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Letter to Carly Fiorina: Cook up a Comeback

 This may seem harsh, but you blew it. Still, you're not the first CEO to get fired. So fess up to your failures at HP, hire a spin doctor, and network your way back into a corner office.


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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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The Delights of Dividend Stocks
Now may be a great time to add some to your portfolio: They're doing well in the current market, fall more slowly if things turn bearish, get favorable tax treatment, and some even beat money-market returns. What's not to like?


 Now Open: Steve Wildstrom's Help Desk
Send your tech questions to BW's Technology & You columnist at techandyou@businessweek.com. Help Desk, Steve's new online-only feature, will appear regularly on the Technology channel. Fire away!


Keeping Tight Lips on Taiwan
The island may want and deserve independence, but who -- least of all the U.S. -- can afford to vex the powerhouse that is mainland China? For now, the Bush Administration is content to save freedom of speech and democracy for Iraq.

 A Talk with Sumner Redstone, Video-Game Whiz
The Viacom honcho, who has a big piece of Midway Games, explains why gaming is the new competitor for Hollywood and the networks.




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