COVER STORY Where to Invest in 2003 How to get the biggest bang out of a treacherous market: BusinessWeek 's yearend Investment Outlook gives you the economic and market overviews to help you plan -- and the sector-by-sector details to help you make the smartest investment choices UP FRONT Talk Show Disney: More Insiders at the Castle At United, a Lock on Stock Sales Look Who Says "Soak the Rich" The 2002 News Quiz READERS REPORT The Meaning of the Ken Lipper Saga The New Philanthropy: What Gives? Get Off the Golf Course, Tech Investors What Robert Barro Doesn't Know about Dockworkers Slurs Fell on Alabama A Faithful Reader Spots an Evergreen Idea No Skirting the Rules to Sell Tech in China Give the Accountants More Credit CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "FedEx: Gaining on the ground" (The Corporation, Dec. 16, 2002) "Which adviser knows the way?" (BusinessWeek Investor, Nov. 25, 2002) BOOKS Is Democracy Dangerous? The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List (.pdf) The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List TECHNOLOGY & YOU Gazing into My Crystal PC... ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT What the Scandals Reveal: A Strong Economy BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: The Recovery Gains Traction after a Muddy Autumn Eastern Europe: The Big EU Hopefuls Are Pushing Their Luck Loose fiscal and monetary policies in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia could cause problems upon their entry into the EU NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY The Great Budget Debate Why the Supply Siders are Scrambling How Do You Tally the Benefits of a Tax Cut? A Shocker from the Oil Patch Memo to CEOs: Give It Up Go East, Young Chipmaker Commentary: E-Tail Stocks: 'Tis the Season to Be Wary George Soros Is Back in the Game Who Says CEOs Are Grinches? IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Deborah Hopkins: Winds of Change Conseco Throws in the Towel History on the Basketball Court WorldCom Clears the Decks Red Ink at the Golden Arches Can UAL Jettison its Labor Deal? Et Cetera... Not So Boffo WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Even If Lott Goes, Damage Has Been Done Mr. and Mrs. Juice INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Putting Up Walls Inside the EU Can Diekmann Plug the Leaks in Allianz? THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Bob's Biggest Bloopers of the Year INSIDE WALL STREET Angling for Instinet? From Exact Sciences, a Better Cancer Test Singing Machine May Join a Larger Chorus FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS What We Learned in 2002 INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Greater China: Progress--and Misplaced Anxiety Why Profits Aren't Pouring in for Starbucks in Japan What Makes Microsoft Mighty? Not Innovation or Price Boeing's Jet of the Future: Thanks, but No Thanks A Good Stockpicker Is a Lucky Stockpicker Bush's Tax Cut: On the Right Track INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS A Crusader Who's Taking India Private Guangzhou Daily : From Rag to Riches to...INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Yoox: Discounted Luxury The Italian e-tailer thrives by selling designer clothes cheaply -- who cares if it's not the latest? INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L OUTLOOK France: Raffarin Can't Afford to Wait on Reform A Shakeup in Euro Finance? Iraq's Unruly Opposition INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week
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