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COVER STORY
Where to Invest Markets will actually improve in 2001 -- but you have to know where to look. Our annual investing guide will help point the way

EDITOR'S MEMO
Ammo for the New Year

UP FRONT
Talk Show
Hit 'em Up for a Bigger Raise, Alan
Have Pink Slip, Will Party
A Sweatshop Called the WTO
TABLE: Vive La (E-Tail) Difference
Guiding Scooters to a Soft Landing
Designing Women, Meet Golden Girls
Does It Dispense Toilet Paper?
TABLE: Hot Toys for the Holidays
Footnotes

READERS REPORT
Thanks from the FBI
Campaign Ad Spending? It's Peanuts
Memo to Schwab: Don't Talk Down to Women
Waiting for Broadband
No Apologies to Dr. Seuss Needed
Rooster.com Does a Little Crowing
Lines of Credit: The Gun at a Bank's Head

BOOKS
Le Carré Takes on a New Evil Empire
PHOTO: Cover, ''The Constant Gardener''
The Business Week Best-Seller List

TECHNOLOGY & YOU
What Wonders Will 2001 Bring?

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
To Preserve the Boom, You've Got to Invest Money

ECONOMIC TRENDS
Why Fed Policy Worked So Well
CHART: After Joblessness Sank, Inflation Stayed Low
Immigrants and Entrepreneurs
Can Home Prices Stay Buoyant?
CHART: Rich Rewards for Homeowners

BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Slowly but Surely, the Economy Is Cooling
CHART: Job Growth Begins to Soften
CHART: Autos Lead the Retail Slowdown
CHART: Pay Gains Continue to Head Higher
Britain: Why the Factory Gears Are Grinding
CHART: British Core Inflation Remains Well-Behaved

GOVERNMENT
Can Bush Heal the Nation?
TABLE: Challenges Facing Bush
With Allies Like These, Who Needs Democrats?
Commentary: Justice Ran Out the Clock
''Sand in the Gears of Government''
TABLE: What Washington Might Deliver
Commentary: Lessons of the Fiasco
TABLE: What We Learned from the Election Mess
Who Won the New Economy Voter?
TABLE: Dissecting the Vote

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Pink Slip Blues
CHART: Will Job Growth Keep Slowing?
Can Chrysler Get Blood from a Supplier?
CHART: Supplier Squeeze
Commentary: GM: ''Out with the Olds'' Is Just the Start
TABLE: GM's To-Do List
Are PC Makers Looking at a Price War?
TABLE: Price-Insensitive
Commentary: Good for A-Rod, Bad for Baseball

IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Joe Mansueto: Top of the Morningstar
Enron Rewards Its Change Agent
McDonald's Sales Are Cowed
At Microsoft, a Consolation Prize
An Ad Is a Bit Too Lively for the FDA
Not Such a Pretty Picture at Kodak
Et Cetera...
Sun Set
CHART: Sun Microsystems Stock Price

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Israel: Barak's Last-Ditch Bid to Save the Peace Process
Chasing Thai Vote Corruption

BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Think You Have an Equal Marriage?
RESUME: Lorna Jorgenson Wendt

BW INVESTOR -- THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Low-Priced Help--That Isn't Worth It
CHART: Portfolio Checkup

BW INVESTOR -- INSIDE WALL STREET
Asyst Can Assist
CHART: Beaten Down in the Tech Slide
Mesaba Airlines Is Set to Climb Higher
CHART: Gaining Altitude from a Recent Bid
PRWW: A Fast Track through the FDA
CHART: Ripe for a Shot in the Arm

FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
Production Index Components

EDITORIALS
It Didn't Have to End This Way
A Full Plate for the President-Elect

INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA
A Balancing Act in a Beautiful Park...And a Bid to Keep a Culture Alive (int'l edition)
MAP: Eastern China

INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM OMAN
An Ancient Scent Seeks Modern Markets (int'l edition)
MAP: Oman

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
What's Ahead for Deutsche Telekom (int'l edition)
How to Manage an Ailing Euro (int'l edition)
What's Going Right in the Forest (int'l edition)
In Business, Skill Is What Makes a Winning Team (int'l edition)

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L BUSINESS
The Grab for a Wireless Future (int'l edition)
TABLE: The Shaky Road to Europe's Mobile Net
Ground Zero in the Wireless Wars: Asia (int'l edition)
CHART: Up, Up and Away
Commentary: Will Putin's Split Personality Hurt Russia? (int'l edition)
LG Group: From Master Stroke to Debacle (int'l edition)
CHART: Korea's Next Sinking Ship?

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (.pdf) (int'l edition)
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