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Chipmakers' Problems Are Speeding Up

As the industry tries to pack more power and performance into semiconductors, it faces delays, sliced profits, and overheating chips. To keep up, it will have to invent its way out of this trouble


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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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Summer Vacation for the Economy
Sure, weaker consumer sales and factory orders in June suggest that growth has slowed slightly. But S&P Chief Economist David Wyss says still-high consumer confidence, strong home sales, and more jobs could easily jump-start activity
It's Time to End the Boeing-Airbus Dogfight
Endless bickering over who's violating a 1992 agreement that set limits on government aid for the development of commercial aircraft shows that a new, more transparent deal is needed


Investing Lessons from Martha Stewart
You can learn a lot about what not to do from the disgraced domestic diva. She ignored the advice of her broker, didn't diversify, and hated to sell, proving that even savvy folks have trouble beating the market

How Microsoft Can Embrace Linux
Considering Redmond's slim odds of conquering the software market in developing nations, why not offer them a low-cost Linux version of Office?


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