COVER STORY The Top 25 Managers of the Year Put to the test by an unexpected war and an unpredictable recession, the best executives rose to the occasion with hard-nosed strategies to match the times COVER IMAGE: The Top 25 Managers of the Year Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Howard Schultz Fujio Mitarai Oprah Winfrey Robert A. Eckert Richard S. Fuld Jr. Daniel Vasella John Browne Kent Kresa Carole Black Barry Lam L. Dennis Kozlowski Jeffrey L. Bewkes Charles Lee and Ivan Seidenberg Jeffrey C. Barbakow Maurice R. Greenberg Steven A. Ballmer Reuben Mark Steven S Reinemund Margaret C. Whitman Craig A. Conway Hiroyuki Yoshino H. Lee Scott Jr. John D. Wren Richard B. Priory Managers to Watch 2002 The Top Entrepreneurs The Fallen We Neither Admit Nor Deny... SPECIAL REPORT -- INDUSTRY OUTLOOK 2002 Special Report: Industry Outlook 2002 UP FRONT Talk Show The Euro: A Shopper's Best Friend When Execs Protest Too Much Funny Business 101 Gets a New Spin READERS REPORT The Enron Fiasco: So Many Lessons How to Cut the Cozy Ties That Helped Bring Down Enron Excite@Home and AT&T's Common Problem: Armstrong The FDA Does Review Those Drug Ads CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "It could be tech time again" ("Where to invest," Cover Story, Dec. 31, 2001/Jan. 7, 2002) "How to cash out of your company" (BusinessWeek Investor, Oct. 1, 2001) BOOKS A Highflier's Legacy: Low Comedy TECHNOLOGY & YOU This Video Recorder Has Some Enemies ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT For Developing Countries, Health Is Wealth ECONOMIC TRENDS Social Security: The Long View Debating Decimalization The Economy's Bonus Setback BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: In with the New Year, Back to the Old Rules Britain: The Stimulus Is Paying Off NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY The Bids Sure Are Getting Hostile Commentary: It's Time for Willamette to Give in to Weyerhaeuser Making Hay While It Rains Commentary: Where Have All the Centrists Gone? Florida Draws a Line in the Sand Daimler and Chrysler Have a Baby Can Car Dealers Keep the Profits Rolling? How Hard Should Amazon Swing? Kodak Is the Picture of Digital Success IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Chuck Conaway: Blue Light Blues Long Distance on the Rise The FDA Gives Imclone a Headache Is Allstate Covered for This? Why Visionics Is Flying Higher The Mouse That Sued Echostar Et Cetera... Chemical Runoff WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Election Reform Looks Like a Shoo-In Firing Back at Ashcroft Chief of What? Holiday Goodies INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Cleanup Time in Russia Ferrari's New Wheels Commentary: Argentina: Can the Peronists Stop Playing Politics? INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Now, Will India and Pakistan Get Serious About Peace? A Rough Start in Poland INSIDE WALL STREET No Longer Old Hat? Biotech with a Twist PEC's Pentagon Power FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS Good Luck, Mayor Bloomberg A Dark Year's 25 Star Managers INTERNATIONAL -- TO OUR READERS The Brightest Lights INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT The Enron Fiasco: So Many Lessons INTERNATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Ferrari's New Wheels INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf) INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS How to Help Kashmir The Euro's Ripples
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