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$50 Crude: More Than Just Pain at the Pump

Recent weeks have seen a respite in oil's seemingly inexorable climb. But prices will most likely head back up -- and if that happens, growth and the economy will be going down.


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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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Productivity Trumps Demographics
Repeated warnings that population growth -- or lack thereof -- would destroy economies have always turned out false. BusinessWeek Chief Economist Michael Mandel says today's greatest danger isn't an aging population, but a drop in productivity growth.
Technology Special Report: Tomorrow's Safer Cars
Baby boomers will soon need help to avoid becoming hazardous drivers. And with technologies ranging from better dashboards to enhanced night vision, carmakers are gearing up.


Pull the Veil from Drug-Study Secrets
Making the drugmakers register their studies and publish the results -- good or bad -- is just a first step toward much needed openness in the pharmaceutical industry.

Will Ericsson See a Windfall From 3G Technology?
S&P analyst Ari Bensinger thinks the Swedish outfit's stock will gain substantially as wireless providers, after several years of capital-spending cuts, upgrade their networks with Ericsson's gear.


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