COVER STORY "The China Price" Even manufacturers that have weathered past import waves are being swamped by China's combo of low prices and high tech COVER IMAGE: "The China Price" UP FRONT Talk Show Russia Makes Investment Grade The Bad-News Bar Code One More Way To Duck Mad Ave Zip This Diva-Behind-Bars Shirts, Going Cheap Chris McGurk: The High Road To Boffo How 4G Cranks Up The Speed Hidden Telco Treasure In Hawaii? THE GREAT INNOVATORS Pierre M. Omidyar: The Web For The People READERS REPORT Weighing In On The Next Four Years Public Universities And The Race For Money CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Table Of Contents (Dec. 6, 2004, Print Edition) "The Online Ad Surge" (Web Smart Special Report, Nov. 22, 2004) "Redefining Smart" (Books, Nov. 8, 2004) BOOKS Comic Geniuses Fast Takeoff The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List (.pdf) TECHNOLOGY & YOU The Treo 650 Is Leading The Pack ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT Offshoring: The Pros And Cons For Europe BUSINESS OUTLOOK U.S.: The Coming Battle Between Profits And Prices South Korea: A Bad Situation Is Set To Get Worse NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Why The Dollar Is Giving Way The Auto Deficit: Stuck In Neutral Commentary: Sorry Detroit. The Garage Is Full Telecom: The Fiber-Optic Quagmire For 2005 Grads, Job Offers Are Rolling In Commentary: No More Breaks For The Big Board Texas Instruments Inside? CA's New Boss: "He's Going To Have His Hands Full" IN BIZ THIS WEEK Jim Skinner: Now It's His Shift AIG Settles The Tab Krispy Gets Kremed Music To Apple's Ears Nike: Offbeat Casting Et Cetera... Closing Bell: SIRIUS Satellite Radio WASHINGTON OUTLOOK The Democrats Go Scouting For A Savior Another Vacancy, Another Loyalist? Paying For A Social Security Shift ASIAN BUSINESS How Reliable Is Reliance? Will Plasma Revive Pioneer? Commentary: TV In China: The Door Opens A Crack EUROPEAN BUSINESS Cracking Down On Corporate Bribery Germany's Very Public Battle Over Public TV Russia: "Ka-Ching" Go The Slots Commentary: Aer Lingus: A Risky Holding Pattern THE CORPORATION Why Consumers Hate Mergers Knees And Hips -- And Now What? INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Squeeze On BlackBerry DESIGN Samsung Design ONLINE EXTRA: Samsung: Leading By Design PEOPLE A Chemist Heats Up Dow Corning FINANCE End Of The Big Bank Bonanza All That Cash -- And Nowhere To Go Providian's Makeover Artist SPORTS BIZ She Can Swing A Club, Too DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH A Way To Weld Without The Waste Cord Blood To The Rescue Walking With A Seeing-Eye Computer All-Band Radio, All-Species CD MARKETING VW Steals A Lead In Luxury ECONOMICS Economists Are Getting Religion PERSONAL BUSINESS -- GIFT GUIDE Chefs' Choices The Salts Of The Seas Recordable DVDs: Go Ahead, Toss Out Your VCR ONLINE EXTRA: Mini-Video For The Backseat Set Laughs, Music, Art, And Horses Tastings At Home FOOTNOTES When You Need To Send Cash In A Flash Plastic Scrooge? Painting Made Easy Bob Dylan Exhibition THE BARKER PORTFOLIO Wynn Resorts: Snake Eyes For Investors? INSIDE WALL STREET A Beautiful Buy At Saks? Boston Scientific: Anemic -- For Now Why There's New Life At Bioenvision FIGURES OF THE WEEK Figures Of The Week (.pdf) ONLINE EXTRA: Production Index Components EDITORIALS How America Can Meet "The China Price" INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT Kosovo: Independence And Economic Prosperity INTERNATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK Now The Palestinians Need An Economic Boost A Political Crisis Erupts In Ukraine INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE From Black Hole To Blue Chip Japan Inc.'s Real Estate Binge, Part II INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK International Figures Of The Week (.pdf)
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