COVER STORY The Bloomberg Machine If he runs for mayor of New York, what happens to his empire? COVER IMAGE: The Bloomberg Machine TABLE: What Makes Mike Run TABLE: Data Wars TABLE: Bloomberg: The Empire Hizzoner, Mayor Bloomberg? INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY Telecom Meltdown Profits are vanishing. Companies are going belly-up. And this industry's troubles just might flatten the economy INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY The Super Banks of Spain Two battle-hardened powerhouses are poised to take a run at Europe INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY Betting on Free Trade George Bush wants to turn North and South America into the world's biggest single market. Is it for real--or just a dream? BUSINESSWEEK SMALL BIZ
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UP FRONT Talk Show A New Woe: Co-Op Boards E-File: Easy, Except on the Wallet A Chill Wind at Aspen Stop, Thief! That's My Camry! The People's Economist Dieting: More Fun with a Buddy? Infidelity Italian-Style Footnotes READERS REPORT How to Get the Economy Back on the Fast Track Don't Forget to Take Tech Stocks into Account Making the Case for 3G Technology More Fixes for America's Schools They've Been Working on the Railroads Brand Loyalty Starts in the Executive Suite An Overlooked Option for Part-Time MBAs This Jazz Club Really Jumps. The Food's Good, Too Why Chart House Failed to Dish Up Profits CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "Machete Time" (International Business, Apr. 9, 2001) "Speak bluntly, and carry a big bat" (Sports Business, Apr. 16, 2001) BOOKS From Radical to Robber Baron Used Body Parts The Delft Sphinx TECHNOLOGY & YOU Sony's New Vaio Laptop: One for the Road ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT How to Get AIDS Drugs to Africa ECONOMIC TRENDS A White-Collar Job Squeeze? Web Trading and Speculation Why Consumers Are Still Buying BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Has the Job Engine Blown a Gasket? Britain: Time May Become Blair's Worst Enemy NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY A Comeback for Nukes? The Pressure Is Building on Natural Gas Is Nuclear Power Safe Enough for Your Backyard? Lower-Rung Workers: Back on the Edge Commentary: Was Turbocharged Productivity a Fluke? Q&A with California Governor Gray Davis Attention Shoppers: Enjoy the High-Tech Price War Commentary: Your Right to Privacy: Going...Going... IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Patricia Russo: Will She Click at Kodak? Crunch Time for the VCs Lou Dobbs Is Back. Is CNNfn? Even EMC Can't Dodge the Bullet Aetna Isn't Feeling So Hot Motorola Keeps Losing Juice Et Cetera... Amazon Muscle WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Angry about Junk E-Mail? Congress Is Listening Presidential Footsie Smith Goes Green INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Commentary: Lessons of a Crisis Young, Funky, Hip...Toyota? INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Germany: Schröder's Green Pals Are Crossing Him Up Italy: A New Berlusconi Inquiry SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Commentary: Global Warming: Look Who Disagrees with Bush DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Tracing the Cause of Schizophrenia For Radioactive Metals, a Way to Keep Cool Who's to Blame for Warmer Oceans A Fat Source of Brand-New Tissue MANAGEMENT For Female CEOs, It's Stingy at the Top PEOPLE EchoStar's Charlie Ergen: Odd Man Out in the Satellite Game? RESUME: Charles W. Ergen SOCIAL ISSUES Spending Your Kids into College LEGAL AFFAIRS New Order in the Court FINANCE We'll Have You Back on Nasdaq in No Time! Can Jamie Dimon Win at Cards? How the Dow Hides the Bear BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE Take a Bike Ride on the Comfy Side Serious Jumping with the "Rope Wizard" New Balm for Those Aching Joints Building Strength Fast by Going Slow BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Keep Your Eye on the Factory Floor Can You Cut Loose This PMI Burden? THE BARKER PORTFOLIO "Value" Investors: Pity Them No Longer INSIDE WALL STREET Too Rich at Krispy? A Bigger Field for Churchill Downs How Autodesk Weathers the Crash FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS Lessons from the U.S.-China Standoff Don't Let Telecom Competition Vanish The Poorest Are Again Losing Ground INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM AMSTERDAM A Flower Crusade That's Going Nowhere INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIA A Scary Jump in Shark Attacks...Could Threaten the Sharks INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Making the Case for 3G Mobile Technology How to Get Japanese Consumers to Spend Again Argentina Needs a Freely Floating Exchange Rate Mahathir Was No Disaster An Out-Of-Date Picture of Swissair American CEOs Are a Lot Like German Bosses The Best Technology Wins in the End Peacemakers for Intellectual Property Fights INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Young, Funky, Hip...Toyota? Stalled in Singapore Q&A: "It's Not a Good Market in Which to Sell" (extended) INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS The Fine Art of Raiding Waiting for the Plus in Canal+ ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with Vivendi Universal's Pierre Lescure Continental: From Tires to High-Tech Titan? INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf) INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS The ECB Must Take Action on Rates
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