COVER STORY A CEO and His Son The remarkable saga of Howard Solomon, his son Andrew, and his company, Forest Labs...a journey of depression and hope COVER IMAGE: A CEO and His Son GRAPHIC: The Faces of Depression CHART: As Its Depression Drug Stormed the Market... RESUME: Howard Solomon RESUME: Andrew Solomon INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L COVER STORY The Next Oil Frontier How America's soldiers, oilmen, and diplomats are carving out a new sphere of influence on Russia's borders BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Your Guide to Online Investing A road map for picking stocks. Frequently asked questions. Tax help for fund holders. UP FRONT Talk Show Castro: Soy Presidente You're Either for Lou--or Agin' Him Don't Light Up, Drink Up Golden Towers--or White Elephants? A Profound Fashion Statement Occidental's Field of Bad Dreams READERS REPORT Where Should the Buck Stop? A Failure of Leadership Beefing Up Corporate Boards Ending the Numbers Game Empowering Stockholders Curbing Inflated Executive Pay A Job for the Lawyers BOOKS A Road Map Back to Business Basics Gucci Is Good Bitter Medicine LETTER FROM MICHIGAN Where They're Boiling Over Water TECHNOLOGY & YOU A New Job for Wall Sockets: Networking Why Ask Directions? Help Desk ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Want to Cut Gasoline Use? Raise Taxes ECONOMIC TRENDS Tech's Weakness Is Only Relative Superstars Sing the Online Blues Service Sector Surprises BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: The Only Double-Dip Will Be on Your Ice Cream Cone Euro Zone: New Inflation Worries at the ECB NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Earnings: A Cleaner Look COMMENTARY: Why Better Numbers Really Matter Power Gets Zapped from All Sides Commentary: Tech CEOs Aren't Buying the Buzz on the Street Apple Laces Up Its Wing Tips Fighting Cancer...And Each Other Travel Makes a Swift Trip Back IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Alan Lacy: A Change of Clothes at Sears Is Napster Putting Itself to Sleep? Bank One Promotes an M&A Maven Remedial Make-Up Work for Edison Handcuffed Bankers Again? Adelphia's Rigas Hits Flak, Bails Out Et Cetera... Drug Bust? WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Harvey Pitt: Thunder to the Left, Thunder to the Right Friendly Fire at Fox No Stars War Job Opening INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Commentary: What's in It for Putin? Commentary: How Europe Could Cure Its Ailing Drugmakers SOCIAL ISSUES The Backlash against Big Pharma Employers Are Seeking a Second Opinion Captain AARP's War on Drug Costs THE CORPORATION Continental Drift at KPMG MARKETING Meet the Uber Mercedes FINANCE VCs Turn the Screws Get In, Get Out, and Move On Foliofn Joins the Family INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BEA: A David Surrounded by Goliaths Qwest: A New Stink Bomb SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Simple Science ONLINE EXTRA: Wolfram: "I Like to Figure Stuff Out" ONLINE EXTRA: Kurzweil on Wolfram DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Intel Wants to Put a Video Player in Your Pocket Robots That Keep Themselves on the Right Track Prosthetic Retinas for the Blind Making Storm Drains the Last Stop for Toxins THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Fidelity's Help for Mutual Fund Investors INSIDE WALL STREET On a Tear at Galyan's Cleaning Up at Stericycle Handicapping Dover Downs FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS A Good Idea about Earnings Deregulating Energy the Right Way INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT It's Not Just CEOs Who Are Greedy Malaysia's Voters Will Decide What's Fair Blair Should Steer Clear of This Reform A Little Pain Now Can Prevent a Lot of Disease Is Robert Barro Dead Wrong about the U.N.? Educated Workers Will Help Mexico Hang on to Jobs Why It's So Hard for Women to "Create a Life" INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Japan Hits the Panic Button ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with NEC Chairman Sasaki Your Father's Toyota? Rural India, Have a Coke INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS And the Payback for Putin? The President's quid pro quo for warmer relations with the U.S.: Foreign investment in Russia COMMENTARY: About Those Other Nukes Has Ericsson Hit Bottom Yet? Profits may be a year away for the once-mighty telecom giant. But there are flickers of hope INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Holding the Bag at BBVA A new chairman must mop up a scandal at Spain's No. 2 bank -- and rebuild shareholder trust RESUME: Francisco González Rodríguez Euro Banks Cut Their Losses After rushing to enter money management, they're now scrambling to pull out INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
from this issue
Cover by Evan Kafka
European and Asian Cover Image by BP Amoco, Photo Manipulation by Richard Michiel & Roger Kenny/BW
RECENT ISSUES
•
Boeing's Secret
Wall Street: How Corrupt Is It?
Search Previous Issues
Subscribe to BW Magazine
Sponsored By:
Palm's Plan
Sharper Numbers
Warming Relations
Bargain Brokers
Investor Optimism
Buying a Recovery
If B-School Says No
SPECIAL REPORTS
Best Global Brands
Best Places to Launch a Career
BusinessWeek 50
Asia's BusinessWeek 50
Europe's BusinessWeek 50
Customer Service Champs
Hot Growth 100
Asia's Hot Growth 100
Europe's Hot Growth 100
Info Tech 100
World's Most Innovative Companies
•
More Special Reports
=Subscribers Only
Copyright 2002 , by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.
Online Highlights
BusinessWeek 50
Info Tech 100