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COVER STORY
NASDAQ: The Fight of Its Life The once-dazzling market is on the ropes as the bear market, fierce competition -- and hubris -- take their toll
COVER IMAGE: The Crisis at NASDAQ
GRAPHIC: The Decline of a Market
GRAPHIC: Greifeld's Game Plan
GRAPHIC: How the ECNs Stole the Show
GRAPHIC: Robert Greifeld
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Sorry, Your Job Is Classified
The Hogwash in Hedge Funds
The SEC Can Take It--and Dish It Out
Cropping the Dividend at Kodak?
Bend It Like--Somebody Else
Tech and Gays: A Fine Romance
READERS REPORT
How Does Steve Cohen Do It?
African-American Equality: Not a Black-and-White Issue
"The Stock Option Game Is Over"
Where P&G Was First--and Where It Wasn't
Deutsche Leasing Is a Satisfied Siebel Customer
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
A Table in "Beyond Options" (News: Analysis & Commentary, July 28, 2003)
BOOKS
Living Well Wasn't the Best Revenge
Online Extra: The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
A Handheld That Knows Where It Is
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The Bush Tax Cuts Are Sapping America's Strength
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S. Economy: Is Corporate America Too Lean?
Italy: One-Time Fixes Won't Do the Trick
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Drugs: Why Do We Pay More?
Drugmakers Feel the Heat in Mexico
Commentary: For Enron's Bankers, a "Get out of Jail Free" Card
So I Was Off by a Few Trillion
Commentary: MCI Is under a New Cloud, but It Can Weather the Storm
Global Crossing: A Matter of National Security?
A Humbler, Happier Priceline
Commentary: Microsoft's $49 Billion "Problem"
Sears: The Silent Partner Who's Making Himself Heard
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
James Cantalupo: Hotter McNumbers
Vivendi Is Going...Going...Going
AOL: The SEC Opens Another Front
More Black Ink at Xerox
Auditing the Auditors
Consumers' Blue Period
Et Cetera...
Transfusion
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Turning a Trade Fight into a Tax Windfall for Business
Bushocrats
So What If He Lied?
The Dems' Econ Edge
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
China: A Warmer Wind Is Blowing toward the West
Online Extra: A New Face on China's Foreign Policy
Argentina's Surprise
PEOPLE
Is This Banker Too Brazen?
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Blood Feud
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
On Both Sides of the Atlantic, a Mighty Wind Power
Fighting Forest Fires with Space-Age Tools
Getting the Lead Out of Electronics
Innovations
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Out, Out, Damned Spam
SPORTS BUSINESS
Bass Fishing: Will Couch Potatoes Bite?
GOVERNMENT
Online Extra: No Longer the OMB's Invisible Man
Who's the Real Howard Dean?
Online Extra: Dr. Dean on the Record
ENVIRONMENT
FedEx and Brown Are Going Green
THE CORPORATION
Thinking Outside the Big Box
CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
Profits: "The Fog Is Beginning to Lift"
High Anxiety over High Energy
Second Quarter 2003 Interactive Corporate Scoreboard
Second Quarter 2003 Corporate Scoreboard (.pdf)
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Motorcycles: When Speed Meets Comfort
Easy Money It's Not
Reading Interest-Rate Tea Leaves
Look, Ma, No Clubs
DIVIDENDS
The Stat
Log On--and Stay On
Hard Drivers
A Feast for the Eyes
Safer Skies
THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Summer Reading Worth Investing In?
INSIDE WALL STREET
Brawny at Amazon
Poised to Survive Third-Quarter Doldrums
General Maritime: Its Tanker Business Is Brisk
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
Online Extra: Production Index Components
The Week Ahead
EDITORIALS
Overcoming NASDAQ's Crisis
Rethinking the Drug Business
ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
August 4, 2003
Outsourcing: Make Way for China
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What'll It Be, Sweden?
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