COVER STORY America's Top Philanthropists The year's list of the Top 50 U.S. philanthropists charted new territory in the sheer size of donations COVER IMAGE: America's Top Philanthropists INTERNATIONAL COVER STORY Samsung Design The Korean giant makes some of the coolest gadgets on earth. Now it's reinventing itself to get even cooler COVER IMAGE: Samsung Design CHART: Designed For Growth GRAPHIC: Redesigning Samsung GRAPHIC: From Laggard To Leader ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A With Samsung Design Boss Chung Kook Hyun UP FRONT Talk Show New Rules, New Loopholes Getting A Big Check From Bill Call It The I.V. League Name Games Ho, Ho, Hold The Bubbly This Year Alex Zoghlin: A Startup Guy Who Never Stops Pricier Ports For Cruise Ships Now That's Getting Away From It All THE GREAT INNOVATORS Lewis S. Ranieri: Your Mortgage Was His Bond READERS REPORT Better Ways To Expand Harvard's Global Reach Where's The Justice In Dumping Pension Liabilities? America Gets Hardly Any Electricity From Oil A Disturbing Gap In Health Savings Plans Medical Schools Need To Teach Statistics And Study Design Harvard B-School: Our MBAs Get The Lion's Share Of Job Offers CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS "The Online Ad Surge" (Web Smart Special Report, Nov. 22, 2004) BOOKS Is Welfare Reform Working? TECHNOLOGY & YOU Microsoft Is No Threat To Google -- Yet ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT How Bush's Plan Would Secure Social Security BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: Could Trade Imbalances Topple The Greenback? Japan: Pinning Hopes On Consumers NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Eddie's Master Stroke March Of The Toys -- Out Of The Toy Section To The Tech Giants Go The Spoils Getting Intel Back On The Inside Track Will Solaris 10 Make Sun Shine Again? Lessons From The Vioxx Fiasco Commentary: Big Pharma's Blinders Why Kraft Is On A Crash Diet IN BIZ THIS WEEK Robert Nardelli: Handyman Special Cleaning Up A Pension Mess Google Keeps Galloping Fannie: Pricey Paperwork SBC: Lights, Camera... Et Cetera... Closing Bell: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Did Hispanics Really Surge To Bush? Immigration: Bush's New Push ASIAN BUSINESS Daewoo: GM's Hot New Engine The Japan That Can Say: "See You In Court" Commentary: Taiwan: Falling Into China's Embrace ONLINE EXTRA: In Taipei, Talk of Arms -- and Amity EUROPEAN BUSINESS The De Benedettis Are Back In Business "A Vaccine Every Woman Should Take" Commentary: France's Industrial Power Trip INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Iran's Nukes: The Crisis Is Far From Over India's PM Reaches Out To Kashmir Another Move By Wilbur Ross In Japan SPORTS BIZ Out Of The Office, Into The Ring INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BEA: A Little Down In The Valley Commentary: Online Wine: Pull Out The Stopper SOCIAL ISSUES Commentary: Minimum Wage: The States Get It PEOPLE Jarden Corp: Not A Household Name -- Yet MEDIA Commentary: Is There A Market For Nonpartisan News? FINANCE Why The Flurry Of Buybacks? Rating Agencies Get A Credit Check Commentary: The Amex: Worth More Dead Than Alive? GOVERNMENT A New General For Senate Dems THE CORPORATION DHL's American Adventure ONLINE EXTRA: A "Mercedes" in the Parcel Express Industry PERSONAL BUSINESS The Price Of ID Protection Mickeyfying The PC A Hired Gun For MBA Applicants? Insurance: Take A Good, Hard Look Sweaty Video Games FOOTNOTES The Worry Years The Tang Of Fresh Herbs -- From A Bottle First American Beauty THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Why A Big-Spending eBay Is A Bummer INSIDE WALL STREET Tractor Plows Ahead Will More Dentists Ask For Biolase Drills? Why A Suitor May Click On TheStreet.com FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures Of The Week (.pdf) ONLINE EXTRA: Production Index Components EDITORIALS The High Cost Of Corruption The Greatest Gifts Of All INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT China vs. Mexico: Cheers And Boos For Both Brazil: New Party, Same Inflation-Fighting Formula INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Beware The Brawny Euro INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures Of The Week (.pdf) INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS Samsung: A Model For China
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