Businessweek

News - Global Economics

• Italians Rail Against a High-Speed Train Project

  A planned high-speed link between Turin and Lyon becomes a canvas for Italian dissent

• An Obama Aide Makes the Case for a Manufacturing Bias

  Gene Sperling takes on the laissez-faire crowd, defending industrial policy

• In China, the Web and Politics Don't Mix

  Beijing closes sites to stop debate about Bo Xilai's ouster

• In Lucky Housing Markets, Bidding Wars Are Back

  Better job security and cheap mortgages kick off the action

• Tom Keene Talks to Harris Associates' David Herro

  The chief investment officer for money manager Harris Associates talks about fear, and bonds vs. stocks

• Seven Days

  Events of note in the week ahead

News - Companies & Industries

• The Sliming of Pink Slime's Creator

  For beef processor BPI, Web reaction to the harvesting of meat scraps results in customers leaving and plants closing

• Pay-Per-View Wrestles With Bar Owners

  Sports promoters are pursuing bar owners who don't pay up for pay TV

• Hugo Boss Plays Catch-Up in China

  The clothing maker seeks buzz to reignite its business in luxe's promised land

• Air-Freighting Animals: A Most Lucrative Game

  Transporting animals is a big moneymaker for air carriers

• Briefs

  Dark days for TV makers Sony and Sharp; the Pentagon plans to increase its drone fleet; Reebok will recall its Tebow jerseys; and more

News - Politics & Policy

• Can Romney Beat GOP Gloom?

  As Rick Santorum exits, Mitt Romney's Republican detractors begin the journey from animus to acceptance

• Keeping Conflict Minerals Out of Your Cell Phone

  Tech companies scramble to prove their raw materials are conflict-free

• One Man's Quest to Make Information Free

  Carl Malamud says it's crazy that we have to pay for public documents

• Buffett Rule or Not, Most Rich People Already Pay

  The rich pay more in taxes than you think

• Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan

  The House Budget Committee chairman criticizes the Buffett Rule (and the president) and defends the tax rate for carried interest and capital gains

News - Technology

• Berlin Cracks the Startup Code

  A $100 million venture fund is a sign of the German capital’s new status as a tech hub

• The Rise of the E-Jukebox

  New, iPad-like jukeboxes feature Facebook, karaoke, photo-taking

• Startups Can't Ignore Washington

  Web video company Boxee learned, from a customer, of an FCC rule that could hurt its business

• Apple Delays, Hackers Play

  The worst-ever Mac virus outbreak occurs after Apple delays a bug fix

• Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion

  Who gets (even) richer and who's driving the photo-sharing app's success

• Ren Ng: Focused on Reinventing Photos

  His Lytro camera is the first commercially available model to harness technology known as light field photography

News - Markets & Finance

• Gene Munster Says Apple Is Going to $1,000

  The Piper Jaffray analyst predicts the stock will have a $1 trillion market value by 2014

• The Building Boom That's Sinking Stockton

  The California city borrowed heavily to renovate downtown

• A Death Sentence Puts Shadow Banking on Trial

  The case of "Rich Sister" has China's government on the defensive

• Milwaukee: America's Mutual Fund Mecca

  Its distance from financial centers encourages independent thinking

• Bid & Ask: The Deals of the Week

  Facebook will buy photo-sharing service Instagram; Cerberus will take a majority stake in AT&T's Yellow Pages unit; an IPO for luggage maker Tumi; and more