COVER STORY E-Biz Strikes Again! The Internet has already rewritten the rules for books, music, and travel. Now a second wave of online evolutionaries is upending the way a slew of other industries do business, forcing incumbents to change or choke. Which sectors are next? Here are six EUROPEAN COVER STORY Poland And The EU Will the dynamic Poles energize Europe or sink into a bureaucratic, slow-growth trap? COVER IMAGE: Poland And The EU GRAPHIC: The New European Union GRAPHIC: Poland: Vital Statistics GRAPHIC: Highlights Of Poland's Turbulent Past CHART: Poland: At A Crossroads ONLINE EXTRA: Dr. Irena Eris: Poland's Estée Lauder UP FRONT Talk Show The Double Life Of Barry Witz Cisco's Code War Widens Putnam Aspires To Purity Laser Guidance The Second Coming Of ImClone Benedikt Taschen: A Book You Can Bench-Press And The Champion Coders Are... They'd Rather Pay Than Pray READERS REPORT Hey, Microsoft: Try Listening To Your Customers More Cap One: Seven-Year Growth Boosted The Chief's Paycheck Novartis' Version Of The Gleevec Story More Fuel For The Debate Over MBA Alumni Data CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "Schussing Without Shuddering" (Developments To Watch, Apr. 26, 2004) THE GREAT INNOVATORS Alan Turing: Thinking Up Computers BOOKS Trashing CEO Tomcats The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List Online Extra: The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List (.pdf) TECHNOLOGY & YOU Honey, I Shrunk The Keyboard ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT The Tea Leaves That Matter To The Fed BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Higher Rates Won't Hammer Housing Britain: A Little More Pressure On The Brakes NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY CEOs: Rush Of Confidence Tech Jobs Are Sprouting Again A Shaky Automotive Menage a Trois Commentary: Japan: A Tale Of Two Mergers Ford: Will Slow And Steady Win The Race? Microsoft Plays Video Leapfrog Drug Prices: A New Covenant? How Do You Sell A Golf Legend? Very Carefully IN BIZ THIS WEEK William Owens: Welcome To The Hot Seat Better News At Boeing If You Believe In Mike, Clap Oxford's New Shingle The High Cost Of Cotton Et Cetera... Closing Bell: Flextronics International WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Can Kerry Come Back From His Silent Spring? Fannie And Freddie May Get A Pass ASIAN BUSINESS Can Wal-Mart Woo Japan? Piecing Together A Chinese Software Giant EUROPEAN BUSINESS Commentary: The Pernicious Rise Of "Core Europe" No-Frills Flying, Italian-Style LATIN AMERICA Commentary: Democracy On The Ropes INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK India: An Election That May Speed Reform Digital Divide: How Europe Stacks Up Will France's Payroll Taxes Be Hiked? WORKING LIFE I'm A Bad Boss? Blame My Dad SOCIAL ISSUES Aliens: A Little Less Alienated THE CORPORATION Commentary: Who Says Wal-Mart Is Bad For Cities? MARKETING Out-Discounting The Discounter MEDIA A 21st Century Mogul? MANAGEMENT How To Groom The Next Boss ONLINE EXTRA: "Being a CEO Is Not a Birthright" ONLINE EXTRA: "You Just Build Up Your Confidence" PEOPLE "No Excuse Not To Succeed" FINANCE Hype From A Financial Guru? A Hedge Fund Too Good To Be True Commentary: Hedge Fund Values: Stop The Fudging SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Taking Better Aim At Cancer Just Two Words: Plastic Chips PERSONAL BUSINESS Ride Like A Railroad Baron Premiums You Can Retrieve Reach Out And See Someone A Pipeline To Bargain Deals Higher Rates: A Survival Kit FOOTNOTES Shades Of Adaptability A Seuss Menagerie Rewards To Bank On THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Keeping Hot Air Out Of Energy Reserves INSIDE WALL STREET Premcor Is Pure Heat Wynn Resorts: Place Your Bets Perficient: Making E-Biz More Efficient FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures Of The Week Online Extra: Production Index Components EDITORIALS A Key To America's Strong Growth A Safer Fannie And Freddie INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT No Quick Fixes For Terrorism Don't Make Outsourcing A Scapegoat For Western Woes INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Wanted: European Buyout Targets Reinventing British Retailers -- The Hard Way For Argentina, Crying Poor Won't Work Anymore INTERNATIONAL -- ECONOMICS Take That, U.S. Farmers! INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures Of The Week (.pdf)
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