COVER STORY Inside McKinsey Enron isn't its only client to melt down. Suddenly, times are trying for the world's most prestigious consultant COVER IMAGE: Inside McKinsey CHART: McKinsey by the Numbers TABLE: McKinsey Over the Years TABLE: McKinsey Big Think TABLE: McKinsey and Its Rivals TABLE: McKinsey's Blue-Chip Client Roster RESUME: McKinsey's Rajat Kumar Gupta TABLE: Assessing the Gupta Years ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with Rajat Gupta INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY The Stars of Asia 25 leaders at the forefront of change SPECIAL REPORT -- SCANDALS IN CORPORATE AMERICA Can Trust Be Rebuilt? Commentary: Will the Chief Executive Really Speak Out? Commentary: The Dollar Is Falling--but the Sky Isn't WorldCom's Sorry Legacy How to Hide $3.8 Billion in Expenses Surprise! The Little Guy Loses Adelphia's Fall Will Bruise a Crowd ANNUAL DESIGN AWARDS Winners 2002 Zippy Transport for City and Surf Scenes from the Great Indoors Samsung Shows Off Data on the Fly Making Play Easy--and Stylish Tech Turns Up in Unlikely Places Catalyst Award UP FRONT Talk Show Socking It to 'Em Once Again Giving Women a Backhand How to Give Your Career a Lift Say Cheese--Digitally Not Your Father's Winnebago Upping the Price of Downloading How to Pinch a CEO's Paycheck EDITOR'S MEMO Uncovering the Shenanigans READERS REPORT AIG and Starr Insurance: What's Best for Shareholders Don't Confuse Conversation and Concerted Action Why One Investor Opted Out of the Stock Market Microsoft: Making Business More Complicated? Democracy Gives the Best a Healthy Outlet What Are State Securities Regulators Really Doing? Deconstructing China's WTO Participation CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "What to bet against" (BusinessWeek Investor, July 1, 2002) "A genome project against disease" (Science & Technology, July 1, 2002) "The danger of playing it safe" (Economics, June 24, 2002) BOOKS Did Bill Forgive Boris Too Much? Pension Plunge Citi Planner TECHNOLOGY & YOU Could a Notebook Be Best for Your Desk? ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Even More Wrong Today ECONOMIC TRENDS China's Bang for the Buck Bonds May Be a Rocky Harbor Call It the First-World Cup BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: The Twin Deficits Are Back--and As Dangerous As Ever Germany: What's Putting a Damper on Growth IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Martha Stewart: All This for Chump Change? Giving Genentech Another Little Jab FedEx Delivers Some Grim News A Flotation Device for United? Battling over TRW's Defense Biz Queasiness at Immunogen Et Cetera... No Respect WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Soft Money: Is It the End--or the End Run? Open Season on Lieutenants INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS France Inc. Follies Commentary: How Vivendi Should Clean Up Messier's Mess No Miracle Yet at Reuters Commentary: Relax: Japan Won't Bring on Financial Armageddon INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Venezuela: Why Chávez Could Soon Be Gone--Again Mahathir Picks a Successor FINANCE Fidelity: Here Comes Abby INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Orbitz' Heavy Baggage INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT The End of the Road for Bar Codes MEDIA Parting the Veil at Hearst BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Ma Bell's Extended Family BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE More Sport, Less Utility THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Time to Save Face at Janus? INSIDE WALL STREET AT&T: Set to Bounce SpeedFam's Chip Machines Rev Up ViroLogic: A Big Gun in the HIV Battle FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS The U.S. Economy Can Survive the Scandals Media: The Dangers of Concentration INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Deconstructing China's WTO Participation Is Wall Street Stirring Up Panic on Purpose? Germany's Sabine Christiansen Has Star Quality Too Much Trading May Not Be Such a Good Thing Are These Third-Party Voices Really Impartial? Don't Say Devaluation If You Mean Depreciation Foreign Workers Deserve a Living Wage INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS China: The Tricks of Trade Clear Sailing for Pirates Reliance Is Looking a Lot Less Reliable Thai Banks Learn a New Word: Plastic INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Safer at Any Speed Commentary: This Time, Putin May Really Tame the Oligarchs INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Will the Rising Euro Smite Europe? INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
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