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Special Report: I Am Woman, Hear Me Shop

Rising female consumer power is changing the way companies design, make, and market goods -- and it's about more than adding pastels. Plus: A slide show of new products reflecting that influence.


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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

  SPECIAL REPORTS
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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The Budget's Misguided Parsimony
Cuts in R&D and education spending in the Bush Administration's proposed 2006 budget are shortsighted, says BusinessWeek Chief Economist Michael Mandel. They'll hurt multifactor productivity, a little-known but key force behind U.S. economic oomph.
Special Report: So, What the Heck Are Web Services?
A good question, and it raises lots of others. Here are some straight answers about this critical new movement in computing. Plus: Small players who could go big, and fulfilling Bill Gates's vision at Microsoft.


The Lowdown on High-Tech Trends
In a Q&A, Forrester Research CEO George Colony discusses what's really driving information technology, and what's overblown. He deflates outsourcing, predicts Net links for billions of products, and sees GM's CIO Ralph Szygenda as a pioneer.

The New Boss Behind the Wheel at Toyota
By slamming the brakes on costs, incoming chief Katsuaki Watanabe put his career -- and the carmaker's profits -- in the fast lane.


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