COVER STORY IBM's New Boss Sam Palmisano has a tough act to follow. Here's what to expect COVER IMAGE: IBM's New Boss TABLE: The CEO Heritage TABLE: Sam's To-Do List TABLE: Palmisano's Management Style Q&A: Palmisano: From Backup Band to Front Man INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY 6 Key Questions for a Fragile World September 11 shattered the old certainties. What will arise in their place? EDITOR'S MEMO Helping Make Life Richer UP FRONT Talk Show Linda Lay: Talking out of Court Cheney Fumbles the Sierra Card Bye, Bye, Days of Wine and Bonuses Your Alma Mater Is a Venture Capitalist Next, Bill Gates Air Fresheners? As the Downturn Turns READERS REPORT Getting to the Bottom of Cisco's Numbers Anti-Semitism Is Hardly a Thing of the Past How Can You Downgrade to "Attractive"? CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "One big client, one big hassle" (The Enron Scandal, Special Report, Jan. 28, 2002) "The black hole" (International Business, Feb. 4, 2002) TECHNOLOGY & YOU Finally, a No-Hassle, No-Strain Computer LETTER FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Can a Wounded City Snare the Games? BOOKS Smart Enough? Vanity Press The Best-Sellers of 2001 ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Deficit Spending Got Argentina into This Mess ECONOMIC TRENDS Home, Sweet Nest Egg The True Value in Value Stocks Higher-Ups Are Getting the Ax BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Once Again, This Economy Shows an Unexpected Resilience Brazil: Election-Year Politics Could Slow Progress NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY What Recession? Commentary: Can the Democrats Profit from the Return of Deficits? Commentary: Paying for the Sins of Enron More Than Just a Bad Patch at Gap Jeff Skilling: Enron's Missing Man Enron: How Good an Energy Trader? A Viewer's Guide to the Enron Hearings IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Louis Camilleri: More Than Just a Numbers Guy Results Xerox Hopes to Duplicate Making Headway at Gateway No Fun and Games at Toys `R' Us Diller's Doozy of a Quarter The Yawn That Greeted Merck Et Cetera... Big Premium WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Global Crossing Tossed More Cash Around Town Than Enron The Cop Chasing Cheney SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Commentary: The Stem-Cell Debate Just Got Thornier SPORTS BUSINESS ESPN's Full-Court Press The Olympics: Trading Desk Hero? FINANCE Telecom Lenders: Standing in Line for What? Venture Capital: "Nowhere to Go but Up" Commentary: Harley Investors May Get a Wobbly Ride INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY What's the Truth about Walter Hewlett? RESUME: Walter Hewlett MANAGEMENT Commentary: Swing That Ax with Care BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE Wireless Networking: Misery Awaits You Let Your PC Turbocharge Your TV All the News That Fits on a Handheld I Tried Linux and Lived BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Stocks: Are You Expecting Too Much? Personal Finance Books: The Good, the Bad, and the Worse Should You Open Up to Closed-End Funds? THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Trying to Wake Up a Tired Old Tech Fund RESUME: Mike Sola INSIDE WALL STREET A Weapons Capture? All Set to Shake Up Penton Media Horse Racing--and More--at Magna FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS The Recession That Wasn't Beware the Angry Investor INTERNATIONAL -- TO OUR READERS Really Covering Asia INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Getting to the Bottom of Cisco's Numbers Resolving Britain's Euro Dilemma Democracy Is the Best Insurance against Corruption Thinking beyond the PC INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Canon's Cutting Edge ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with Canon's Fujio Mitarai Indonesia's Economic State of Emergency India: At Last, a Big Telecom Bang INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Day of the Discount Airlines Why Budget Airlines Buy Boeing Europe's Green Cars May Be Humming Sooner Than Expected Commentary: Germany: Giving Middle-Aged Workers the Boot INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA Commentary: Fox's Mexican Corruption Hunt Turns Risky--For Him INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Commentary: Japan's Deflation Is the Real Danger Why Li Wants to Swallow Global Crossing Just How Low Will the Euro Go? INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
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