COVER STORY Japan's Reformer Junichiro Koizumi has a radical plan to restructure the dysfunctional economy, but the new Prime Minister has only weeks to act. Does he have a fighting chance? COVER IMAGE: Japan's Reformer PHOTO: Junichiro Koizumi CHART: Japan's Predicament TABLE: Koizumi's Platform...and How He Could Fare TABLE: The Koizumi Cabinet: Who Might Join? A Prime Minister with Pizzazz TABLE: Japan's Rock 'n' Roll Leader UP FRONT Talk Show Lowering the Boom on Summer Hires An "Overhang-Over" in Silicon Valley A Risky Mass-Market Move for the PT The Money Advisers Who Went Broke Yanqui Time, Go Home! Look Homeward, Broadcaster Footnotes READERS REPORT China: Aggressor or Victim? Lining Up to Say Executive Pay Is out of Line Are the BusinessWeek 50 Masters or Flukes? Information Superhighway Robbery Tough Competition: 1.5 Billion Workers at $2 a Day Is Your Privacy Safe If They Say It Is? A Bronx Cheer for a Dated Metaphor CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "The Bloomberg Machine" (Cover Story, Apr. 23, 2001) BOOKS What Will Africans Make of Africa? Beisbol Story Urban Gloom TECHNOLOGY & YOU DVDs Aren't Ready for Home Movies Yet ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Argentina's Cavallo May Not Play the Hero This Time ECONOMIC TRENDS The U.S. Spreads the Pain No Budget Surplus in 2011? She's a Woman, Offer Her Less BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: A Shrinking Trade Gap Looks Good Stateside The U.S. Coughs--and Mexico May Catch a Cold NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY The States Get Squeezed State Lotteries Are Coming Up Snake Eyes Commentary: The Real Trade Wars Will Be at Home The Profit Picture Is Getting Ugly Spending Less: The Liposuction Can Wait The IPO Market: Pipsqueaks Need Not Apply Commentary: HP's Woes Are Deeper Than the Downturn Commentary: Relax, Mom. Day Care Won't Ruin the Kids Commentary: God and Man at Madison Square Garden IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Lawrence Johnston: Up the Food Chain A Shipyard Match the Navy Will Love Did Oracle See This Coming? J.P. Morgan's Novel VC Ploy One Way to Snuff Out a Suit A Setback for Vanguard Et Cetera... Hot Steel WASHINGTON OUTLOOK How Long Will the Dems Carry the Torch? A Tax Refund Now? FINANCE A Long Romp for the Shorts? Hedge Funds: Let the Bad Times Roll Never Underestimate an Investor Named Warren RESUME: F. Warren Hellman Commentary: Fair Disclosure Is Even Better Than Advertised MANAGEMENT MBA Programs Are Going Back to School Canada: Nirvana for MBAs? PEOPLE Lebow Turns Over a New Leaf SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Commentary: Blowing Smoke over Ventilation DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH I Get No Kick from...Nicotine How to Pack a Mighty Punch on a Tiny Chip Learning from the Bees to Get ZZZs Innovations GOVERNMENT The Bush Cabinet: Muzzling "King Tommy" THE CORPORATION Visteon: Thrown into the Deep End INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PetroChina: An Oil Giant Stirs Commentary: The IMF Should Quit Playing Politics Ericsson: In Need of a Recharge So Far, Fox Can't Rally His Own Troops INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Rogue States: Why Washington May Ease Sanctions Bush's China Shock INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Lucent's Dark Days Q&A: "There Are No Silver Bullets Available" SOCIAL ISSUES Commentary: Nursing Home Care: Code Blue SPORTS BUSINESS Commentary: How Bad Is the NBA Hurting? BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE Giving the Baby Bimmer a Run for Its Money When You Want to Whisper "Class" "It's a Qvale." "A What?" Not Your Mother's Station Wagon What's New on the Lot? A Safer Ride Safety in Numbers BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR The Clicks-and-Bricks Way to Buy That Car THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Warren Buffett: Slave to Fashion? INSIDE WALL STREET A Jiffy Stock Story Will Viacom Be a Blockbuster? Hotjobs May Start Lookin' Way Cool FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS A Mandate for Change in Japan Bush: The Next 100 Days May Be Tougher INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM HAITI Graham Greene Would Still Adore This Hotel INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON SPAIN A Wetland Hangs in the Balance...And Villagers Are Up in Arms INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT China: Aggressor or Victim? Every Word Counts When It Comes to the Mideast What Price Do We Pay for Hero Worship? INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "Stalled in Singapore" (Asian Business, Apr. 23, 2001) "Need a loan? Here's where to find one" (Latin America, Apr. 30, 2001) "Feeling the shock wave from America's tech crash" (Asian Business, Apr. 30, 2001) INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Commentary: India Is Making Its AIDS Disaster Worse INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Q&A: French Growth This Year Will Take a Hit (extended) Ericsson: In Need of a Recharge ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with Ericsson CEO Hellström Sweden's High-Tech Star Loses Its Glitter INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA Did Brazil's Lights Just Flicker? INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Power Struggle, Italian-Style "Iron Lady" to Poland's Rescue INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf) INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS Europe: Keep Those Markets Open
April 30, 2001
Letter From France: For Britons, a Drinker's Paradise
Commentary: This Clean Oil Deal Is Already Tainted
Cover Photograph by Koichi Kamoshida/Newsmakers
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