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How Bubbly Is the Housing Market Where You Live?

After one of the greatest booms in history, housing is likely to cool off in 2005. While prices won't collapse nationally, some overheated markets could see sharp price declines in the next year or so. How do you know if you're in one of those markets? Spend some time with BusinessWeek Online's interactive table, which lets you see how major metro areas stack up on a slew of indicators, including local price increases, job growth, rental rates, construction permits, and more.


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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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Intelligence, Without Smarts
The U.S. is working hard to train enough Iraqi security forces to provide security for the fledgling democracy. But it is failing to show them how to penetrate, confuse, and wear down insurgents. Minus that insight, they could be in for a long slog.



Bill Gates: The PC Era Is Just Beginning
Although critics claim the desktop is passé, Microsoft's chairman argues in a guest column that its greatest potential and that of other computing devices is still ahead.



Women in the Workplace: Glass Ceilings and Iron Girders
Despite the good work celebrated at advocacy group Catalyst's annual award dinner, the fact remains that few females hold top-tier jobs. Plus: A Q&A with Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy.




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