COVER STORY What's an MBA Really Worth? The degree has come under fire lately -- but the class of '92 says it helped them carve the careers they wanted INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY The ECB's New Boss Will Jean-Claude Trichet be able to make the substantive changes needed to support the euro and get growth going? COVER IMAGE: The ECB's New Boss CHART: Euro Zone Inflation Is Tame...But the Growth Rate Is Slipping... GRAPHIC: Jean-Claude Trichet GRAPHIC: Five-Year Report Card on the European Central Bank Out from under Lyonnais' Shadow "Central Bankers Have to Explain the Need for Reform" UP FRONT Talk Show Eagle Eyes on Prudential "You've Got Pineapples" A Sudden Downpour of Guv Love Doctors Jump into the Insurance Pool A Potty with Power The Baggage at Travelweb READERS REPORT Mind-Bending Alternatives to Memory Pills Putting the Public Back into Public Utilities Thinking out of the Box for China's Dream Team Don't Demonize Coca-Cola CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "I can't remember" (Cover Story, Sept. 1, 2003) "Hunting buried treasure by GPS" (BusinessWeek Investor, Sept. 1, 2003) BOOKS An Altruist without Borders TECHNOLOGY & YOU Projecting the Right Image Isn't So Tough ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT A New Governor Won't Fix What Ails California BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Consumers Will Keep Carrying the Ball Brazil: One Growth Obstacle after Another NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY The High Cost of War Colin Powell: On Iraq, Bush, and His Job Commentary: Iraq: Hard Lessons and How to Use Them Ready to Say "Help Wanted"? Commentary: A Small Reprieve for Detroit, but... Still Way below Cruising Altitude IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Bill Joy: Out of Sun's Orbit An Ex-Enron Exec Goes Up the River A Papermaker Changes the Guard Turning Up the Heat on Grasso New Oversight for Fannie and Freddie? Schering-Plough Settles Up Et Cetera... Debt-Defying Act WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Can Howard Dean Swim in the Mainstream? Ready for Battle INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Germany: Revolt of the Young Operation: Stability in Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK How Long Will Beijing Keep Playing It Cool on Taiwan? Shakeup in British Soccer Clash in Colombia MEDIA Commentary: How Michael Powell Could Have the Last Laugh INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Borders Are So 20th Century ONLINE EXTRA: It's Not Easy Going Stateless SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Reinventing Corporate R&D MANAGEMENT Reform: Who's Making the Grade ONLINE EXTRA: A Talk with William McDonough THE CORPORATION When Will This Stent See Circulation? ONLINE EXTRA: Boston Scientific's "Professional Worrier" FINANCE How to Fix the Mutual Funds Mess ONLINE EXTRA: How Traders Play the Timing Game Commentary: Four Ways to Limit the Damage Hedge Funds Can Do 'Tis the Season for a Correction INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT Driving to Distraction BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR The Allure of Luang Prabang Asia's Great Bargains Sparkling Shanghai St. Petersburg: Winter Wonder Penguins on Parade Baja by Sea How to Do Disney Napa Arts DIVIDENDS The Stat How to Speechify The Rich Worry, Too Power Up THE BARKER PORTFOLIO This Baby May Outdo Its Parent INSIDE WALL STREET Tuning In to SBSA A Sharp Focus on Imagistics? At Interwoven, Things Are Meshing Nicely FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) EDITORIALS The Budget: Make the Tough Choices Restoring Trust in Mutual Funds INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY The ECB's New Boss Out from under Lyonnais' Shadow "Central Bankers Have to Explain the Need for Reform" INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Europe's Telcos: What Will Work -- and What Won't Why the Big Three Won't End Up in Japanese Hands INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Hutchison's 3G Teething Pains A Guru Teaches Techies How to Breathe Bridgestone: A Recovery on the Skids? INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS It's Time for Accor to Get Some Respect Russia's Stock Market Is Full of Gas INTERNATIONAL -- DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Seeing-Eye CD Players for the Blind Spider-Man's Secret Is Out -- at Last Robots among the Ruins Innovations INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures of the Week INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS A Pressing Agenda in Afghanistan Trichet: A Fresh Start for Europe?
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