COVER STORY The Fallen Financier Ken Lipper wanted to be a big wheel in Hollywood and New York. But he may be remembered most for the collapse of his hedge fund empire-and huge losses for the rich and famous COVER IMAGE: The Fallen Financier GRAPHIC: Lipper's Losers? GRAPHIC: "A Renaissance Man with the Midas Touch" INTERNATIONAL -- COVER STORY Greater China How leaders from the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are creating an integrated powerhouse COVER IMAGE: Greater China CHART: China: The New Math GRAPHIC: Where the Action Is Vincent Lo: A Developer Drives Into the Heartland Richard Chang: Taiwan's Silicon Invasion Yu Youjun: A Modern Mayor Liu Mingkang: A Force for Financial Reform Victor Fung: Mining the Pearl River Delta Hong Chen: Aligning China's Stars with the Valley COMMENTARY: Land of Opportunity? UP FRONT Talk Show Throw This Book--but Don't Share It E-Tailers Make Good on Their IPOs You Mean Cheating Is Wrong? SUV Haters of the World, Unite Taking a Bite out of Spam When Cell Phones Go Astray READERS REPORT Just How Good Was Gerstner at IBM? "On-Demand" Computing: Been There, Tried That Complaints of a Former Comcast Customer Verizon Defends Its Retirement Benefits The Merger Fund Is Still an Excellent Hedge Nuclear Power: Catastrophe and Future Safety Barro Shouldn't Confuse Economics with Real Life BOOKS A Boffo Year for Business Books TECHNOLOGY & YOU A Big Hand for Two New Palms ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT The Best Little Monopoly in America ECONOMIC TRENDS Are Women Less Competitive? Narrowing the Digital Divide A Stress Test for the Dollar BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: The Soft Patch Is Giving Way to Solid Ground France: Don't Expect a Pickup for a While Business isn't doing its share of investing, and consumers can't pick up all the spending slack NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Rising from the Tech Wreck Commentary: The Kick in the Pants That Tech Needs Commentary: Why Research Reform Won't Help the Little Guy Opening Up the Credit-Rating Club? New Players in Energy Trading Vaccines Are Getting a Booster Shot Your Tax Dollars at War The Zagat Guide to Just About Everything ONLINE EXTRA: Tim Zagat: "I Thought It Was a Hobby" IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Alan Kay: HP's Parc Ranger LVMH's Designer Suit Running Afoul of "Fair Disclosure" Zero Tolerance for Zero Tariffs Who Won in the Port Pact? Cendant: Again, the Scent of Scandal Et Cetera... Beadwork WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Senate Moderates Speak Softly and Carry a Small Stick Dynastic Delusions No More Mr. Nice Speaker Whither the Lawyers? INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Venezuela: Will This Showdown Topple Chavez? A Key Vote in India SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY An Ache at Amgen? DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Making Company Airwaves Safe for WiFi Even the Greens Will Like These Greens Better Memory through Biochemistry? A Cancer Vaccine to Make the Immune System Smarter INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Light at the End of the Fiber? Phone Giants Let the Fur Fly THE CORPORATION Coke: The Cost of Babying Bottlers PEOPLE Protecting Fannie's Franchise ONLINE EXTRA: "The Prospects for Housing Are Terrific" GOVERNMENT State Races: To the Victors Belong the Budget Mess SOCIAL ISSUES Options: Middle Managers Will Take the Hit BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR You Always Wanted to Direct More than Just Movies (Other) Seasons' Greetings Spas: Getting the Lingo Right Deck the Coffee Tables This Year, Don't Just Give, Give Smart DIVIDENDS Best in Show? A Time to Dump Hot Air, Cool Sound Wine and Wheels THE BARKER PORTFOLIO The Merc Is Far from a Hot Commodity INSIDE WALL STREET A Low Ceiling at NVR? How Wendy's Stayed Out of the Fire Napco Helps Keep the Homeland Safe FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week EDITORIALS A Seismic Shift toward China Mayor Bloomberg's Mistake INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Mega Europe Faces Plenty of Hurdles Cameras Aren't Everywhere in Singapore Bush: Taking America Down a Dangerous Path INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS South Korea: Reform in the Balance Is Japan Losing Its Taste for Latte Already? INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Is Alcatel Back? The French telco may be on the rebound, but there are plenty of pitfalls ahead BNP Paribas: The Big Bank's Big Score COMMENTARY: France's Finance Minister Has a Dealmaker's Instinct Rushing to "Do a Burberry" INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week
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