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Special Report: Getting Smart About Saving for College

Comparing the costs of colleges or grad schools and evaluating the potentialreturn on that investment is hardly an elementary exercise -- but it's more critical than ever. To help families and students master the high finance of higher ed, we've prepared this Special Report. You'll find clear explanations of the many savings vehicles now available, a rundown on scholarships and grants, a slide show summarizing cost trends for a wide range of public and private institutions, and lots 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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Working for Peace Through Entrepreneurship
A talk with Toni Maloney, board president of the nonprofit Business Council for Peace, on her group's efforts to mentor small-business women from war-torn areas like Afghanistan and Rwanda.



Special Report: Dining Out In America
Video games, skeeball, Harley simulators -- restaurants these days are adding bells and whistles galore to lure a wider array of diners. Plus: Salad days for burger joints, and who's behind those ethnic eateries.



IBM's Blue Brain Is Illuminating the Mind
Scientists will use the blazingly fast supercomputer to do never-before-possible research into how we think and how mental disorders arise.




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