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What Your PC Will Look Like Tomorrow

Computer development has been a steady, plodding process, but a coming series of innovations will transform it. Here's what to expect, from sharper, thinner displays to bigger, faster storage device.


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Retail Outlook
Will weakness in housing and rising energy prices mean consumers are running out of gas? We talk with a retail analyst and a consumer expert about the outlook for the holiday season

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Best Global Brands
These 100 brands are among the world's most recognized—and most valuable

Best Places to Launch a Career
We canvassed career-services directors, employers, and students to rank the best companies for recent graduates

BusinessWeek 50
Our picks of the top-performing companies from the S&P 500. Plus, regional rankings for Asia and Europe:
Asia's BusinessWeek 50
Europe's BusinessWeek 50

Customer Service Champs
Companies that excel at pleasing customers, based on J.D. Power & Associates customer satisfaction data and our own reader survey

Hot Growth 100
From young, upstart companies to those that have been around for centuries: Plus, regional rankings of top-performing small businesses in Asia and Europe:
Asia's Hot Growth 100
Europe's Hot Growth 100

Info Tech 100
Emerging-market cellular players, wireless phone and gear makers, and Web giants are this year's stars

World's Most Innovative Companies
Nurturing, creative cultures allow these companies to wow customers with innovative products and services

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Sun, Sand -- and a Summer Rally?
Investors seem to be rotating out of defensive sectors, and technical signs look positive. Sam Stovall of Standard & Poor's thinks the market may soon be heating up.
Getting from Taipei to Shanghai, the Long Way
It takes all day to make what should be a short journey across the Taiwan Strait. Why? Despite the close economic ties, politics insists on rerouting reality.


The G5: Finally Ready for Prime Time
Hurt by glitch-prone machines and a slump in advertising and publishing -- Apple's key users -- sales of the high-end desktop have been disappointing. As these businesses turn around, faster and better-built models are ready to pick up the slack.

Memo to the Fed: Hurt My Fund, Please
In a Q&A with BW's Christopher Palmeri, PIMCO's Bill Gross makes an unusual call for higher rates, and soon. Says the bonds guru: ``It's time for Greenspan to call a cab for all the speculators''.


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