INTRODUCTION
The Best & Worst Managers Of The Year
Creativity and financial discipline vs. greed and egregious misconduct
THE BEST MANAGERS
Rose Marie Bravo
Burberry
Jonathan Grayer
Kaplan
Dr. William McGuire
UnitedHealth Group
Serge Tchuruk
Alcatel
Vivek Paul
Wipro
Arthur Levinson
Genentech
Ken Thompson
Wachovia
George David
United Technologies
Steve Jobs
Apple/Pixar
James McNerney
3M
Bob Wright
NBC
Orin Smith
Starbucks
Craig Barrett
Intel
Terry Semel
Yahoo
Yun Jong Yong
Samsung
Peter Chernin
News Corp.
Paul Tagliabue
National Football League
Best Managers Photo Essay
Managers To Watch
Repeat Performers
For this exec A-team, another ho-hum year of killer profits, enviable margins...
The Freshmen
These 14 leaders are hoping that 2004 will be a year for them to shine
The Repurposed
What's so great about kicking back? These execs have big second acts
THE WORST MANAGERS
Jürgen Schrempp
DaimlerChrysler
Nobuyuki Idei
Sony
Peter Burg
FirstEnergy
Joe Galli
Newell Rubbermaid
Wayne Harris
Eckerd
Robert Glynn
Pacific Gas & Electric
Contracting Trouble
THE FALLEN MANAGERS
Phil Condit
Boeing
Conrad Black
Hollinger International
Dick Grasso
New York Stock Exchange
The Rest of the Fallen
Heads rolled over bungled launches, loose accounting, and soured deals
On Trial
This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some movers and shakers
Egg On Enron Faces
The Mutual-Fund Scandals
Leaving the little guy in the dark made for some nice payoffs, but the comeuppance stands to be even heftier
PR Fiascoes
Managers who -- mostly -- failed to respond with grace under pressure
THE LAST WORD
Miss Manners Regrets
The syndicated columnist sounds off about "wildly blatant" greed, soaring executive pay, the "unfair" use of the perp walk, and other fine points
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SPECIAL REPORT
Industry Outlook 2004
Our forecasts for the future
SPECIAL REPORT
The Top 25 Managers of 2002
What a difference a year makes
STREET WISE
UnitedHealth: Increasingly Robust
Have the health-care giant's acquisitions and technology largely inoculated it against a slump?
ASIAN COVER STORY
India's Tech King
Wipro's Azim Premji is expanding his global reach
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Genentech's Medicine Man
CEO Arthur Levinson got the biotech pioneer off life support. Will it finally deliver on its promises?
THE CORPORATION
Wachovia’s $400 Million Hunch
Its deal for Prudential's brokers is a bold contrarian bet
TECHNOLOGY COLUMNS
Byte of the Apple
Our resident Mac-heads share their expertise every week with BW Online readers
STREET WISE
The Biggest M in 3M: McNerney
Since coming over from GE in 2001, the CEO has so far made all the right moves
POWER LUNCH
Bob Wright’s Post-Vivendi Schmoozathon
After the megadeal, the NBC chairman is making the rounds to assure any and all that it's a good pact
STREET WISE
Intel: King of the Wi-Fi Frontier?
Its new Grantsdale chipset for desktops stands to do for traditional PCs what Centrino has done for laptops
EUROPEAN COVER STORY
DaimlerChrysler: Stalled
Was the merger between Daimler and Chrysler a mistake? Many say yes -- and call for Schrempp's head
COMMENTARY
This Time, Sony Better Finish The Job
Will its second round of restructuring go far enough?
COVER STORY
Boeing: What Really Happened
Flawed strategy. Lax controls. A weak board. Personal shortcomings. CEO Phil Condit lasted longer than he should have
NEWS ANALYSIS
Hollinger: Black Days No More?
As Conrad Black steps down at the media company amid reporting "inaccuracies," stronger corporate governance should follow
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The Big Board: Crying Out for Regulation
The Grasso pay debacle means the SEC should supervise the NYSE
COVER STORY
Heiress In Handcuffs
Lea Fastow is charged with helping husband Andy orchestrate the white-collar crime of the century. Now she could be the key to nailing Enron's top dogs
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