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Special Report: Tech Tools For Investing

Call it a bull market for financial technology. New tools and capabilities are transforming how Wall Street and individual investors operate. They're also sparking a battle for supremacy among the big exchanges, allowing trading to go wireless, and creating a new round of online financial startups. Plus: Get an inside look at this upheaval from a top exec at J.P. Morgan, who explains why traders are becoming tech support staffers for clients.


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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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Smart Stock Strategies For an Uncertain Market
What are Standard & Poor's 10 best-bet stocks? See them at BusinessWeek Online, where you'll also find S&P's ``dividend aristocrat'' stocks, interviews with successful investment pros, and much more.



Tech Innovation: Where the Last Are Now the First
Over the last 50 years, anyone who wanted a sense of the future of business computing simply looked at what the heavy hitters were doing. But now small outfits are pioneer users of nascent low-cost options.




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