COVER STORY Carly's Last Stand? The inside story of the infighting at Hewlett-Packard COVER IMAGE: Carly's Last Stand? TABLE: The Key Players in the HP-Compaq Merger TABLE: The New HP: The Pros and Cons of the Merger TABLE: Fiorina's Report Card at HP TABLE: To Merge or Not to Merge? Q&A: Fiorina: The Deal Is "The Right Thing for Shareholders" Can Compaq Survive as a Solo Act? UP FRONT Talk Show Cracking Down on Fake IDs Stress, Italian Style Will Led Zeppelin Sell Lead Sleds? Hot Holiday Toys UP FRONT -- THE QUIZ The Quiz The Answers READERS REPORT Afghanistan: An American Triumph--or Triumphalism? What Kind of Economic Aid Does Afghanistan Need? Let's Give Scott McNealy a Break Reward the Team, Not the Stars The Big Board Can Stand Some Competition BOOKS Keynes: The Economist in Winter TECHNOLOGY & YOU Xbox: It's All about the Games ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT The Lesson of Enron: Regulation Isn't a Dirty Word ECONOMIC TRENDS Where Workers Are Hit Hard An Economic Warming Not So Fixated on Bequests BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Labor's New Flexibility Cuts Two Ways Australia: Keeping a Recession at Bay NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Arthur Andersen: How Bad Will It Get? COMMENTARY: The Big Five Need to Factor in Investors Harvey Pitt: "If You Violate the Law, You Will Pay" (extended) Primed for Fast-Track and Raring to Go Commentary: Microsoft Could Still Lose a Lot of Yardage A Bold New Lesson Plan for U.S. Schools The Asbestos Monster: How Scary for Halliburton? Biotech: Deal-Hungry, Just Like Big Pharma Shoppers Are Beating a Path to the Web IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Charlie Ergen: Hell on the Hill For Sale: Used Xerox Idea Machine No Relief for Bristol-Myers The Pritzkers: Squaring Accounts Nasty Side Effects for Merck AmEx Is Still Travel-Sick Et Cetera... Cut to the Bone WASHINGTON OUTLOOK The Religious Right Isn't Weaker--It's Just Different The House after Armey INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS All Vivendi Wants for Christmas... Commentary: Japan: Work-Sharing Will Prolong the Pain Can the Saudis Step on the Gas? Argentines Dust Off Their Survival Skills INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK It's Election Time, and Europe's Unions Smell Blood The U.N.'s Afghan Worries SPORTS BUSINESS Can the PGA Cure Senior-Itis? MARKETING Toys `R' Us: A Showstopper on Broadway ENTERTAINMENT "Television for Women": No One's Laughing Now ECONOMICS Commentary: Smart Bombs, So Why Not Smart Aid? GOVERNMENT Bush's Budget Chief Grapples with the New Math THE CORPORATION Monsanto's Genetically Modified Comeback DEFENSE Keeping America Mighty The Marines Learn New Tactics--from Wal-Mart DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Software That Sniffs Out Stolen Property Shedding Light on Protein Folding Unlocking the Brain's Mysteries Innovations BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE The High Country Goes Down-Market Toddlers in Paradise BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Getting Help with Your Giving A 12-Step Program to Gaining Power THE BARKER PORTFOLIO A Cool, Calm Market Calculator INSIDE WALL STREET Impax: A Teva Target? Buyout Buzz at Countrywide Getting Up Steam at Key Energy Video: Gene Marcial's Market Outlook FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS Rethink the Stimulus Package Let Auditors Be Auditors INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Eliminating Trade Barriers Will Help Reduce Poverty No Grounds for Patronizing the Hunza INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS China: Hungry for Energy Calling All Indian Investors INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Commentary: Why a Few Enrons Would Do Europe Good A Telecom Revolution--on the Isle of Man INTERNATIONAL -- THE CONFLICT Opening the Caspian Oil Tap INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Beijing: Look Out, Deadbeats False Hopes from Bonds? INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
December 17, 2001
Jockeying for a Piece of the Action
from page 10 of this issue
Cover Photograph Courtesy of Hewlett-Packard Company
For articles in the December 24, 2001 domestic edition previously published in international editions
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