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COVER STORY
Carly's Challenge Hewlett-Packard still needs to prove it can execute its broad strategy. If not, pressure will build to break up this Silicon Valley icon.
COVER IMAGE: Carly's Challenge
CHART: The Value Trap
TABLE: The Problems HP Faces
GRAPHIC: How To Unlock HP's Value
ONLINE EXTRA: Can HP Protect Its Printer Kingdom?
SPECIAL REPORT
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
The Beast In Cisco's Rearview
Brand It Like Beckham
A Vegas Mogul Cashes In Some Chips
Power Play
Drive Green And Get Some Green
Vivek Paul: At Least He Gets Some Respect
Russian Slots Are Going Ka-Ching!
THE GREAT INNOVATORS
Craig Venter: DNA's Mapmaker
EDITOR'S MEMO
It's Been A Privilege
READERS REPORT
The Financier Of The Hour
A Closer Look At Justice Scalia's Rulings
Don't Forget About The Investors
Keeping The Bankruptcy System Fair
Don't Blame Public Universities For Polishing Their Image
Serendipity In Treating River Blindness
Breaking Through Mexico's Gridlock
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"The Next Warren Buffett?" (Cover Story, Nov. 22, 2004)
"India's PM Reaches Out To Kashmir" (Global Wrapup, Nov. 29, 2004)
BOOKS
The Pick Of This Year's Crop Of Books
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Security At The Touch Of A Finger
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Mysteries Of The Gaping Current-Account Gap
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Businesses Are Betting On A Happy New Year
Canada: A Stronger Currency Is Curbing Growth
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Playing The Discount Game
A New Headache For The Credit-Card Biz
Wanted: One Tough Economic Team
Commentary: How To Prevent Another Vioxx
Commentary: CalPERS: Getting Back To Business
Just How Cheap is Chinese Labor?
Commentary: Quit While You're Ahead, Hank
IN BIZ THIS WEEK
Jim Jenness: Feeling His Oats
Torrents Of Arabia
Pfizer The Fearless
Raytheon's GOP Dividend
Sony: Burned In DVDs?
Et Cetera...
Closing Bell: Humana
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Telecom Taxes: Is A Breakthrough Near?
The SEC Gets Some Static
Still At It In Iraq: "Extreme Auditors"
ASIAN BUSINESS
The Makings Of A Meltdown
Japan's Phones Are The Coolest -- And Have The Skimpiest Profits
Go East, Big Pharma
EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Commentary: Putin's Biggest Blunder
"Fiat Is In Deep, Deep Trouble"
The Year Of The Chinese Tourist
LATIN AMERICA
Pemex May Be Turning From Gusher To Black Hole
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
China: A Workers' State Helping The Workers?
A Management Tiff In Europe's Aviation Biz
Colombia's Tough Policy Will Continue
THE CORPORATION
Drilling With The Big Boys
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Xerox Is Dreaming In Color
WORKING LIFE
Served In Iraq? Come Work For Us
ENTERTAINMENT
The $600 Million Circus Maximus
SPORTS BIZ
Commentary: How To Keep Duffers On The Fairway
MANAGEMENT
A Compelling Case For Lawyer-CEOs
PEOPLE
On The Firing Line At Embattled Merck
MARKETING
Making Marketing Measure Up
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Juniper Takes A Nip Out Of Cisco
MEDIA
The Business Of Blogging
FINANCE
Their Losses, Your Gains
Where's That Quarterly Report?
Where Others See Trouble...
PERSONAL BUSINESS
The Inside Dope On Drugs
Cholesterol: The Bigger The Better
What Are You Getting Your iPod?
FOOTNOTES
A Toast To British Bubbly
Paying A Premium
Cartier Exhibit
THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
The S&P Shuffle: Make Way For News Corp.
INSIDE WALL STREET
Brighter Smile At Colgate?
Given Imaging: A Camera You Can Swallow
Rich Suitors May Come Courting Curis
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures Of The Week (.pdf)
ONLINE EXTRA: Production Index Components
EDITORIALS
Social Security: No Flim-Flams
Easing The Dollar Dilemma
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Where's The Sturdy VW Of The Computer Industry?
How To Fix Social Security
Squandering U.S. Capital On Imported Trivialities
Carnival: Steering Clear Of Taxes
The Democrats Should Show Some Sportsmanship
Radio And Broadband: Crossed Signals
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Bolstering China's Banks
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
The Unraveling Of Putin's Power
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures Of The Week (.pdf)
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