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Dear Larry Ellison: Try a Little Tenderness

Oracle has been trying to acquire software rival PeopleSoft for more than a year, but so far the bid has generated only hard feelings. If you're serious about this marriage, it's time to show you care


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

BusinessWeek 50
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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
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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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The late diet guru was criticized for the lack of scientific data backing up his call to cut out the carbs. Now, his widow, Veronica, says she's funding research in the hopes of validating his theories on nutrition
Fear and Fascination in Cyber China
Torn between Chinese dot-com IPOs with hot growth prospects and a too-hot economy, investors don't know whether they're coming or going


The Hard Life of a Golfing Great
From the suicide of his father when he was nine to the near fatal car accident at the height of his career, Ben Hogan never had it easy. A new biography paints a rich portrait of a darkly driven man who excelled amid great adversity

Excuse Me, but I Think Your Lapel Is Ringing
Wrist-watch phones, minute handsets woven into clothes, and more are already on sale in Asia. Expect them soon in the U.S. Plus: See some of them now in an accompanying online slideshow




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