ISSUE DATE: DECEMBER 11, 2000
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COVER STORY

  The CEO Trap
Even the best executives can't always live up to sky-high expectations
      COVER IMAGE: The CEO Trap
      CHART: CEO Turnover
      TABLE: In--and Out
      CHART: Great Expectations
      TABLE: CEO Stats
      A Talk With Harvey Golub of AmEx
  The Man Who Would Be Welch
      GRAPHIC: The Welch Effect
      TABLE: Immelt's Challenges
      RESUME: Jeffrey R. Immelt
      Jack: The Welch Era at General Electric
         Neutron Jack
         High Points
         Low Points
         The Welch Touch
 

ASIAN COVER STORY

  The Great Migration
Chinese peasants are fleeing their villages to chase big-city dreams
      COVER IMAGE: China: The Great Migration
      MAP: The Chinese Coast
      TABLE: Mo Meiquan's Family Balance Sheet
      TABLE: China's Wide Divide
      A Crusader for Industry's Casualties
 

BUSINESS WEEK E.BIZ

  Business Week e.biz
In our latest report on electronic business: The new software stars; curing the health-care industry; how the Net is making life sweeter for Nestlé
 

UP FRONT

  Talk Show
  Wanted: A Few Good Hackers
  Inkless in Seattle
  A Hit of Hospitality
  TABLE: Inside Moves
  Paging Miss Manners
  All the Web's a Stage
  A Tantrum over Kidvid
  CHART: Our Need for Speed
  Footnotes
 

READERS REPORT

  The Right Way to Elect a President?
  Biotech Foods: Put the FDA in Charge
  Users' Identity Is Bound Up with AOL
  Women Make Good Managers. So What?
  A Wintry Welcome for Workers on Visas
 

BOOKS

  The Best Business Books of 2000
      TABLE: The Best Business Books of 2000
 

TECHNOLOGY & YOU

  Visor: Versatility with a Vengeance
      PHOTO: Handspring Visor with Plug-Ins
 

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

  The Dollar Club: Why Countries Are So Keen to Join
 

ECONOMIC TRENDS

  A Test for the New Economy
      CHART: As Growth Slows, So Does Productivity
  IRAs Have a Dirty Little Secret
  Retail Streets Paved with Gold
      CHART: The Toniest Thoroughfares
 

INDUSTRY INSIDER

  An Early Warning from the Factory Floor
      CHART: Signs of a Downturn
 

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

  U.S.: Holiday Surprise: Shoppers Are Showing Some Pep
      CHART: Orders Flatten Out, but at a High Level
      CHART: A Sure Sign of a Slower Economy
      CHART: Profits Perform Their Own Slowdown
  Germany: The End Is in Sight for This Slowdown
      CHART: German Growth: Cooler, but Not Cold
 

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

  Weathering Slow Growth
      CHART: As the Economy Slows...Profits Are Shrinking
  Revolt of the Business Class
      TABLE: Up, Up, and Away
  Mergers: Let's Talk Turkeys
      CHART: A Decade of Deals
      TABLE: Gobble, Gobble, Gobble...
      Eight Billion Reasons to Get Even with Schrempp
  Commentary: Daimler's Board: Not Exactly Crisis Managers
  AT&T Tries Downloading DoCoMo's Magic
      TABLE: New Momentum for AT&T Wireless
  Out of the Frying Pan and into...The Frying Pan
      CHART: The Big Bet
  Commentary: It's Perfect Weather to Fight Global Warming
  A Famous Brand on a Rocky Road
 

IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

  David Dorman: Into the Breach at AT&T
  Citigroup Fumbles Again
  Quick Drug Review, Quick Recall
  Where Venture Money Is Flowing
  Qantas Joins Airbus' Flock
  More Home Buyers Stay Home
  Et Cetera...
  Burnt Ciena
      CHART: Ciena Stock Price
 

WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

  First a Brief Lull, Then Hurricane Hillary
  Banking on Oxley
  Controversy on the Cob
  Singapore Surprise
 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

  Defusing a Debt Bomb
      CHART: Taiwan's Dud Loans: A Mounting Problem
      ONLINE ORIGINAL: Taiwan's Finance Minister: "We Need to Encourage Consolidation"
  Like Stealing Plastic from a Baby
      CHART: Victimizing Japan
      TABLE: The New Numbers Game
  Commentary: Let Japan's Faltering Insurers Take the Fall
  Suddenly, PCs Are Falling Flat
      CHART: Europe's PC Sales Are Slowing Down...While Personal-Computer Use Lags
 

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

  Germany: So Far, Merkel Can't Revive the Christian Democrats
  Barak's Challenge
 

ECONOMICS

  Commentary: Today's Hottest Economist Died 50 Years Ago
      TABLE: New Economy, New Economic Paradigm
 

SPORTS BUSINESS

  Commentary: Putting the Squeeze on the Media
 

LEGAL AFFAIRS

  What's That Smell?
      TABLE: Paper Trail: A Short History of Carbonless Copy Paper
 

FINANCE

  The Fall of the Net Analyst
      TABLE: Some Got It Right
      Unconventional Wisdom from Lehman
  Commentary: Schwab, Going Upscale, Steps on Some Toes
      CHART: Losing a Big Lead
 

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

  A Comeback for Coal
      CHART: Coal Production Has Risen...And Productivity Gains Have Kept the Price Low
      CHART: Most of America's Power Still Comes from Coal...And Since Demand for Power Is Growing...Energy Prices Keep Rising
      A Nasty Fight over Soot
 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

  Rebuilding the Spinal Cord
      TABLE: It's Back-Mending Work
 

DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

  A Cheaper, Cleaner Way to Whip Up Silicon
  Want Sweeter Manure? Feed Those Pigs Right
  Putting an Eel on Wheels
  For Superfibers, Scrape the Bottom of the Barrel
 

MEDIA

  Ready for Some Old-Fashioned Paper Wars?
      TABLE: West Coast Upstarts
 

BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE

  All I Want for Christmas
      TABLE: Are You Experienced?
  Gifts That Change Lives
      TABLE: Sites with a Heart
 

BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

  Lessons from a Muni-Fund Nosedive
      CHART: Hard Times in the Heartland
  She Did It by the Numbers
      RESUME: Nina E. McLemore
 

BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

  A Healthy Prognosis for Aetna at Last?
      TABLE: Aetna: Nearly Left for Dead
 

BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET

  Mitchell Burns Hot
      CHART: The Stock Is Sizzling
  Is Park Place Set to Cash In?
      CHART: A Dry Runup
  Perking Things Up at Orphan Medical
      CHART: Not So Sleepy
 

FIGURES OF THE WEEK

  Figures of the Week (.pdf)
      Production Index Components
 

EDITORIALS

  The CEO As Hero--and Bum
  Getting Over the Dot-Con
 

INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON JAPAN

  As Fans Build a Team of Their Own...Yokohama Readies for the World Cup (int'l edition)
      MAP: Japan
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM NEW JERSEY

  Sometimes It Takes More Than a Village (int'l edition)
      MAP: New Jersey
 

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

  The Limo Jet: Its Time Is Coming (int'l edition)
  The Ban on Drugs Is What Gives Pushers Their Oomph (int'l edition)
 

INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

  Commentary: India's Reform: So Far, More Peril Than Promise (int'l edition)
 

INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

  Who Needs PCs? (int'l edition)
      CHART: Europe's PC Sales Are Slowing Down...While Personal-Computer Use Lags
  Identity Crisis at LVMH? (int'l edition)
      TABLE: The Quest for Retail Customers
      ONLINE ORIGINAL: LVMH's Ullman: "This Is Not Willy-Nilly Expansion" (int'l edition)
  Biotech Is Back--but the Prognosis Is Iffy (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Biotech IPOs in Europe
 

INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS

  Vicente Fox, Executive Headhunter (int'l edition)
      TABLE: The Brain Trust
  Speak Softly and Carry a Referendum (int'l edition)
      TABLE: Venezuela's Election Fever
 

INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

  The Rothschilds Are on a Roll (int'l edition)
      GRAPHIC: All in the Family
  Zap! Here Comes Electricity Trading (int'l edition)
      CHART: Powering Up
 

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

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

INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

  How Europe Can Get with the Net (int'l edition)
  China's Homegrown Illegal Aliens (int'l edition)
 


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