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ISSUE DATE: May 2, 2005

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Up Front
Readers Report
Corrections & Clarifications
Books
Technology & You
Economic Viewpoint
Business Outlook
News: Analysis & Commentary
In Biz This Week

Washington Outlook
Asian Business
European Business
International Outlook
Finance
Information Technology
People
Media
The Corporation
Industries
Developments to Watch
Social Issues
Personal Business
Footnotes
Inside Wall Street
Figures of the Week
Editorials

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International -- Corrections & Clarifications
International -- Finance
International -- Int'l Figures of the Week
International -- Editorials

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SPECIAL REPORTS

Best Global Brands
These 100 brands are among the world's most recognized—and most valuable

Best Places to Launch a Career
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BusinessWeek 50
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Europe's BusinessWeek 50

Customer Service Champs
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Hot Growth 100
From young, upstart companies to those that have been around for centuries: Plus, regional rankings of top-performing small businesses in Asia and Europe:
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Info Tech 100
Emerging-market cellular players, wireless phone and gear makers, and Web giants are this year's stars

World's Most Innovative Companies
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COVER STORY

Blogs Will Change Your Business

Look past the yakkers, hobbyists, and political mobs. Your customers and rivals are figuring blogs out. Our advice: Catch up...or catch you later.

Blogspotting

Our new blog on blogs debuts online with Stephen Baker and Heather Green

A guide to the lingo

UP FRONT

Talk Show

The Proxy Is Mightier Than Ever

Overcharging Uncle Sam?

Will Kids Say: "I Want My MP3"?

Moore's Law, Meet Murphy's Law

Are Options Headed For Extinction?

Shawn Nelson: Real Life Trumps Reality TV

Bots Go Bonnie And Clyde

Collision Claims Shift Into Low Gear

The Stat

READERS REPORT

Still Betting On The Housing Boom

The Insurance Biz: Transparency Is Long Overdue

The Juice For Hybrids Has To Come From Somewhere

The Post Office's Books Are A Black Hole

If HP Just Wants To Cut Costs, It Picked The Right Guy

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"The Busiest Broker On Earth" (Finance, Apr. 18, 2005)

BOOKS

Desktop Factories

Star Scribe

TECHNOLOGY & YOU

At Last, A Phone That Takes Dictation

ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

Stop Scapegoating China -- Before It's Too Late

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: Why Investors' Heads Are Spinning

Argentina: A Tricky Task For The Central Bank

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Tech's Mixed Signals

On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Carving Up Carmakers?

And You Thought Oil Was A Worry

What If Fannie And Freddie Fly The Coop?

Beryllium Exposure: The "Unrecognized Epidemic"

A Ball ESPN Couldn't Afford To Drop

IN BIZ THIS WEEK

W. Douglas Parker: Come Fly With Me

A Merger For The Big Board

Sirius Work For Martha

AIG, You've Got Company

Adobe Seals A Deal

Et Cetera...

Closing Bell: Borders Group

WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

Cable TV Could Get Its Mouth Washed Out

Welcome To Fiscal Fantasyland

ASIAN BUSINESS

Dogfight Over India

Sanyo's Surprise CEO
Japan: The Glass Ceiling Stays Put

Singapore: From Straitlaced To High-Rolling

Commentary: Why Beijing May Be Playing With Fire

EUROPEAN BUSINESS

Benedict XVI: A Guardian, Not A CEO
ONLINE EXTRA: "A Leaner, Smaller, Purer Church"?
ONLINE EXTRA: "A Loyal Son of the Church"

Mixed Messages From The Kremlin

A Cold Shoulder For Coca-Cola in Germany

Coke Pops The Top Off An Emerging Market

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

Why Condi's Meeting With Lula Matters

Tensions Over Israeli Arms Sales To China

A Mixed Outlook For Germany's VW

FINANCE

Banks: "Protection" Racket?

Mutual Funds: Why Fees Still Defy Gravity

Hitting Sudan In The Pocketbook

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

A Second Chance For ABC News
ONLINE EXTRA: ABC News Now: "We're Leapfrogging"

PEOPLE

Hair-Pulling In The Dollhouse

MEDIA

Verizon's Video Vision

THE CORPORATION

Squeezing Out Oil, Gas, And Profits
ONLINE EXTRA: Burning for "Unconventional" Energy

INDUSTRIES

No Longer The Lab Of The World

DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

The Moon's Best Real Estate, With A Water View

Powering Plug-Ins: Not To Worry

Tests That Match Drug With Patient

Obesity And Suspended States

SOCIAL ISSUES

Arnold Gets Strict With The Teachers

PERSONAL BUSINESS

Photography's Golden Age

An Onshore Play In Offshoring

A Combo Policy For Long-Term Care

Easing Depression Without Drugs

Wine Savvy In 108 Steps

FOOTNOTES

A Hot Spring Of Art In Houston

Fidelity's New Act

From Bogie To Birdie?

INSIDE WALL STREET

TIBCO: Ripe For Picking?

Less Debt For Asta To Forgive

What Other Biotechs See In Bioenvision

FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week (.pdf)

Online Extra: Production Index Components

EDITORIALS

Doing Religion An Injustice

A Little Logic, Mr. Putin

INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

What's Keeping Aid From Those Who Need It

INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"The iPod Killers" (International Cover, Apr. 25, 2005)

INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

Sweden's Seriously Sharp Investor

Europe's Pension Plans: Switching Over To Hedge Funds

Shanghai: What Real Estate Bubble?

INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

International Figures Of The Week (.pdf)

INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

Progess In Unlikely Places

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