TABLE: Intel's Missteps
TABLE: Barrett's Fix-It Plan
Trouble in Store for Data-Storage King?
TABLE: How the Storage Market Stacks Up: EMC and Its Rivals
THE BEST OF BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE
The Electoral College: Consider the Alternatives
Great Story, but Who Owns It?
A Faustian Deal for Napster?
How Steve Jobs Failed at School
ECONOMICS
Commentary: Free Trade in Asia: Bogged Down Again
TABLE: The Roadblocks
FINANCE
Feeling a Credit Squeeze
CHART: The Loan Window Slams Shut
The Rabbi of Day Trading
TABLE: Mayer's Tips for Traders
Barings May Be Headed for the History Books
TABLE: ING Barings in the U.S.
Commentary: Business Won't Hedge the Euro Away
TABLE: The Euro Takes Its Toll
Brokers Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
TABLE: Fishing for Women Investors
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Digital Cameras Are Coming into Focus
TABLE: For Digital Pictures with a Difference
''Slow Food'' for the Fast Lane
TABLE: Edibles by Mail
Make My Oil a Vintage 1999
TABLE: An Olive Oil Sampler
Vinegar? Let's Have a Toast
TABLE: Vinegar Vendors
You Can Take the Port out of Portugal
TABLE: Tantalizing Tastes
Wake Up and Open the Coffee-Table Books
The New Shape of Fitness
TABLE: Working Up a Sweat
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Capitalizing On the Yearend Dash
TABLE: Bargain Hunting
BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Amazon: Cheaper--but Cheap Enough?
CHART: An E-Tailer's Slide
BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
A Newpark Gusher?
CHART: In a Slough of Despond
Stop the Wilting at Garden Fresh
CHART: The Bloom Is Off
Wilsons: Set to Go Hell for Leather
CHART: It Took Quite a Tanning
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
Production Index Components
EDITORIALS
The Clenching of U.S. Credit Markets
Broadband's Slow March Can't Drag On
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON ENGLAND
As Houses Drown on Floodplains...Sandbags Turn into Gold Dust (int'l edition)
MAP: England
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM COLORADO
Whose Forest Is It, Anyway? (int'l edition)
MAP: Colorado
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Israeli High Tech Is Not Just a Few Startups (int'l edition)
Why Filipinos Are Behind President Estrada (int'l edition)
What Uganda Needs Now Is Electric Power (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
The Dangers of Cracking Down in Korea (int'l edition)
TABLE: Crisis within a Crisis
Commentary: Asia's Crop of Damaged Leaders
Can Lever Get the Lather Back? (int'l edition)
CHART: Hindustan Lever Takes a Hit
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS
Setting Himself Up for a Fall? (int'l edition)
TABLE: Fox's To-Do List
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Barings May Be Headed for the History Books (int'l edition)
TABLE: Why ING Barings Had to Go
Japanese Online Brokers Are Committing Hara-Kiri (int'l edition)
TABLE: It's Crowded at the Top
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (.pdf) (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Japan's Old Guard Survives--for Now (int'l edition)
ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
November 20, 2000
Letter From Buffalo: Can Teamwork Rescue a Rust-Belt City?
Gazprom on the Grill
November 27, 2000
From World-Class to World-Class Disaster
The Internet Party Didn't Last Long
Online Highlights from page 10 of this issue
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Cover Photograph by Marc Bryan-Brown
European Cover
Photograph by Michael Dannenmann with Digital Imaging by Dennis Lau
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