COVER STORY The Future of California The Golden State is being battered on all sides. Silicon Valley is sliding. The electrical grid is a mess. Are California's woes a sign of things to come for the rest of the country? COVER IMAGE: The Future of California CHART: California Has Fueled U.S. Growth...But Tech Is Softening... CHART: ...Asia's Tigers Are Slowing...Inflation Is Running High... CHART: ...While Schools Are Neglected A Shadow Falls across the Valley CHART: Venture Capitalists Still Like California UP FRONT Newsflash Logos Worth a Thousand Words Another Tricky Landing in China A Bud in Fancy Dress Go Ahead: Read My Card Smokin' Ad Attack Hey--Who Stole My License Plates? Pow! Bam! Zap! Meet Nissan's Superhero Footnotes READERS REPORT Foot-Dragging at Exxon Mobil Damn Conservation, Tap the Reserves Bypassed at the Lack-of-Energy Dept. How Valuable Is the SAT? On the Front Lines of Financial Privacy How Important Is the Digital Divide? What Congress Should Do about Death and Taxes Wall Street's Hype Machine a Year Later CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "Virtual prospecting" (Bonus Issue, Spring, 2001) "Exxon unleashed" (Cover Story, Apr. 9, 2001) BOOKS A Nation Shaped in the Image of Big Business The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List TECHNOLOGY & YOU While We Await the Dream Gadgets... ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Why the New Economy Is Here to Stay ECONOMIC TRENDS Productivity: Trading Places Breathing Easy in California Skilled Jobs Get Filled Faster INDUSTRY INSIDER Q&A: Junk-Patent Perps, Beware of BountyQuest BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: That Makes Four for the Fed. Don't Count Out a Fifth Chile: Fighting the Slowdown in Santiago NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Commentary: The Fed's April Surprise The Tech Slump: Two More Years? For Tech Stars, a Cut Is No Cure-All COMMENTARY: Sorry, Cisco. The Old Answers Won't Work Intel Inside the War Room Commentary: Farewell, Mr. Moore--and Thanks Too Much Conservatism, Too Little Compassion? When Harvard Met Stanford IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Terry Semel: Can He Make Yahoo! a Star Again? AT&T Will Conduct Concert Alone Refi Madness at Fannie Mae Webvan's Driver Checks Out Splitsville for the Amex and Nasdaq? Power Traders Are All Charged Up Et Cetera... Tyco K.O. WASHINGTON OUTLOOK As the School-Reform Debate Heats Up, Where's Business? Just Say No Olympics Gonzales: Supremely Coy Tech Lobby Pinched INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Will a New Leader Help Japan? Betting Big on Chips Commentary: The Mideast: Why Bush Must Keep Up the Pressure INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK China's Youth Are Up in Arms against Uncle Sam Final Breakup of Yugoslavia? PEOPLE Meet the New Face of Firestone RESUME: John T. Lampe LEGAL AFFAIRS Trustbusting's Top European Cop ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with Mario Monti INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Tech's Cheerleader Won't Say Die ONLINE EXTRA: Resume: Mary G. Meeker ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with Mary Meeker: "We Had One Heck of a Feast" Q&A: Amazon's Bezos: "The Company Is Not the Stock" SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY What's a Fair Price for Drugs? DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Guess What's the New Buzz in Hearing Aids Fuel on the Cob A Greener Way to Pack That Burger Innovations FINANCE Trouble on the Home Front Commentary: A Rude Awakening for Go-Go Lenders What Else Can Go Wrong at Nasdaq? Well... For VCs, a World Turned Upside Down INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT Denmark Inherits the Wind BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR There's Still Time to Snap Up Great Photos A Bear-Proof Way to Ride the Market Panning for Gold in "Busted Converts" Wanted: More Diverse Directors THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Fine Food, but Not-So-Tasty IPOs INSIDE WALL STREET On Top of Its Games A Shot in the Arm for Cardinal? Apache Is Ready for a Gusher FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS Taming the Tech Trouble California's Dreams Are Slipping Away INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM FRANCE For Britons, a Drinker's Paradise INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON EGYPT A Crackdown on Madcap Drivers...Won't Help If Police Don't Join In INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT A World of Innovations Bedside Manner Used to Do the Job Piracy: Global Problem, Global Solution INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Betting Big on Chips This Glassmaker Sees a Window of Opportunity Feeling the Shock Wave from America's Tech Crash INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Cell-Phone Shakeout The Easter Raider Commentary: The EU: Some May Be More Equal Than Others INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA Is Cavallo Crazy Like a Fox? Need a Loan? Here's Where to Find One INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Offshore Funds: The First Shall Later Be Last "At Home in the Casino" INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
April 23, 2001
Continental: From Tires to High-Tech Titan?
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