COVER STORY The Samsung Way It thrives in low-margin consumer electronics. It favors hardware over software. It's still a conglomerate that makes everything itself. Can Samsung keep defying conventional wisdom? COVER IMAGE: The Samsung Way CHART: Charging Through the Tech Bust GRAPHIC: Climbing the Digital Ranks GRAPHIC: How Samsung's Pieces Fit Together Pink-Haired Designers, Red Cell Phones--Ka-Ching! UP FRONT Talk Show How Wide a Probe at IBM Really Big Sears Stores Steve's Big Sell-Off Flier Miles Keep Airlines Aloft Tennis Treads from the Michelin Man Tech Slump? Not in Spain READERS REPORT The Widening Gender Gap Nextel Didn't Need to Lower the Bar CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "What the cuts mean to you" (Special Report, June 9, 2003) "Alternative energy: Want the last laugh?" (BusinessWeek Investor, June 2, 2003) "Et Cetera..." (In Business This Week, June 9, 2003) BOOKS Has America Become a Bullyboy? TECHNOLOGY & YOU Wi-Fi Handhelds? Not for the Footloose ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Wanted: A Brain Trust to Set the Economic Agenda BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Why the Second Half Isn't Looking Half Bad Hong Kong: SARS Aside, an Unhealthy Economy NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Cancer: Hype vs. Hope COMMENTARY: Remembering a Pioneer in the Cancer Wars McClellan's Friendlier, Speedier FDA The Coming Showdown over Medicare Commentary: Bush Stole the Show. Now What? Mad as Hell at the FCC Propping Up the House That Martha Built Commentary: Why Microsoft Can't Be the Bully on This Block IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Todd Bradley: Gotta Hand It to Him Shaking Up Coke's Ads For Polo, It's Fisticuffs The SEC Casts a Wide Net The Changing Face of PeopleSoft Hale and Hearty at WellPoint Et Cetera... Recharged WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Is the Natural Gas Crunch About to Become a Crisis? Globalization: Yes, Si, Da! Track All the Lawyers Say It Ain't Sosa INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Britain: No Go On the Euro? Commentary: France: Labor Disarray Is Giving Reform a Chance The country's largest union is working with employers to overhaul benefits, while more radical unions are resisting Commentary: Why Koizumi Is Still Riding High INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Chile: A Giant Step toward Free Trade across the Americas? ONLINE EXTRA: Chile Has a Clear Export Strategy ONLINE EXTRA: Free Trade "Offers a Climate of Certainty" What Next for the Road Map? WORKPLACE Skilled Workers--or Indentured Servants? India: A Tempest Over Tech Outsourcing INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Chipping Away at Qualcomm's Chips FINANCE Private Equity, Public Anger Plastic That Looks Like Gold Commentary: How to Clean Up Wall Street's IPO Machine ECONOMICS State and Local Spending Isn't the Problem Taxes: What Other Cities Can Learn from New York THE CORPORATION Chrysler's Profit Crash GOVERNMENT Rumsfeld vs. Everybody PEOPLE Dogfight in Air Cargo MARKETING Selling Books Like Bacon BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR A Home Buyer's Froth Detector Who Says Nice Guys Finish Last? A Bond Maven Shops Abroad So You Want to Race a Horse Can-Do Caddy Thanks for the Memories, Dad From Sweden with Love DIVIDENDS The Stat The Enron Effect Wonky Policies It's in the Bag Low Rates Coming THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Bombardier May Be Going Places INSIDE WALL STREET In the Pink at Biovail KVH: Coming in Loud and Clear Why AstraZeneca May Perk Up Again FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS A Strong Start for Bill Donaldson's SEC America: The View from Abroad INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT The Pros and Cons of Japan's Deflation Don't Give the CEO All the Credit Dick Parsons Can Save Time Warner, but Not AOL Are Foreign Workers Cutting American Careers Short? INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Concrete Lessons in Reform INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS A Promising but Perilous Rx INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE The Germans Are Beating a Quiet Retreat Their ardor for premium American properties is cooling as yields look just as good in some parts of Europe No Arguing with Banco Popular's Success Give Me Some of That Indonesian Debt INTERNATIONAL -- SPORTS BUSINESS The Ultimate Corporate Schmoozefest INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week (.pdf) INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS Britain Is Smart to Hold Off On the Euro
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