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ISSUE DATE: January 23, 2006

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Cover Story
Special Report
Up Front
Readers Report
Corrections & Clarifications
Voices of Innovation
Technology & You
Media Centric
The Barker Portfolio
Business Outlook

The Business Week
News: Analysis & Commentary
Washington Outlook
Global Business
The Corporation
Entertainment
Information Technology
Finance
Working Life
Personal Business
Plus
Inside Wall Street
Figures of the Week
Ideas -- Books
Ideas -- Face Time with Maria Bartiromo
Ideas -- Viewpoint

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COVER STORY

Math Will Rock Your World
A generation ago, quants turned finance upside down. Now they're mapping out ad campaigns and building new businesses from mountains of personal data
COVER IMAGE: Why Math Will Rock Your World
GRAPHIC: How Math Transforms Industries
GRAPHIC: How Much Math Do We Need To Know?
ONLINE EXTRA: The NSA: Security in Numbers
ONLINE EXTRA: Search Advertising by the Numbers

SPECIAL REPORT

Business Prophet
How strategy guru C.K. Prahalad is changing the way CEOs think
A Night's Sleep, Ultracheap
ONLINE EXTRA: Podcast: At the Feet of the Guru

UP FRONT

Talk Show

Making Nice To Make Sales

Iraq's Creditors Catch A Break

Messing With An Indian Icon

Text Message Nation

Undercover On The Street

Slipping A Gift To The Well-Heeled

You Try To Type Wearing Mittens

Catch `Em Where You Can

READERS REPORT

Following Up On Investment Picks

His Timing Was Off, But He Stands By His Prediction

A Checkup On Organ Donor Options

Let's Hear It For Japan's Supercraftsmen

Education Is The Best Way To Solve Africa's Problems

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"Venture Capital's New Promised Land" (Global Business, Jan. 16, 2006)

"Curling Up With A Good E-Book" (News: Analysis & Commentary, Jan. 9, 2006)

"Yearend Quiz" (Up Front, Jan. 9, 2006)

"The Sage Of Kansas City" (Cover Story, Dec. 26, 2005)

VOICES OF INNOVATION

Rick Rashid: Microsoft's Right Brain

TECHNOLOGY & YOU

Analog TV: Fade To Black

MEDIA CENTRIC

Putting The Screws To Google

THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

Too High A Price For Black Ink

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: One Big Reason To Expect A Decent Year For Jobs

Wages: A Misleading Predictor Of Inflation

THE BUSINESS WEEK

Big Blue's Big Switch

Detroit Drama

Decent Job Growth

Home Depot's New Tool

Grilling Alito

Guidant's Dilemma

Expanding MySpace

New Executive Pay Rules

Dow 11,000

Fission At Tyco?

A Blog Dies In China

Apple Triumphant

Second Career Of The Week

NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

The Great Firewall Of China

Is GM On The Road To A Board Fight?

The Unlikely Hardnose At The SEC

Just Saying "No" To Uncle Sam

A "Body Blow" To Stem Cell Research

Is Howard Stern Worth It?

WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

The Struggle To Sell The Economy's Sizzle

"I'd Much Rather Be In Our Economy Today"

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Year Of The Citi In China?

THE CORPORATION

"Killer Coke" Or Innocent Abroad?
ONLINE EXTRA: How NYU Chose Colombia over Coke
ONLINE EXTRA: Inside Coke's Labor Struggles
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Portraits Of A Coke Boycott

ENTERTAINMENT

Bulgarian Back Lot, Hollywood Dreams

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The Hardest Job In Silicon Valley

FINANCE

The Dirty Little Secret About Buybacks

WORKING LIFE

Call Centers In The Rec Room

PERSONAL BUSINESS

Funds: The Easy Way To Find The Best
How Do Your Picks Compare?
ONLINE EXTRA: How Driehaus Does It
ONLINE EXTRA: Steady Income Wins the Race
ONLINE EXTRA: Hazelnuts and Stock-Picking
ONLINE EXTRA: Interactive Mutual Fund Scoreboard

Wish You Were Here. Oh -- You Are
Back To The Woods, With The Kids

PLUS

Slim, With A Wide-Angle Lens

Lively S&P Castoffs

Help In Dodging Heavy Loads

Newfangled Tea Bags

INSIDE WALL STREET

Outback: Set To Sizzle

More Than A Passing Interest In iPass

Perficient Helps Customers Be Net-Efficient

FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week (.pdf)

Online Extra: Production Index Components

IDEAS -- BOOKS

A Real-Life Willy Wonka

IDEAS -- FACE TIME WITH MARIA BARTIROMO

Picking Blackstone's Brain

IDEAS -- VIEWPOINT

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