COVER STORY Fees! Fees! Fees! Companies can't raise prices, so they're socking consumers with hundreds of hidden charges--and that's creating stealth inflation and fueling a popular backlash COVER IMAGE: Fees! Fees! Fees! GRAPHIC: I Gotta Pay What? GRAPHIC: Fee Frenzy: The Hidden Economic Costs How to Stand Up to the Nickel-and-Dimers GRAPHIC: Fed Up with Fees? INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY Malaysia after Mahathir The leader who built modern Malaysia is stepping down. Now, a new economic model is needed. Can Abdullah Badawi provide it? COVER IMAGE: Malaysia after Mahathir GRAPHIC: Meet the New Boss CHART: Badawi's Challenge Online Extra: Behind Malaysia's Economic Miracle Australian National University's Hal Hill discusses the making of an "economic development success story" INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY DaimlerChrysler: Stalled Was the merger between Daimler and Chrysler a mistake? Many say yes -- and call for Schrempp's head COVER IMAGE: DaimlerChrysler: Was the Merger a Mistake? CHART: DaimlerChrysler: The Misbegotten Merger? GRAPHIC: History of a Megamerger GRAPHIC: DaimlerChrysler's Woes Can Mitsubishi Pull out of its Skid? Online Extra: Zetsche: "It's Not Mission Impossible" Though Chrysler's chief admits that the brand's revival is proving tough, he's "totally convinced" his upmarket strategy will work INTERNATIONAL -- SPECIAL REPORT Global Finance: Reining in Risk Emerging markets are raising substantial amounts of capital once again, thanks to reforms that increase transparency for investors and have stabilized their economies SPECIAL REPORT The e.biz 25 E-biz has returned with a vengeance. Meet the 25 men and women who got things clicking UP FRONT Talk Show Calling New Jersey via New Delhi About That B-School... Jerome York's Warehouse of Woe You Bought a Song. Now Try to Sell It More Ways to Price-Shop Online Oft-Told Tales READERS REPORT Can We Make Computers Safe? A Do-Not-E-Mail Registry Would Only Help Spammers What If Music Downloaders Decide to Really Rebel? A Cash-Balance Pension Plan Is Better Than None at All California's Long History of Latin Governors B-School Recruiters: It's Still Best to Be There CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "Look before you listen" (BusinessWeek Investor, Nov. 25, 2002) "The eBay economy" (Cover Story, Aug. 18-25, 2003) "Outsourcing war" (Special Report, Sept. 15, 2003) "A hothouse for biotech" (Science & Technology, Sept. 8, 2003) "Ready to say 'help wanted"' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Sept. 22, 2003) BOOKS An Economist's Call to Arms TECHNOLOGY & YOU This Smart Phone Is Actually Easy to Use Online Extra: A PDA-Phone with Too Many Hangups ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT The Stubborn Jobless Rate: Puzzling, but Far from Scary BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: A Temporary Reprieve for Manufacturing South Korea: Hope in a Brighter Export Outlook NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Big Changes for the Big Board The Candidate from Central Casting Clark: What's Wrong with U.S. Policy in Iraq Building toward a Worldwide Recovery Commentary: A Contract the Big Three Can Take to the Bank Microsoft: A Killer App That Could Kill the Competition IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK Jeffrey Immelt: Show Them the Money The Ups and Downs of Big Tobacco Enron's Bankers Feel the Heat Indigestion at Krispy Kreme Lockheed: Another Info Tech Bet A Senate Rebuke for the FCC's Chief Et Cetera... Insecurity WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Medicare Reform: As Reality Sets in, a New Plan Emerges The SEC vs. CEOs INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS A Blow to the Euro? INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Now Iraq May Bring Ankara and Washington Together Bush-Putin Summit Regulatory Cleanup in Brazil SPORTS BUSINESS Commentary: Baseball's Playing Field Gets Even Less Level THE CORPORATION Hershey: Candy Is Dandy, but... SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Snaking Out Strokes DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH Seeing-Eye CD Players for the Blind Using Germs to Liberate Natural Gas Robots among the Ruins Innovations MARKETING Commentary: The Do-Not-Call Law Won't Stop the Calls Abercrombie & Fitch: No Longer Big Brand on Campus MANAGEMENT Commentary: After the Jobless Recovery, a War for Talent LEGAL AFFAIRS The Music Industry Strikes Back A Rising Chorus of Music Downloaders? FINANCE States vs. the Feds: A Fragile Truce All Cashed Up with No Place to Go Commentary: Orbitz' IPO Doesn't Deserve to Fly WORKPLACE Storming Yale's Ivory Tower BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Should You Time the Market? Closed-Ends: The Window Is Closing New Ways to Say Cheese Federal Figures at Your Fingertips DIVIDENDS For the Lens-Happy How Was Your Stay? China Play THE BARKER PORTFOLIO An Antidote for Inflation Anxiety INSIDE WALL STREET Taking Aim at Cancer Landry's Restaurants: Riches from the Sea Perficient Dishes Out Efficient Tech Help FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures of the Week (.pdf) Online Extra: Production Index Components EDITORIALS Lessons from the Grasso Affair Trade Talks: The Right Next Step INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Bush Is Taking the Public out of Public Utilities Internet Access Would Nudge Iraq toward Democracy INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS Corporate Japan's Stealth Makeover Why This Japan Fund Pro Is Gung Ho Is Another Bubble About to Pop in Korea? 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