ISSUE DATE: April 29, 2002
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COVER STORY

The Education of Jeff Immelt
The Jack Welch era is history. Suddenly, running GE is a whole new ball game
COVER IMAGE:  The Education of Jeff Immelt
TABLE:  A Raft of Troubles for GE
TABLE:  What GE Watchers Want to Know
CHART:  What the Numbers Show
COMMENTARY:  Was Jack Welch's Run All It Was Cracked Up to Be?
ONLINE EXTRA:  Q&A with GE's Jeff Immelt
ONLINE EXTRA:  The Days of Welch and Roses?
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SPECIAL REPORT -- WIRELESS INTERNET

All Net, All the Time
In Hot Pursuit of the Wi-Fi Wave
RESUME:  Sky Dylan Dayton
You Say You Want a Wireless Revolution?
ONLINE EXTRA:  Welcome to Wi-Fi World


EDITOR'S MEMO

The New Numbers Game


UP FRONT

Talk Show

Board Members Become Pariahs

Hot Wheels

Shareholders Get Steamrolled

No Jump-Starting These Batteries

Getting a Leg Up on Those Footnotes

A Shepherd for Little Lost Laptops

What's Missing in Washington? Kids

Retiring in Style


READERS REPORT

The Future of Cadillac

Another Look at Variable Life Insurance


CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"DoubleClick Take Two" (e.biz, Feb. 18, 2002)

"The besieged banker" (Cover Story, Apr. 22, 2002)


BOOKS

The Loneliness of the High-Powered Woman


TECHNOLOGY & YOU

An E-Mailer Out to Squash Blackberry


ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

Don't Throw Out Options Because Investors Took a Bath


ECONOMIC TRENDS

Health Care's Economic Payoff

A Learning Gap Slows Growth

Still a Helluva Town


INDUSTRY INSIDER

Working on the Railroad: A Q&A with John Krenicki


BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: The Forward Spin from a Backward Glance at GDP

Sweden: The Riksbank Breaks Ranks to Battle Inflation


NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Israel: The Economic Cost of War
An Economy Left in Ruins

Bush Starts Falling Back to Earth

Commentary: How Prosperous Are We?

Trying to Build a Wall on Wall Street

Commentary: Don't Mess with Sergeant Pitt

Everything You Need to Know about Cloning


IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

James Houghton: Through the Revolving Door

HP and Compaq: It's Official--Almost

Why Uncle Sam's Wallet Looks Thin

Maybe Mike Ovitz Needs an Agent

Sighs of Relief in Silicon Valley

IBM and Hitachi: Team Drivers

Et Cetera...

A Spurt at Sprint


WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

Accounting: Congress Only Looks Like It's Getting Tough

The Energy Lobby Hits Pay Dirt


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Messier's Mess
Vivendi's outspoken boss has fired a popular TV mogul, taken a huge write-off, and watched the company stock drop sharply

Commentary: This @?#%! Digital Car Won't Drive
A surfeit of gizmos is leading to glitches and hurting performance in the latest generation of autos

The Decline of the Maquiladora


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Commentary: LCDs: A World That's Flat--and Unprofitable


DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

Calming the Tremors of Parkinson's

Windows You Can Hold in Your Hand

Copier, Spare That Tree

Turf Toe May Soon Be a Thing of the Past


FINANCE

Commentary: Still Spooked by the Market

Can Toxic Mold Spoil a Stock Offering?

Commentary: Mutual Funds: Investors Are Still in the Dark


INDUSTRIES

Commentary: What's Weighing Down the Big Carriers


THE CORPORATION

A Speedy Makeover at Penney's


PEOPLE

A New Kind of Marlboro Man
RESUME:  Louis C. Camilleri


MEDIA

Commentary: Media Mergers: The Danger Remains


SOCIAL ISSUES

Does Universal Preschool Pay?


BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

A World of Opportunity outside the U.S.

Emerging Markets: No Longer Down and Out
Many of these bourses have regained their shine -- with South Korea, Mexico, and Russia leading the way

It's a Small-Cap World After All

The Road to the Governor's Mansion


THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

Is JetBlue Flying Too High?


INSIDE WALL STREET

Gillette's New Edge

Just Idling at DaimlerChrysler

Set to Thrive at TheraSense


FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week (.pdf)


EDITORIALS

A Ripe Time for Reform

The Cost of Media Consolidation


INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

Tech's Myopia Shut It out of the Top 50

How to Improve U.S. Wireless Service

A Crooked Cop Is Even Worse Than a Crooked Robber


INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

China's Big Bet on Gas

Indonesia: Foreign Telcos Are Ringing Off

Commentary: Japan Can't Get School Reform Right, Either


INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

Calling All High Rollers--to the Web
Suddenly, online gambling is big business in Europe -- with British punters leading the way


INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA

"There Are No Magic Solutions"


INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

International Figures of the Week (.pdf)


INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

The Atlantic Alliance Needs Tending
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