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eBay: The Perfect Market, Or Not Worth the Effort?

For some, the online auctioneer brings the full thrill of the hunt to the Internet. But for others, a good deal at a fixed price is a better bet. Competing commentaries argue each way on eBay.


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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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Apple's New iMac: Skin-Deep Beauty
Apple has finally pulled back the curtain on the newest version of its consumer desktop. The sleek design could provide an alternative vision for future PCs, but if you want sweeping technical innovation, or even adequate memory, it falls short.
Hewlett-Packard's New Target: Couch Potatoes
The tech giant is diving head first into consumer electronics -- from plasma TVs to an HP branded iPod. A big success will go a long way toward vindicating CEO Carly Fiorina's vision. But if it flops...


FedEx Keeps on Truckin'
Standard & Poor's Jim Corridore sees the world's second-largest express-delivery company pulling even with UPS in terms of valuation. S&P likes its expanding international operations and expects the Kinko's acquisition will add to the bottom line.

South Koreans to Roh: What's the Plan?
The President's policy zigzagging and furious confrontations over the past threaten to polarize and paralyze the country at a key moment.


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