COVER STORY Wall Street's Lone Ranger In a world of megabanks, can CEO Hank Paulson keep Goldman Sachs independent? COVER IMAGE: Wall Street's Lone Ranger TABLE: Health Check TABLE: 2002 Estimates TABLE: Big Deals RESUME: Henry "Hank" Paulson Jr. TABLE: What Worries Hank UP FRONT Talk Show Bush Sr.'s Profitable Crossing When Auditors Also Consult Ol' Reliable Sacramento or Bust These Chewies Pack a Wallop It Slices, It Dices, It Pays the Bills READERS REPORT Playing It Safe at IBM? Weak Countries Need Democracy, Not Bombs Another Look at Walter Hewlett A More Tangled Web for Global Crossing Execs Don't Expect Any Contrition from Enron Supply and Demand in the Oil Patch CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "Global Crossing tossed more cash around town than Enron" (Washington Outlook, Feb. 11, 2002) "War of the whirls" (News: Analysis & Commentary, Feb. 25, 2002) "The best mutual funds" (Special Report, Jan. 28, 2002) "How to break up with your brokerage" (BusinessWeek Investor, Feb. 18, 2002) "All the news that fits on a handheld" (BusinessWeek Lifestyle, Feb. 11, 2002) BOOKS George Soros, All Warm and Cuddly The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List TECHNOLOGY & YOU Wireless Data: Call Back Later ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Let Retiring CEOs Help Clean Up Corporate America ECONOMIC TRENDS A Lesson from Japan... ...And Some Bad News on the Yen How Companies Can Marry Well INDUSTRY INSIDER Q&A: The Energy at the Energy Commission RESUME: Patrick H. Wood III BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Production May Warm Up the First Half The Euro Zone: Recession Forecast: Gradual Clearing After a dismal fourth quarter, the 12-nation area is showing clear signs of economic improvement ahead NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Corporate America Gets Slammed Sideswiped by Convertibles Options: Too Much of a Good Incentive? Tax Dodging: Enron Isn't Alone John McCain's 1-2-3-4 Punch A New Chapter in the McCaw Saga: 11 Commentary: Enviros: Don't Squander Bush's Breakthrough IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK David Cote: The Sweet Spot at Honeywell A Bonanza for Broadcasters A Pact Clears United's Runway Bristol-Myers Has a Legal Headache Ciena: Bulking Up for a New Bout Stahl's Beauty Plan for Revlon Et Cetera... Swift Upgrade WASHINGTON OUTLOOK More Miles to the Gallon, Please: Why Detroit Should Worry Reagan Reconsidered Trotting Out the Heroes Bush: Give and Take INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Nissan Bets Big on Small A Video-Game War That's Just Dandy for Everyone Commentary: Memo to Jean-Marie Messier INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Attacking Iraq: Can Cheney Win Over the Arabs? Blair Stumbles Kirch Worries the Fans ECONOMICS Inflation's Gone. That's a Good Thing, Right? SOCIAL ISSUES Who Should Get the Health-Care Bill? THE CORPORATION At Pepsi, a Touch of Indigestion SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Small Biz vs. the Terrorists DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Introduction Bacterial "Soup" for the War against Cavities Overfishing Threatens the North Atlantic's Future Smoother Ice Cream from Winter Wheat DNA Mug Shots May Help Deter Bioterrorism FINANCE Buffett: Right Again? A New Trade for E*Trade Commentary: Et Tu , Enron Lawyers? INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Moxi: Jazzy Product, Sizzling Start, Lots of Trouble Curiouser and Curiouser INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT Keeping the Juice Flowing Fixing the Quick Dips That Cost a Bundle ENTERTAINMENT Commentary: A Little Niche Music SPECIAL REPORT The Next Web RESUME: Tim Berners-Lee BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR When Your Fund Switches Tracks Unlocking the Secrets of a Proxy Statement The Danger of Deferred Compensation Single, Jobless...And Solvent THE BARKER PORTFOLIO No Suckers, Those Smuckers INSIDE WALL STREET Steak n Shake Sizzles The Boom at Sonic Solutions Is Saba All Set to Be Swallowed? FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS Getting Investors to Trust Again Don't Get Rid of Stock Options. Fix 'em INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT A Fragile World--and America Is Partly to Blame Germany Has Its Head in the Sand What to Make of Enron's Corruption A Cheaper Yen Would Revive Japan's Economy A Timely Tale from Vienna INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS How Samsung Plugged into China INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Outraged in Europe Over ABB Former CEO Barnevik's secret $78 million severance package has stirred up anger -- and that's just one of the many problems the Swiss company faces How Asbestos Burned ABB Pirelli: On the Trail of the Holy Grail Can the Italian cable maker, in partnership with MIT, be first to build an optical chip that could change the world? Can a New Manager Pull Bertelsmann Together? First-ever COO Ewald Walgenbach has a difficult mandate -- the media behemoth's independent unit chiefs make it tough to cut costs INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA Can Bimbo Cook in the U.S.? INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Zurich Financial's Fallen Star CEO Rolf Hüppi's bad management, say analysts, has caused the insurance giant to suffer shocking falls in profit and share price For Spain's Botín Family, "Banking Is Everything" The little-known clan controlling Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano plans to become a force across Europe This Rally Might Just Be for Real INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
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