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Investing in Real Estate -- Without Getting Burned

In a market this hot, home buyers and investors can easily get singed. This Special Report examines what could go wrong. Plus: Tips to get you through unscathed; What the world's most expensive home has to offer; BW's exclusive Luxury Affordability index shows you how high-end property values are faring in your area; And take our Interactive Quiz: Guess the price of 15 luxury homes around the world.


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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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Oil's Rise Isn't the Economy's Fall
According to Standard & Poor's Chief Economist David Wyss, thanks to a series of changes put into place since the last oil shocks, energy prices would have to go a lot higher before pushing the U.S. toward recession.
India: Economic Success Threatened by AIDS
By most measures, India is booming. But economic stats aren't all that are soaring. So too are HIV-positive cases, but many won't acknowledge the urgency and extent of the danger.




Big Software's Blood Sport
The battle between Oracle and SAP over Retek, a small software developer that has carved out a niche with retailers, reveals some uncomfortable truths about the info-tech business's basic instincts.


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